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Understanding Challenges to Well-Being among Latina FarmWorkers in Rural Idaho Using in an Interdisciplinary, Mixed-Methods Approach

Description
Identifies social, cultural, and workplace-related risk factors impacting well-being in the public and private spheres of 70 female farmworkers in southwestern Idaho. Focuses on 6 themes specific to rural geography and farmworker populations, including long working hours, pesticide exposure, lack of enforcement of regulatory protections, food security, childcare responsibilities, and social isolation.
Author(s)
Cynthia L. Curl, Lisa Meierotto, Rebecca L. Som Castellano
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(1), 169
Date
01/2021
Type
Document
Tagged as
Agricultural health and safety · Farmers and farmworkers · Health disparities · Hispanic or Latino · Statistics and data · Women · Idaho