Health and Occupational Injury Experienced by Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina, USA
Author
Arcury, Thomas A.; Arnold, Taylor J.; Quandt, Sara A.; Chen, Haiying; Kearney, Gregory D.; Sandberg, Joanne C.; Talton, Jennifer W.; Wiggins, Melinda F.; Daniel, Stephanie S.
Abstract
Children as young as 10 years old are hired to work on farms in the United States (U.S.).
These children are largely Latinx. Using interview data collected from 202 North Carolina Latinx child
farmworkers in 2017, this analysis documents the heath characteristics and occupational injuries of
Latinx child farmworkers and delineates characteristics associated with their health and occupational
injuries. Latinx child farmworkers include girls (37.6%) and boys (62.4%), aged 10 to 17 years, with
17.8% being migrant farmworkers. Three-quarters reported receiving medical and dental care in
the past year. Respiratory (15.8%) and vision (20.3%) problems were prevalent. Girls more than
boys, and younger more than older children had greater health service utilization. Occupational
injuries were common, with 26.2% reporting a traumatic injury, 44.1% a dermatological injury, 42.6%
a musculoskeletal injury, and 45.5% heat-related illness in the past year. Age increased the odds
of reporting work injuries and heat-related illness, and being a non-migrant reduced the odds
of reporting work injuries. These results emphasize the need for greater documentation of child
farmworker occupational health and safety. They underscore the need to change occupational safety
policy to ensure that children working in agriculture have the same protections as those working in
all other U.S. industries.
Date
2019-12-30
Citation:
APA:
Arcury, Thomas A., & Arnold, Taylor J., & Quandt, Sara A., & Chen, Haiying, & Kearney, Gregory D., & Sandberg, Joanne C., & Talton, Jennifer W., & Wiggins, Melinda F., & Daniel, Stephanie S.. (December 2019).
Health and Occupational Injury Experienced by Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina, USA.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8047
MLA:
Arcury, Thomas A., and Arnold, Taylor J., and Quandt, Sara A., and Chen, Haiying, and Kearney, Gregory D., and Sandberg, Joanne C., and Talton, Jennifer W., and Wiggins, Melinda F., and Daniel, Stephanie S..
"Health and Occupational Injury Experienced by Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina, USA". .
. (),
December 2019.
April 19, 2024.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8047.
Chicago:
Arcury, Thomas A. and Arnold, Taylor J. and Quandt, Sara A. and Chen, Haiying and Kearney, Gregory D. and Sandberg, Joanne C. and Talton, Jennifer W. and Wiggins, Melinda F. and Daniel, Stephanie S.,
"Health and Occupational Injury Experienced by Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina, USA," , no.
(December 2019),
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8047 (accessed
April 19, 2024).
AMA:
Arcury, Thomas A., Arnold, Taylor J., Quandt, Sara A., Chen, Haiying, Kearney, Gregory D., Sandberg, Joanne C., Talton, Jennifer W., Wiggins, Melinda F., Daniel, Stephanie S..
Health and Occupational Injury Experienced by Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina, USA. .
December 2019;
():
.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8047. Accessed
April 19, 2024.
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