Latinx Farmworkers in the Eastern United States Health, Safety,
Migrant and seasonal farmworkers are largely Latinx men, women, and children. They work in crop, dairy, and livestock production, and are essential to the U.S. agricultural economy—one of the most hazardous and least regulated industries in the United Sta
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inx Farmworkers in the Eastern United States Health, Safety, and Justice Second Edition
Latinx Farmworkers in the Eastern United States
Thomas A. Arcury • Sara A. Quandt Editors
Latinx Farmworkers in the Eastern United States Health, Safety, and Justice Second Edition
Editors Thomas A. Arcury Department of Family and Community Medicine Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston Salem, NC, USA
Sara A. Quandt Department of Epidemiology and Prevention Division of Public Health Sciences Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston Salem, NC, USA
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Contents
1 The Health and Safety of Latinx Farmworkers in the Eastern United States: A Renewed Focus on Social Justice �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1 Thomas A. Arcury and Sara A. Quandt 2 Latinx Farmworkers and Farm Work in the Eastern United States: The Context for Health, Safety, and Justice������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 11 Thomas A. Arcury and Dana C. Mora 3 Occupational Injury and Illness in Farmworkers in the Eastern United States�������������������������������������������������������������������� 41 John J. May and Thomas A. Arcury 4 Stress and Distress: Mental Health Among Latinx Farmworkers in the Eastern United States ������������������������������ 83 Katherine F. Furgurson and Sara A. Quandt 5 Occupational Justice for Latinx Livestock Workers in the Eastern United States��������������������������������������������������
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