Promoting the Occupational Health of Indigenous Farmworkers
Promoting the Occupational Health of Indigenous Farmworkers
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DOI：
10.1007/s10903-007-9075-5
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发表时间：
2008-06-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Shadbeh, Nargess
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作者：
Farquhar, Stephanie;Samples, Julie;Shadbeh, Nargess
在美国，大约78%的农业工人是移民。在俄勒冈州，越来越多的农场工人是土著人，他们的主要语言是土著语言。这一农业工人群体在语言、文化和地理上与世隔绝，面临着一系列独特的挑战，但在确定他们的健康需求方面几乎没有做什么。这个以社区为基础的参与性研究项目的合作伙伴利用焦点小组提供的数据，审查了土著农业工人对职业伤害和疾病、歧视和不尊重经历以及语言和文化障碍的关切。数据显示，存在基于土著农业工人的语言和文化的不尊重和歧视，以及缺乏基本职业健康和安全信息和设备的情况。例如，与会者提到，由于很少以土著语言提供职业安全信息，因此无法获得这些信息，与会者认为没有法律的手段保护农场工人免受职业危害。旨在解决农场工人职业健康状况的基于社区的战略必须考虑到那些不会说西班牙语或英语的农场工人的独特情况。
In the United States, approximately 78% of agricultural farmworkers are immigrants. In Oregon, a growing number of these farmworkers are indigenous and speak an indigenous language as their primary language. This group of farmworkers suffers from linguistic, cultural and geographic isolation and faces a unique set of challenges yet little has been done to identify their health needs. Using data from focus groups, partners from this community-based participatory research project examined indigenous farmworkers' concerns regarding occupational injury and illness, experiences of discrimination and disrespect, and language and cultural barriers. The data revealed examples of disrespect and discrimination based on the languages and cultures of indigenous farmworkers, and a lack of basic occupational health and safety information and equipment. For example, participants mentioned that occupational safety information was inaccessible because it was rarely provided in indigenous languages, and participants felt there were no legal means to protect farmworkers from occupational hazards. Community-based strategies designed to address the occupational health status of farmworkers must consider the unique circumstances of those farmworkers who do not speak Spanish or English.