Alcohol use, working conditions, job benefits, and the legacy of the "dop" system among farm workers in the Western Cape Province, South Africa: Hope despite high levels of risky drinking

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 7406-7424

  Phillip Gossage, J ^a   Snell, Cudore L ^b   Parry, Charles D H ^c,d   Marais, Anna Susan ^d   Barnard, Ronel ^d   de Vries, Marlene ^d   Blankenship, Jason ^a   Seedat, Soraya ^d   Hasken, Julie M ^e   May, Philip A ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use and abuse; Epidemiology; Farm workers; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD); South Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALCOHOL; DRINKING; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; PUBLIC HEALTH; WAGE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOUTH AFRICA; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904975685     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110707406     Document Type: Article

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