Understanding Challenges to Well-Being among Latina FarmWorkers in Rural Idaho Using in an Interdisciplinary, Mixed-Methods Approach.
Latina
biomonitoring
farmworkers
pesticides
well-being
Journal
International journal of environmental research and public health
ISSN: 1660-4601
Titre abrégé: Int J Environ Res Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101238455
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
29 12 2020
29 12 2020
Historique:
received:
19
11
2020
revised:
14
12
2020
accepted:
22
12
2020
entrez:
1
1
2021
pubmed:
2
1
2021
medline:
24
2
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The aim of this study was to identify social, cultural and workplace-related risk factors affecting well-being among Latina farmworkers in rural Idaho. We recruited 70 Latina farmworkers from southwestern Idaho in 2019. We employed an inter-disciplinary, mixed-methods approach-including surveys, focus groups, interviews, and pesticide biomonitoring-to characterize multiple domains that influence well-being, including food security and access, housing conditions, social supports, access to medical care, and workplace safety. Six major themes emerged as primary challenges to Latina farmworkers' well-being. In the public sphere, study participants identified these challenges as long working hours, concerns regarding pesticide exposure, and lack of enforcement of regulatory protections. Participants' concerns regarding pesticide exposure were underscored by biological sampling results; multiple biomarkers of pesticide exposure were detected in all samples, with the highest concentrations measured in samples collected from women who reported mixing, loading or applying pesticides. Within the private sphere, food security and provisioning, childcare responsibilities, and social isolation were identified as significant challenges to well-being. Gender, ethnicity, and geography emerged as important, intersecting statuses that shaped the life experiences of these agricultural workers. Our findings suggest that gender may play a particularly critical role in the unique challenges facing Latina farmworkers. As a result, the services and regulations needed to support well-being in this population may be highly specific, and almost certainly include attention to work-family dynamics, pesticide exposure, and social connections.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33383789
pii: ijerph18010169
doi: 10.3390/ijerph18010169
pmc: PMC7795812
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Pesticides
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : NIGMS NIH HHS
ID : 2U54GM104944
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIEHS NIH HHS
ID : K01ES028745
Pays : United States
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