Latino Farmworkers in the Eastern United States - Health, Safety and Justice

von: Thomas A. Arcury, Sara A. Quandt

Springer-Verlag, 2009

ISBN: 9780387883472 , 240 Seiten

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Latino Farmworkers in the Eastern United States - Health, Safety and Justice


 

Contents

5

Contributors

7

The Health and Safety of Farmworkers in the Eastern United States: A Need to Focus on Social Justice

11

Latino/Hispanic Farmworkers and Farm Work in the Eastern United States: The Context for Health, Safety, and Justice

25

The Condition of Farmworker Housing in the Eastern United States

47

Occupational Injury and Illness in Farmworkers in the Eastern United States

80

Pesticide Exposure Among Farmworkers and Their Families in the Eastern United States: Matters of Social and Environmental Justice

111

Tuberculosis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV, and Other Infections Among Farmworkers in the Eastern United States

138

Mental Health Among Farmworkers in the Eastern United States

160

Health of Children and Women in the Farmworker Community in the Eastern United States

180

Farm Labor and the Struggle for Justice in the Eastern United States

208

Conclusions: An Agenda for Farmworker Social Justice in the Eastern United States

228

Index

241