New Solutions
Volume 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 353-361

Farmworker housing:A photo essay (Article)

Arcury T.A.* , Summers P.
  • a Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States
  • b Wake Forest University Translational Science Institute, Winston-Salem, NC, United States

Abstract

Migrant and seasonal farmworkers often reside in poor housing conditions which expose them to numerous hazards. These housing conditions are an issue of environmental health and justice. The photographs in this essay illustrate the living conditions confronted by farmworkers, offering a visual context for the reviews published in this issue of New Solutions. Farmworker housing conditions are often shocking to those who have not visited farmworker communities. Continued research is needed to document these conditions, how they affect the health of farmworkers, and provide leverage in the struggle to improve farmworker housing conditions. © The Author(s) 2015.

Author Keywords

Housing Environmental health Migrant and seasonal farmworkers Migrant labor

Index Keywords

air conditioning Ventilation housing Humans Transients and Migrants Farmers crowding (area) standards demography Crowding Residence Characteristics agricultural worker photography human sanitation migration United States
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84979802685&doi=10.1177%2f1048291115604391&partnerID=40&md5=6562d4899436be192d5a96f26ad12ef6
DOI: 10.1177/1048291115604391
ISSN: 10482911
Original Language: English