Comparative Description of Migrant Farmworkers versus Other Students Attending Rural South Texas Schools: Substance Use, Work, and Injuries

Cooper, Sharon P.; Weller, Nancy F.; Fox, Erin E.; Cooper, Sara R.

doi:10.1111/j.1748-0361.2005.tb00108.x

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“…In the United States, a survey showed that middle-school students who were migrant farm workers were twice as likely to have been injured at work than their nonmigrating, working schoolmates. This risk increased to four times among migrant high school students (20). Urban Latino immigrant workers were injured at a rate higher than that of the United States population as a whole, with much longer periods of work absence; this finding suggests more serious injuries (21).…”

Section: Occupational Injuriesmentioning

confidence: 85%

Immigrant populations, work and health—a systematic literature review

Ahonen¹,

Benavides²,

Benach³

2007

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Scand J Work Environ Health 2007;33(2):96-104 that can encourage immigration, there is an important connection to be made between migrating populations, work, and the effect that both foreign status and worker status have on the health and quality of life of these groups. It is probable that these newly arrived persons find themselves in positions of special occupational vulnerability, with high levels of precarious employment and poor work conditions.Considering the magnitude of current human movement, we know relatively little about the links between work and health in immigrant groups. Reviews on this topic are scarce and with a limited scope. They have tended to focus on specific collectives, which are clearly useful for understanding the conditions of these groups. However, such reviews do not bring to light the commonalities that can exist across immigrant worker collectives that could direct further research and advocacy at a structural level. Other descriptive reviews are not described as such and include little information about the search process, factors that are important for locating Objectives This paper summarizes the information on immigrant occupational health available from recent studies, incorporating varied study designs.Methods A systematic search was carried out in PubMed employing terms of interest to the study and related terms supplied by the same search engine. Articles were selected through the following process: (i) reading the title and abstract, in English or Spanish, for the period 1990-2005, (ii) reading of the entire text of selected articles; (iii) making a manual search of the relevant citations in the selected articles; (iv) eliminating articles without a focus on the themes of central interest (immigration, work, and health), and (v) reading and analyzing the definitive article set. No quality criteria were used in the article selection. Results The location of studies was not straightforward and required careful thought about the search terms. The included 48 papers were often multifaceted and difficult to categorize. They generally came from countries historically associated with immigration and described occupational risk factors, health consequences, and the social, economic, and cultural influences on worker health. They were also based on data, surveillance, training, and preventive measures that were inadequate.Conclusions Increased migration is a reality in industrialized countries all over the world, and it has social, political, and economic consequences for migrating groups, as well as for their sending and host societies. More reliable data, targeted appropriate interventions, and enforcement of existing regulations are necessary to improve the health of immigrant workers. Furthermore, studies in sending and developing countries should be encouraged to form a more complete understanding of this complex situation.

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Section: Occupational Injuriesmentioning

confidence: 85%

Immigrant populations, work and health—a systematic literature review

Ahonen¹,

Benavides²,

Benach³

2007

Scand J Work Environ Health

201

155

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“…The injury rate of immigrant farm workers in California was three times higher than that of the general population (Fuentes, 1974); but in South Carolina male migrant workers had similar injury rates as other hired farm workers (McDermott & Lee, 1990). The frequency of occupational injuries among students from migrant farm families in rural South Texas was two to four times higher compared to other students (Cooper, Weller, Fox, & Cooper, 2005). Immigrant Latino workers in Virginia had a higher injury rate than the general population (Pransky et al, 2002).…”

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confidence: 91%

Occupational injuries of immigrant and Finnish bus drivers

Salminen¹,

Vartia²,

Giorgiani³

2009

Journal of Safety Research

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“…While the majority of literature suggests that mobile populations, including migrant workers, generally exhibit greater risk-taking compared to less mobile individuals (Brindis et al 1995;Cooper et al 2005;Denner et al 2005;Deren et al 2003;Freeman et al 1999;MagisRodriguez et al 2004;Paschane and Fisher 2000;Williams et al 2005), some have proposed that the situations surrounding migration (e.g., reason for mobility) as well the individual characteristics of those involved, actually determines whether risk-taking is exacerbated or improved (Soskolne and Shtarkshall 2002).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Drug and HIV-Related Risk Behaviors After Geographic Migration Among a Cohort of Injection Drug Users

Rachlis

Wood

et al. 2008

AIDS Behav

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To determine whether migration impacted on drug use and HIV-related risk behaviors among injection drug users (IDU), we identified participants in a prospective cohort of IDU (Vancouver Injection Drug User Study) who had reported migrating out of Greater Vancouver between May 1996 and November 2005. We compared risk behaviors before and after a move for individuals who migrated (movers) and for a similar period for non-movers using linear growth curve analyses. In total, 1,122 individuals were included, including 430 (38.3%) women and 331 (29.5%) Aboriginal participants. Among these, 192 (17.1%) individuals reported migrating out of Greater Vancouver between 1996 and 2005 while 930 (82.9%) did not. Movers were significantly younger than non-movers: 32.0 (Interquartile Range [IQR]: 24.3-39.2) and 34.6 (IQR: 26.9-40.8) respectively. A significant decrease in those reporting unstable housing, frequent heroin and cocaine injection occurred only in movers. Our findings suggest that, in this setting, risk-taking among IDU declines following periods of migration out of Greater Vancouver.

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Comparative Description of Migrant Farmworkers versus Other Students Attending Rural South Texas Schools: Substance Use, Work, and Injuries

Cited by 22 publications

References 16 publications

Immigrant populations, work and health—a systematic literature review

Immigrant populations, work and health—a systematic literature review

Occupational injuries of immigrant and Finnish bus drivers

Drug and HIV-Related Risk Behaviors After Geographic Migration Among a Cohort of Injection Drug Users

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