Reason for Visit: Is Migrant Health Care That Different?

Henning, George Felix; Graybill, Marie; George, John E.

doi:10.1111/j.1748-0361.2008.00161.x

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“…Obesity could also modify response to occupational stress, immune response to chemical exposures, and risk of disease from occupational exposure to neurotoxins [Shulte, 2007]. Musculo-skeletal injuries are the most common reported injuries among farmworkers followed by injuries of the skin [Henning et al, 2008;Anthony et al, 2009]. Farmworkers experience occupational asthma and respiratory disease and cardiovascular diseases [NCFH Fact Sheet, 2009].…”

Section: Obesity and Occupational Health Among Farmworkersmentioning

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Working to eat: Vulnerability, food insecurity, and obesity among migrant and seasonal farmworker families

Borré

Ertle

Graff

2010

American J Industrial Med

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Food insecurity is rooted in the cultural lifestyle of farmwork, poverty, and dependency. MSFW obesity and food insecurity require further study to determine the relationship with migration and working conditions. Networking and social support are important for MSFW families to improve food security. Policies and community/workplace interventions could reduce risk of food insecurity and improve the health of workers.

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Working to eat: Vulnerability, food insecurity, and obesity among migrant and seasonal farmworker families

Borré

Ertle

Graff

2010

American J Industrial Med

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“…Previous research showed this population generally has low health care utilization due to low incomes, limited English skills, low health literacy, undocumented immigration status, lack of health insurance, and lack of transportation 3–7. However, this research focused on single states, counties, or communities 3,6–9. National descriptions of Latino farmworkers' use of health care in the United States are missing from the literature, but such a description is essential for effective health care planning and resource allocation to support this vulnerable population .…”

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Depression, Social Factors, and Farmworker Health Care Utilization

Georges

Alterman

Gabbard

et al. 2013

The Journal of Rural Health

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Latino farmworkers who live and work in rural areas seek care from private practices or migrant/Community Health Clinics. Farmworkers with elevated depressive symptoms are more likely to access health care. Rural health care providers need to be prepared to recognize, screen, and treat mental health problems among Latino farmworkers. Outreach focused on protecting farmworker mental health may be useful in reducing health care utilization while improving farmworker quality of life.

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Hepatitis and Liver Cancer

Colvin¹,

Mitchell

2010

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Up to 5.3 million people-2 percent of the U.S. population-are living with chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C. These diseases are more common than HIV/ AIDS in the U.S. Yet, because of the asymptomatic nature of chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C, most people who have them are unaware until they have symptoms of liver cancer or liver disease many years later. Each year about 15,000 people die from liver cancer or liver disease related to hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Hepatitis B and hepatitis C can be either acute or chronic. The acute form is a short-term illness that occurs within the first six months after a person is exposed to hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) which cause hepatitis B and hepatitis C, respectively. The diseases can become chronic, although this does not always happen and, particularly in the case of hepatitis B, the likelihood of this becoming a chronic disease depends on a person's age at the time of infection. Although the number of people with acute hepatitis B is declining in the U.S., mostly because of the availability of hepatitis B vaccines, about 43,000 people still develop acute hepatitis B each year. People at risk for hepatitis B include infants born to women with the disease and those who have sexual contact or share injection drug equipment with a person with the disease. People who received a blood transfusion before 1992 and past or current injection-drug users are at risk for chronic hepatitis C. In 2008, the Institute of Medicine convened a committee to assess current prevention and control activities for hepatitis B and hepatitis C and to determine ways to reduce new cases of HBV and HCV infections and illnesses and deaths from chronic viral hepatitis. The committee concludes that chronic. .. because of the asymptomatic nature of chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C, most people who have them are unaware until they have symptoms of liver cancer or liver disease many years later. The Institute of Medicine serves as adviser to the nation to improve health. Established in 1970 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine provides independent, objective, evidence-based advice to policy makers, health professionals, the private sector, and the public.

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Reason for Visit: Is Migrant Health Care That Different?

Abstract: These results suggest that migrant workers present with medical problems that are similar to those of the general primary care population. Many problems were recurrent and represented common chronic medical conditions.

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Working to eat: Vulnerability, food insecurity, and obesity among migrant and seasonal farmworker families

Working to eat: Vulnerability, food insecurity, and obesity among migrant and seasonal farmworker families

Depression, Social Factors, and Farmworker Health Care Utilization

Hepatitis and Liver Cancer

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