Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
Volume 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 252-266

Job Demands and Pesticide Exposure Among Immigrant Latino Farmworkers (Article)

Grzywacz J.G.* , Quandt S.A. , Vallejos Q.M. , Whalley L.E. , Chen H. , Isom S. , Barr D.B. , Arcury T.A.
  • a Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, United States
  • b Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, United States
  • c Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, United States
  • d Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, United States
  • e Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, United States
  • f Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, United States
  • g National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States
  • h Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, United States

Abstract

The goal of this study was to understand the potential threat of job stressors to farmworker health. To accomplish this goal we studied pesticide exposure, an issue with immediate and long-term health consequences, and predictions from the Demands-Control model of occupational stress. Longitudinal, self-report data and urine samples were collected at monthly intervals from a cohort of Latino farmworkers (N = 287) during the 2007 agricultural season. The primary hypothesis was that greater exposure to psychological demands, physical exertion, and hazardous work conditions are associated with greater odds of detecting dialkylphosphate (DAP) urinary pesticide metabolites, biomarkers indicating exposure to pesticides. Contrary to this hypothesis, results indicated that none of the elements of the Demands-Control model were independently associated with detection of DAP urinary pesticide metabolites. However, analyses produced several interaction effects, including evidence that high levels of control may buffer the effects of physical job demands on detection of DAP urinary pesticide metabolites. © 2010 American Psychological Association.

Author Keywords

Pesticides Latinos Job stress Demands-Control model Farm work

Index Keywords

immigrant longitudinal study exercise agricultural worker human Longitudinal Studies job stress Self Report North Carolina Agriculture priority journal health status Hispanic Americans United States Humans migrant Hispanic male Emigrants and Immigrants female occupational exposure unclassified drug pesticide Pesticides Article adult Urinalysis health hazard dialkylphosphate occupational hazard organophosphate pesticide urine
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DOI: 10.1037/a0019303
ISSN: 10768998
Cited by: 15
Original Language: English