Nontraditional work factors in farmworker adolescent populations: Implications for health research and interventions
Nontraditional work factors in farmworker adolescent populations: Implications for health research and interventions
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DOI：
10.1177/003335490512000610
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发表时间：
2005-11-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Acosta, MSV
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作者：
Cooper, SR;Cooper, SP;Acosta, MSV
农业已被证明是成人和儿童最危险的工作环境之一。由于这些年来青少年的快速成长和发育，他们可能特别容易受到农业照射的不利健康影响。分离职业，经济和社会问题，在这一人群是困难的。监管保护薄弱、不遵守现有法规以及服务提供方面的差距是青少年农场工人工作条件的特点。虽然有越来越多的研究工作组织对心理和身体健康的影响，在成年工作人口，有一个稀缺的研究集中在这个概念在年轻的工人，它仍然几乎没有解决在年轻的farmworkers.The非正规工作部门的工作特点，更好地描绘在国际文献中，应考虑在这一风险人群的研究或干预计划时。此外，青少年农场工人的人口是多种多样的，研究战略和干预措施需要有针对性，并针对不同的群体。本文讨论了一些非传统的工作因素与非正式的工作组织和环境中的农场工人青少年人口，以及如何这些因素可能会通知规划的研究和干预措施。具体而言，流动性，文化模式和社交网络，替代抽样策略，替代提供医疗保健和教育，以及参与广泛的球员在青少年农场工人的工作环境，都应该考虑到进行研究或规划方案时，这一人口。
Agriculture has been documented to be one of the most hazardous work environments for both adults and children. Adolescents may be especially vulnerable to adverse health effects from agricultural exposures due to the rapid growth and development experienced during those years. Separating the occupational, economic, and social issues in this population is difficult. Weak regulatory protection, lack of compliance with existing regulations, and gaps in service provision characterize the working conditions of adolescent farmworkers. Although there is increasing research on the impact of work organization on mental and physical health-in adult working populations, there is a scarcity of research focused on this concept in young workers and it remains virtually unaddressed in young farmworkers.Work characteristics of the informal work sector, better delineated in international literature, should,be considered when planning research or interventions in this at-risk population. Further, the population of adolescent farmworkers is diverse, and research strategies and interventions need to be targeted and tailored to the heterogeneous groups. This article addresses some of the nontraditional work factors associated with the less-than-formal work organization and environments in the farmworker adolescent population and how these factors may inform the planning of research and interventions. Specifically, mobility, cultural patterns and social networks, alternative sampling strategies, alternative delivery of health care and education, and involvement of a wide range of players in the work environment of adolescent farmworkers; should all be considered when conducting research or planning programs for this population.