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Zujaila Mizar Ornelas – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Despite the increase in enrollment of first-generation college students at four-year institutions, this student population was more than twice as likely to drop out before their sophomore year compared to their non-first-generation peers. Specifically, a subgroup of first-generation college students that has been identified as greatly…
Descriptors: Higher Education, First Generation College Students, Seasonal Laborers, Migrant Workers
Allison, Donald N. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Lack of health access and limited health care services are major concerns for those who provide healthcare for marginalized Mexican migrant and seasonal farmworker communities (MMSF). Health risks related to several deadly illnesses generate a significant challenge in providing services to this transnational population. In the United States,…
Descriptors: Migrant Workers, Seasonal Laborers, Mexicans, Males
LePrevost, Catherine E. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Because pesticide exposure is a significant hazard to farmworkers in their working and living environments, basic pesticide toxicology is a topic for farmworker science education that has implications beyond scientific literacy to encompass farmworkers' safety and health. Migrant and seasonal farmworkers have been identified as an at-risk…
Descriptors: Temporary Employment, Self Efficacy, Safety, Poisoning