American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Volume 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 124-133

Injury risks in children of California migrant Hispanic farm worker families (Article)

McCurdy S.A.* , Samuels S.J. , Carroll D.J. , Beaumont J.J. , Morrin L.A.
  • a Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, United States, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8638, United States
  • b Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, United States
  • c Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, United States, Department of Human and Community Development, University of California, Davis, CA, United States
  • d Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, United States
  • e Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, United States

Abstract

Background: Few data are available addressing occupational and other injury risks among children of migrant Hispanic farm workers. Methods: We conducted the U.C. Davis Farm Worker Injury Study (UCD-FWIS), a longitudinal follow-up study of injury among migrant Hispanic farm worker families living in six Northern California Migrant Housing Centers (MHCs). Nine hundred forty-one children (age < 18 years) were interviewed through parental proxy. Results: Fifty-one injuries resulting in medical care or at least one-half day of lost or restricted work or school time occurred among 49 children (3.8 injuries/100 person-years). Open wounds (31.4%) and fractures (29.4%) were most common. Falls comprised over one-third of the cases, followed by being struck and bicycle injuries. Over three-quarters of subjects never use a helmet when riding a bicycle. Seventy-eight (8.3%) children reported employment in the preceding year, typically involving manual agricultural tasks. Two injury cases were occupational and involved agricultural work. Conclusions: Occupational injury was uncommon in this group of children in migrant Hispanic farm worker families. Injury prevention in this population should include a focus on the home and surrounding environment as well as the work place. © 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Author Keywords

Hispanic Migrant farm worker Children Injury Agriculture

Index Keywords

fracture risk Follow-Up Studies Wounds and Injuries agricultural worker human follow up Longitudinal Studies ethnic group Agriculture Hispanic Americans United States wound migrant worker school child Humans Adolescent California male female falling Child, Preschool Parent-Child Relations Article major clinical study adult childhood injury Transients and Migrants employment occupational hazard Child
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0036323636&doi=10.1002%2fajim.10091&partnerID=40&md5=ef011d40e21d20b2f52857fbf4599e61
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10091
ISSN: 02713586
Cited by: 17
Original Language: English