@article{ref1,
title="Understanding challenges to well-being among Latina farmworkers in rural Idaho using in an interdisciplinary, mixed-methods approach",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2021",
author="Curl, Cynthia L. and Meierotto, Lisa and Som Castellano, Rebecca L.",
volume="18",
number="1",
pages="e169-e169",
abstract="The aim of this study was to identify social, cultural and workplace-related risk factors affecting well-being among Latina farmworkers in rural Idaho. We recruited  70 Latina farmworkers from southwestern Idaho in 2019. We employed an  inter-disciplinary, mixed-methods approach-including surveys, focus groups,  interviews, and pesticide biomonitoring-to characterize multiple domains that  influence well-being, including food security and access, housing conditions, social  supports, access to medical care, and workplace safety. Six major themes emerged as  primary challenges to Latina farmworkers' well-being. In the public sphere, study  participants identified these challenges as long working hours, concerns regarding  pesticide exposure, and lack of enforcement of regulatory protections. Participants'  concerns regarding pesticide exposure were underscored by biological sampling  results; multiple biomarkers of pesticide exposure were detected in all samples,  with the highest concentrations measured in samples collected from women who  reported mixing, loading or applying pesticides. Within the private sphere, food  security and provisioning, childcare responsibilities, and social isolation were  identified as significant challenges to well-being. Gender, ethnicity, and geography  emerged as important, intersecting statuses that shaped the life experiences of  these agricultural workers. Our findings suggest that gender may play a particularly  critical role in the unique challenges facing Latina farmworkers. As a result, the  services and regulations needed to support well-being in this population may be  highly specific, and almost certainly include attention to work-family dynamics,  pesticide exposure, and social connections.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph18010169",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010169"
}