Journal
JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH
Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages 626-632Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9554-6
Keywords
Farmworkers; Pesticides; Reproductive health; Focus groups
Categories
Funding
- NIOSH CDC HHS [R21OH009830] Funding Source: Medline
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Occupational pesticide exposure may be hazardous to pregnant farmworkers, yet few studies have focused on the health of female farmworkers distinct from their male counterparts or on the impact of agricultural work tasks on pregnancy outcomes. In the current community-based participatory research study, researchers conducted five focus groups with female nursery and fernery workers in Central Florida to enhance knowledge of attitudes about occupational risks and pregnancy health and to gather qualitative data to help form a survey instrument. This article presents the results from questions focused on pesticide exposure and its impact on general, reproductive, pregnancy, and fetal health. Workers reported a belief that pesticide exposure could be hazardous to pregnancy health; descriptions of symptoms and health concerns believed to be related to farmwork and to pesticide exposure; and descriptions of barriers preventing them from practicing safer occupational behaviors.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available