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. 2008 Nov;98(11):1956-9.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.124271. Epub 2008 Sep 17.

Occupational conditions and well-being of indigenous farmworkers

Stephanie Farquhar  1 , Nargess Shadbeh, Julie Samples, Santiago Ventura, Nancy Goff
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Occupational conditions and well-being of indigenous farmworkers

Stephanie Farquhar et al. Am J Public Health. 2008 Nov.

Abstract

Increasing numbers of indigenous farmworkers from Mexico and Guatemala have been arriving in the Pacific Northwest (indigenous people are not of Hispanic or Latino descent and migrate from regions with unique cultural and linguistic traditions). Multilingual project outreach workers administered surveys to 150 farmworkers in Oregon to assess health, occupational safety, and general living conditions. This study confirms the increasing presence of indigenous peoples in Oregon and characterizes differences between indigenous and Latino farmworkers' occupational and health needs.

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