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Download full textNational Rural Health Care Association, Kansas City, MO. – 1986
The estimated three million United States migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families suffer from a variety of occupational hazards and ailments exacerbated by limited, or nonexistent, health care services. Although existing migrant and seasonal farmworker health data is incomplete, general statements can be made about the health risks…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Child Welfare, Disease Incidence, Diseases
Wilk, Valerie A. – 1986
Intended to provide a framework for a research agenda on migrant and seasonal farmworker health and to serve as a resource for all those concerned with farmworker health, this report examines farmworker health data gathered within the past 10-15 years. The document contains the following material: (1) an overview of the major occupational health…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Child Welfare, Demography, Disease Incidence
Margolis, Richard J. – 1981
Based on direct observation of farmworker housing, reviews of the literature on the subject, "openended" interviews with migrant workers or members of their families, and visits to some 75 camps in Texas, Florida, Delaware, Maryland, Michigan, and Colorado, this report examines the conditions of migrant housing. Part I provides a brief historical…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Disadvantaged Environment, Government Role, Housing Deficiencies
Freudenberg, Kathy – New Jersey Medicine, 1992
Describes health problems experienced by the 12,000 migrants in New Jersey. Illustrates the needs for more attention and resources from the medical community. New Jersey programs, including school health services, are relatively advanced in protecting the rights and health of migrant workers, but a lack of resources limits the delivery of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Safety, Diseases, Injuries
Slesinger, Doris P.; Pfeffer, Max J. – 1992
This paper documents migrant farm workers as being among the most persistently underprivileged groups in American society. Migrant farm workers typically receive low wages from irregular employment and live in poverty with access to only substandard housing and inadequate health care. The lack of economic improvement stems from a number of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Economic Factors, Employer Employee Relationship, Farm Labor
Schumacher, Yvonne; And Others – 1983
Based on facts gathered in 1982-83 and prepared to inform the United States Commission on Civil Rights of the status of migrants in the State of Maryland, this report summarizes findings about housing, health and safety, access/communication/transportation, employment issues, and education. The summary of housing conditions notes that more than…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Civil Rights, Equal Protection, Health Needs
