Engaging Youth Advocates in Community-Based Participatory Research on Child Farmworker Health in North Carolina

Arnold, Taylor J.; Malki, Andreina; Leyva, Jackeline; Ibarra, José María Miralles; Daniel, Stephanie S.; Ballard, Parissa J.; Sandberg, Joanne C.; Quandt, Sara A.; Arcury, Thomas A.

doi:10.1353/cpr.2019.0019

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“…This analysis used data from the Hired Child Farmworker Study, a large community-based participatory research study conducted in North Carolina by investigators at Student Action with Farmworkers, Wake Forest School of Medicine, and East Carolina University. The investigators were supported by a child farmworker advisory committee [22] and a professional advisory committee. Arcury and colleagues [23] presented a detailed discussion of the overall study design.…”

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Health and Occupational Injury Experienced by Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina, USA

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Children as young as 10 years old are hired to work on farms in the United States (U.S.). These children are largely Latinx. Using interview data collected from 202 North Carolina Latinx child farmworkers in 2017, this analysis documents the heath characteristics and occupational injuries of Latinx child farmworkers and delineates characteristics associated with their health and occupational injuries. Latinx child farmworkers include girls (37.6%) and boys (62.4%), aged 10 to 17 years, with 17.8% being migrant farmworkers. Three-quarters reported receiving medical and dental care in the past year. Respiratory (15.8%) and vision (20.3%) problems were prevalent. Girls more than boys, and younger more than older children had greater health service utilization. Occupational injuries were common, with 26.2% reporting a traumatic injury, 44.1% a dermatological injury, 42.6% a musculoskeletal injury, and 45.5% heat-related illness in the past year. Age increased the odds of reporting work injuries and heat-related illness, and being a non-migrant reduced the odds of reporting work injuries. These results emphasize the need for greater documentation of child farmworker occupational health and safety. They underscore the need to change occupational safety policy to ensure that children working in agriculture have the same protections as those working in all other U.S. industries.

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“…The questionnaire was first developed in English. The study advisory committees reviewed the questionnaire content and the wording of specific items [22]. It was translated to Spanish, and then back translated to ensure item accuracy.…”

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Health and Occupational Injury Experienced by Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina, USA

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“…CYACs seek to balance children’s protection while supporting their participation in research [ 40 ]. In particular, CYACs have been implemented in research with minors which addressed similarly contentious topics including cyber safety [ 41 ], hazardous agricultural labor [ 42 ], self-advocacy for pediatric patients with chronic illness [ 43 ], and child rights [ 40 ].…”

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Exploring the ethical issues in research using digital data collection strategies with minors: A scoping review

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While emerging digital health technologies offer researchers new avenues to collect realtime data, little is known about current ethical dimensions, considerations, and challenges that are associated with conducting digital data collection in research with minors. As such, this paper reports the findings of a scoping review which explored existing literature to canvass current ethical issues that arise when using digital data collection in research with minors. Scholarly literature was searched using electronic academic databases for articles that provided explicit ethical analysis or presented empirical research that directly addressed ethical issues related to digital data collection used in research with minors. After screening 1,156 titles and abstracts, and reviewing 73 full-text articles, 20 articles were included in this review. Themes which emerged across the reviewed literature included: consent, data handling, minors' data rights, observing behaviors that may result in risk of harm to participants or others, private versus public conceptualizations of data generated through social media, and gatekeeping. Our findings indicate a degree of uncertainty which invariably exists with regards to the ethics of research that involves minors and digital technology. The reviewed literature suggests that this uncertainty can often lead to the preclusion of minors from otherwise important lines of research inquiry. While uncertainty warrants ethical consideration, increased ethical scrutiny and restricting the conduct of such research raises its own ethical challenges. We conclude by discussing and recommending the ethical merits of co-producing ethical practice between researchers and minors as a mechanism to proceed with such research while addressing concerns around uncertainty.

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“…Research partners include Wake Forest School of Medicine, Student Action with Farmworkers, and East Carolina University. Youth farmworker 30 and a professional advisory committees advise the investigators on study design and content. Arcury et al 29 present a detailed discussion of the overall study design.…”

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Work safety culture of Latinx child farmworkers in North Carolina

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Background Little research has addressed the safety environment of child farmworkers. This analysis examines the work safety culture experienced by Latinx child farmworkers in North Carolina. Methods Survey interviews were conducted in 2017 with 202 Latinx children aged 10 to 17 years employed on North Carolina farms. Analysis included measures of the behavioral, situational, and psychological elements of work safety culture. Results The work culture on North Carolina farms employing Latinx child farmworkers places limited value on safety. Behaviorally, many did not wear appropriate work clothing (eg, 47.5% wore gloves, 37.1% wore boots). Situationally, few received safety training for tools (40.6%), machinery (24.3%), or pesticides (26.0%); about one‐third (33.7%) had worked piece‐rate; and many did not have field sanitation services available (eg, 37.1% had water for washing, 19.8% had soap). Safety attitudes were mixed, and work safety climate was low, with 21.8% stating that their supervisor was only interested in doing the job fast and cheaply. Greater safety training, field sanitation services, and work safety climate were associated with working in western North Carolina, migrant workers, limited English fluency, and working in tomatoes. Wearing appropriate work clothing, not working piece‐rate, fewer unsafe work attitudes were associated with working in eastern North Carolina, seasonal worker, speaking English, and working in tobacco. Conclusions This study makes it apparent that efforts are needed to improve safety culture wherever child farmworkers are employed. Current policy is not providing a safe environment for children working on farms in the United States.

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Engaging Youth Advocates in Community-Based Participatory Research on Child Farmworker Health in North Carolina

Cited by 24 publications

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Health and Occupational Injury Experienced by Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina, USA

Health and Occupational Injury Experienced by Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina, USA

Exploring the ethical issues in research using digital data collection strategies with minors: A scoping review

Work safety culture of Latinx child farmworkers in North Carolina

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