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

of: Thomas A. Arcury, Sara A. Quandt

Springer-Verlag, 2009

ISBN: 9780387883472 , 240 Pages

Format: PDF, Read online

Copy protection: DRM

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

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