Work safety climate, musculoskeletal discomfort, working while injured, and depression among migrant farmworkers in North Carolina

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Arcury, Thomas A ^a   O'Hara, Heather ^b   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Isom, Scott ^a   Chen, Haiying ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEASON; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEASONS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861730468     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300597     Document Type: Review

References (48)

1. Arcury TA, Marín AJ. Latino/Hispanic farmworkers and farm work in the eastern United States: the context for health, safety, and justice. In: Arcury TA, Quandt SA, eds. Latino Farmworkers in the Eastern United States: Health, Safety, and Justice. New York: Springer; 2009:15-36.
2. May JJ. Occupational injuries and illness in farmworkers in the eastern United States. In: Arcury TA, Quandt SA, eds. Latino Farmworkers in the Eastern United States: Health, Safety, and Justice. New York: Springer; 2009:71-101.
3. Villarejo D. The health of U.S. hired farm workers. Annu Rev Public Health. 2003;24:175-193. (Pubitemid 37056028)
4. Villarejo D, McCurdy SA, Bade B, Samuels S, Lighthall D, Williams D III. The health of California's immigrant hired farmworkers. Am J Ind Med. 2010;53 (4):387-397.
5. Steege AL, Baron S, Chen X. Occupational health of hired farmworkers in the United States: National Agricultural Workers Survey Occupational Health Supplement, 1999. DHSS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2009-19. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2009- 119/default.html. Accessed June 3, 2011.
6. Arcury TA, Quandt SA. Delivery of health services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Annu Rev Public Health. 2007;28:345-363. (Pubitemid 46833347)
7. Sauter SL, Brightwell WS, Colligan MJ, et al. The Changing Organization of Work and the Safety and Health of Working People. Report No. DHHS (NIOSH) No. 2002-116. Cincinnati, OH: Department of Health and Human Services, 2002.
8. Zohar D. Thirty years of safety climate research: reflections and future directions. Accid Anal Prev. 2010;42:1517-1522.
9. Zohar D. Safety climate in industrial organizations: theoretical and applied implications. J Appl Psychol. 1980;65:96-102.
10. Gillen M, Baltz D, Gassel M, Kirsch L, Vaccaro D. Perceived safety climate, job demands, and coworker support among union and nonunion injured construction workers. J Safety Res. 2002;33(1):33-51.
11. Johnson SE. The predictive value of safety climate. J Safety Res. 2007;38:511-521.
12. DeJoy DM, Schaffer BS,Wilson MG, Vandenberg RJ, Butts MM. Creating safer workplaces: assessing the determinants and role of safety climate. J Safety Res. 2004;35:81-90.
13. Whalley LE, Grzywacz JG, Quandt SA, et al. Migrant farmworker field and camp safety and sanitation in eastern North Carolina. J Agromedicine. 2009;14:421-436.
14. Carroll DJ, Samardick R, Gabbard SB, Hernandez T. Findings From the National AgriculturalWorkers Survey (NAWS) 2001-2002: A Demographic and Employment Profile of United States Farm Workers. Research Report No. 9. Washington, DC: US Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Office of Programmatic Policy; 2005.
15. Bauer M. Close to Slavery: Guestworker Programs in the United States. Montgomery, AL: Southern Poverty Law Center; 2007.
16. Farquhar SA, Goff NM, Shadbeh N, et al. Occupational health and safety status of indigenous and Latino farmworkers in Oregon. J Agric Saf Health. 2009;15 (1):89-102.
17. Grzywacz JG, Quandt SA, Early J, Tapia J, Graham CN, Arcury TA. Leaving family for work: ambivalence and mental health among Mexican migrant farmworker men. J Immigr Minor Health. 2006;8:85-97. (Pubitemid 43124912)
18. Grieshop JI, Stiles MC, Villanueva N. Prevention and resiliency: a cross cultural view of farmworkers' and farmers' beliefs about work safety. Hum Organ. 1996;55:25-32. (Pubitemid 126549363)
19. Grzywacz JG, Quandt SA, Arcury TA. Immigrant farmworkers' health-related quality of life: an application of the job demands-control model. J Agric Saf Health. 2008;14:79-92. (Pubitemid 351279534)
20. Keifer M, Salazar MK, Connon C. An exploration of Hispanic workers' perspectives about risks and hazards associated with orchard work. Fam Community Health. 2009;32:34-47.
21. Arcury TA, Estrada JM, Quandt SA. Overcoming language and literacy barriers in safety and health training of agricultural workers. J Agromedecine. 2010;15:236-248.
22. Quandt SA, Arcury TA, Austin CK, Saavedra RM. Farmworker and farmer perceptions of farmworker agricultural chemical exposure in North Carolina. Hum Organ. 1998;57:359-368. (Pubitemid 128768887)
23. Hunt LM, Tinoco-Ojanguren R, Schwartz N, Halperin D. Balancing risks and resources: applying pesticides without using protective equipment in southern Mexico. In: Hahn RA, ed. Anthropology in Public Health: Bridging Differences in Culture and Society. New York: Oxford University Press; 1999:235-254.
24. Perry MJ, Marbella A, Layde PM. Association of pesticide safety beliefs and intentions with behaviors among farm pesticide applicators. Am J Health Promot. 1999;14:18-21. (Pubitemid 29477788)
25. Neufeld S, Wright SM, Gaut J. Not raising a "bubble kid": farm parents' attitudes and practices regarding the employment, training and supervision of their children. J Rural Health. 2002;18:57-66. (Pubitemid 34522506)
26. Sorensen JA, May JJ, Paap K, Purschwitz MA, Emmelin M. Encouraging farmers to retrofit tractors: a qualitative analysis of risk perceptions among a group of high-risk farmers in New York. J Agric Saf Health. 2008;14:105-117. (Pubitemid 351279536)
27. Rao P, Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Doran A. North Carolina growers' and extension agents' perceptions of Latino farmworker pesticide exposure. Hum Organ. 2004;63:151-161. (Pubitemid 39047782)
28. Verma A, Schulz MR, Quandt SA, et al. Eye health and safety among Latino farmworkers. J Agromediicne. 2011;16:143-152.
29. Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Preisser JS. Predictors of incidence and prevalence of green tobacco sickness among Latino farmworkers in North Carolina, U.S.A. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2001;55:818-824. (Pubitemid 32980462)
30. Arcury TA, Feldman SR, Schulz MR, et al. Diagnosed skin diseases among migrant farmworkers in North Carolina: prevalence and risk factors. J Agric Saf Health. 2007;13:407-418. (Pubitemid 350162475)
31. Shipp EM, Cooper SP, del Junco DJ, et al. Chronic back pain and associated work and non-work variables among farmworkers from Starr County, Texas. J Agromedicine. 2009;14:22-32.
32. Brumitt J, Reisch R, Krasnoselsky K, et al. Selfreported musculoskeletal pain in Latino vineyard workers. J Agromedicine. 2011;16:72-80.
33. Walker-Bone K, Palmer KT. Musculoskeletal disorders in farmers and farm workers. Occup Med (Lond). 2002;52:441-450. (Pubitemid 36054429)
34. Grzywacz JG, Quandt SA, Chen H, et al. Depressive symptoms among Latino farmworkers across the agricultural season: individual and contextual influences. Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2010;16:335-343.
35. Hiott A, Grzywacz JG, Arcury TA, Quandt SA. Gender differences in anxiety and depression among immigrant Latinos. Fam Syst Health. 2006;24:137-146. (Pubitemid 44252943)
36. Wiehagen WJ, Turin FC. Ergonomic assessment of musculskeletal risk factors at four mine sites: underground coal, surface copper, surface phosphate, and underground limestone. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-159 Informational Circular 9475, 2004. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ mining/ pubs/pubreference/outputid82.htm. Accessed November 11, 2010.
37. Kohout FJ, Berkman LF, Evans DA, Cornoni- Huntley J. Two shorter forms of the CES-D depression symptoms index. J Aging Health. 1993;5(2):179-193. (Pubitemid 23122092)
38. Grzywacz JG, Hovey JD, Seligman LD, Arcury TA, Quandt SA. Evaluating short-form versions of the CES-D for measuring depressive symptoms among immigrants from Mexico. Hisp J Behav Sci. 2006;28(3):404-424. (Pubitemid 44035756)
39. Quandt SA, Grzywacz JG, Marín A, et al. Illnesses and injuries reported by Latino poultry workers in western North Carolina. Am J Ind Med. 2006;49:343-351.
40. Grzywacz JG, Arcury TA, Marín A, et al. The organization of work: implications for injury and illness among immigrant Latinos in poultry processing. Arch Environ Occup Health. 2007;62:19-26.
41. Jorgensen E, Sokas RK, Nickels L, GaoW, Gittleman JL. An English/Spanish safety climate scale for construction workers. Am J Ind Med. 2007;50(6):438-442. (Pubitemid 46883936)
42. Sokas RK, Emile J, Nickels L, Gao W, Gittleman JL. An intervention effectiveness study of hazard awareness training in the construction building trades. Public Health Rep. 2009;124(suppl 1):160-168.
43. Bureau of Labor Statistics. National census of fatal occupational injuries in 2000. Washington, DC: Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor. Available at: http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/ cfnr0007.pdf. Accessed May 14, 2010.
44. Smith GS, Huang YH, Ho M, Chen PY. The relationship between safety climate and injury rates across industries: the need to adjust for injury hazards. Accid Anal Prev. 2006;38:556-562.
45. Wiggins M. Farm labor and the struggle for justice in the Eastern United States fields. In: Arcury TA, Quandt SA, eds. Latino Farmworkers in the Eastern United States: Health, Safety, and Justice. New York: Springer; 2009:201-220.
46. US Environmental Protection Agency. The Worker Protection Standard for Agricultural Pesticides -How To Comply/What Employers Need To Know.Washington, DC: Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (H7506C). EPA 735-B-93-001, 1993.
47. Jackson LL, Rosenberg HR. Preventing heat-related illness among agricultural workers. J Agromedicine. 2010;15(3):200-215.
48. Calvert GM, Alarcon WA, Chelminski A, et al. Case report: three farmworkers who gave birth to infants with birth defects closely grouped in time and place-Florida and North Carolina, 2004-2005. Environ Health Perspect. 2007;115(5):787-791. (Pubitemid 46804355)