American Journal of Public Health
Volume 102, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages S272-S278
Work safety climate, musculoskeletal discomfort, working while injured, and depression among migrant farmworkers in North Carolina (Review)
Arcury T.A.* ,
O'Hara H. ,
Grzywacz J.G. ,
Isom S. ,
Chen H. ,
Quandt S.A.
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Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States
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Department of Family and Community Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, United States
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Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States
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Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, United States
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Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, United States
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Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, United States
Abstract
Objectives: This analysis described Latino migrant farmworkers' work safety climate and its association with musculoskeletal discomfort, working while injured or ill, and depressive symptoms. Methods. Data were from a cross-sectional survey of 300 farmworkers conducted in North Carolina in 2009. Generalized estimating equations models were used to investigate the association of work safety climate with health and safety outcomes. Results. Farmworkers perceived their work safety climate to be poor. About 40% had elevated musculoskeletal discomfort, 5.0% had worked at least 1 day while injured or ill, and 27.9% had elevated depressive symptoms. The odds of elevated musculoskeletal discomfort were 12% lower and the odds of working while injured or ill were 15% lower with each 1-unit increase in the work safety climate. Work safety climate was not associated with depressive symptoms. Conclusions. Work safety climate was important for agricultural workers. Poor work safety climate was associated with health outcomes (musculoskeletal discomfort) and safety (working while injured or ill). Interventions to improve work safety climate in agriculture are needed, with these interventions being directed to employers and workers.
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84861730468&doi=10.2105%2fAJPH.2011.300597&partnerID=40&md5=185abfc594e51f3b5bc8f79a2f45e1d3
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300597
ISSN: 00900036
Cited by: 70
Original Language: English