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Demographic Profile Of The “Farmworker Population” In The United States, Carlos Siordia, Athena Ramos Jan 2015

Demographic Profile Of The “Farmworker Population” In The United States, Carlos Siordia, Athena Ramos

Reports: Health Promotion, Social & Behavioral Health

The health and economic well-being of farmworkers has been investigated by social scientists for many decades [1,2,3]. General research on occupational safety and farmworker justice has also been developed more recently [4]. Because Hispanics/Latinos are commonly associated with farmworker occupations, especially migrant farm work, research has paid special attention to their population [5]. For example, researchers have investigated the health of Latina farmworkers [6], injury in youth from Latino farmworker families [7], and learning ability amongst Latino farmworkers [8]. However, Latinos only make up about half of the “farmworker population” is the United States (US). The specific aim of this …


Health Profile Of Nebraska's Latino Population, Athena K. Ramos, Shireen Rajaram, Lourdes Gouveia, Yuriko Doku, Drissa Toure, Anthony Zhang, Sondra Manske Mar 2013

Health Profile Of Nebraska's Latino Population, Athena K. Ramos, Shireen Rajaram, Lourdes Gouveia, Yuriko Doku, Drissa Toure, Anthony Zhang, Sondra Manske

Reports: Health Promotion, Social & Behavioral Health

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