Journal of Community Practice
Volume 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 57-76

Identifying the occupational health needs of migrant workers (Article)

Hawkes L.* , May J. , Earle-Richardson G. , Paap K. , Santiago B. , Ginley B.
  • a New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH), Northeast Center for Agricultural Health (NEC), One Atwell Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326, United States
  • b New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH), Northeast Center for Agricultural Health (NEC), One Atwell Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326, United States
  • c New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH), Northeast Center for Agricultural Health (NEC), One Atwell Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326, United States
  • d Center for Women and Work, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
  • e Maine Migrant Health Program, Augusta, ME, United States
  • f Maine Migrant Health Program, Augusta, ME, United States

Abstract

The Community Collaboration for Farmworker Health and Safety is a community-based undertaking comprised of migrant farmworkers, agricultural employers, health professionals, and community stakeholders. The eventual goal of the project is the creation, evaluation, and dissemination of interventions demonstrated to reduce the risk of occupational injury. To do this, the project must build a functional, community work team, and this team must identify the occupational health problem of greatest significance to the community. In this report, the methods of these initial stages of this project are examined by assessing the measurable progress and the observations of project staff and project evaluators. These assessments document both the successful creation of an effective work team and the team's completion of its initial objectives. The assessments also note issues with irregular attendance by some team members, difficulties with some of the essential tasks designated for the team, and imbalance of power among members of the team. Approaches to dealing with similar issues in future projects are suggested. © 2007 by The Haworth Press, Inc.

Author Keywords

Blueberry raking Community assessment Health Migrant workers occupational safety Participatory research Collaborative research

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-40949165615&doi=10.1300%2fJ125v15n03_04&partnerID=40&md5=4dac67010f2f7a9b1c45d11abf259c3f
DOI: 10.1300/J125v15n03_04
ISSN: 10705422
Cited by: 12
Original Language: English