Farmworker Housing Quality and Health: A Transdisciplinary Conference

美国的农业生产经常需要农业工人的手工劳动。 大部分 这些农业劳动力由移民工人提供，他们主要是来自墨西哥的拉丁美洲人/西班牙裔人， 其他中美洲国家。 农场工人是美国最受剥削的人群之一， 移徙和季节性农业工人往往居住在极其恶劣的住房条件下。 农民工住房 环境健康和正义问题，因为农场工人获得任何住房的机会有限， 他们所能获得的住房往往是他们工作环境的一个组成部分， 化学、生物、生理和心理毒物。 与此同时，目前对农民工的研究 住房和健康分散在文献中，大量的信息是在非同行， 审查来源。 同行评审和非同行评审的材料必须经过严格评估， 为进一步研究、完善现行住房标准、制定有效政策提供依据， 并为农场工人提供培训，使他们能够减少因质量差而导致健康问题的风险 住房 本次会议的目标是吸引来自不同学科的专家， 研究和实践的重点是农场工人的住房和健康，以描绘当前的知识 并提出下一步计划。 这次为期一天的会议将实现四个具体目标：（1）巩固当前 了解为农场工人提供的住房的特点和质量， 农民工住房特点与农民工健康~（2）划定相关方向和区域， 农民工住房健康与安全研究~（3）为农民工住房健康与安全研究确定了有针对性的方向和领域 住房健康和安全政策;（4）促进工作组的发展， 实施研究，教育和工程项目，可以解决的主要方向， 会议期间确定的领域。 为实现具体目标，将委托专家组 完成三份关于农场工人住房以及农场工人住房和健康协会的报告。 这些报告的介绍将成为会议的主旨发言。 组织者还将 邀请志愿者介绍新完成的研究和案例研究。 组织者将传播 为这次会议编写的报告。 本次会议响应NIEHS的主题和目标 2012-2017年战略计划：主题4：健康差距和全球环境健康，以及主题6： 沟通和参与~以及目标6、10和11。 会议由中心组织 工人健康，维克森林医学院（WFSM），加州农村法律的援助（CRLA）的一部分， 正在进行的农村司法论坛和农场工人司法。 会议将与 两年一度的全国农场工人法律会议，在阿灵顿，弗吉尼亚州，2014年12月。

Agricultural production in the United States (US) often requires the hand labor of agricultural workers. Much of this agricultural labor is provided by immigrant workers, who are largely Latinos/Hispanics from Mexico and other Central American nations. Farmworkers are among the most exploited populations in the US, and migrant and seasonal farmworkers often reside in extremely poor housing conditions. Farmworker housing is an environmental health and justice concern as farmworkers have limited access to any housing, and the housing to which they have access is often a component of their work environment that results in exposure to chemical, biological, physical and psychological toxicants. At the same time, current research on farmworker housing and health is scattered in the literature, with a great deal of the information presented in non-peer- reviewed sources. The peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed materials must be critically assessed and compiled to provide the basis for further research, improve current housing standards, develop effective policy, and provide training to farmworkers so that they can reduce their risks of health problems from poor quality housing. The goal of this conference is to draw together experts from the variety of disciplines who contribute to research and practice focused on farmworker housing and health in order to delineate current knowledge and propose next steps. This one day conference will achieve four specific aims, it will: (1) consolidate current knowledge on characteristics and quality of housing provided for farmworkers, and the associations of farmworker housing characteristics with farmworker health~ (2) delineate pertinent directions and areas for farmworker housing health and safety research~ (3) delineate pertinent directions and areas for farmworker housing health and safety policy~ and (4) facilitate the development of working groups to support the implementation of research, education, and engineering projects that can address the major directions and areas identified during the conference. To achieve the specific aims, groups of experts will be commissioned to complete three reports on farmworker housing, and the association of farmworker housing and health. Presentations of these reports will be the key-note addresses for the conference. The organizers also will solicit volunteer presentations of new completed research and case studies. The organizers will disseminate the reports produced for this conference. This conference responds to the themes and goals of the NIEHS 2012-2017 Strategic Plan: Theme 4 Health Disparities and Global Environmental Health, and Theme 6 Communications and Engagement~ and Goals 6, 10, and 11. The conference is being organized by the Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine (WFSM), California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) as part of its ongoing Rural Justice Forums, and Farmworker Justice. The conference will be held in conjunction with the biennial National Farmworker Law Conference, in Arlington, Virginia, December, 2014.