Structural Competency and Agricultural Health and Safety: An Opportunity to Foster Equity within Agriculture.
| Title: | Structural Competency and Agricultural Health and Safety: An Opportunity to Foster Equity within Agriculture. |
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| Authors: | Bendixsen CG; National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA.; Ramos AK; Central States Agricultural Safety and Health Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.; Holmes SM; Division of Society and Environment, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.; Deprtment of Anthropology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.; Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Study, Barcelona, Spain. |
| Source: | Journal of agromedicine [J Agromedicine] 2023 Jan; Vol. 28 (1), pp. 45-52. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 23. |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: Taylor & Francis Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9421530 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1545-0813 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 1059924X NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Agromedicine Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: 2009- : Abingdon, Oxford : Taylor & Francis; Original Publication: Binghamton, NY : Haworth Medical Press, c1994- |
| MeSH Terms: | Occupational Health* ; Transients and Migrants*; Humans ; United States ; Agriculture ; Farmers ; Workforce ; Hispanic or Latino |
| Abstract: | The future of agricultural work in the United States (U.S.) must account for at least two important trends: 1) the persistence of the industry being riddled with high rates of injury and illness and 2) the growing proportion of hired farmworkers compared to family farmworkers working in these dangerous environments. These workers confront structural disadvantages that impede social justice and prosperity. Social structures like policies, economic systems, institutions, and social hierarchies create health disparities, often along the lines of social categories. The result is an already dangerous industry with vulnerable workers facing unjust risks, especially those that are undocumented. Agricultural health and safety professionals and other stakeholders should engage structural competency curricula in order to increase awareness of impact of structures and be better positioned to improve farmworker health and wellbeing. Similar work has been successful in the training healthcare professionals, e.g. the Structural Competency Working Group (SCWG). New strategies are needed to improve farmworker wellbeing and retain an adequate agricultural workforce. A greater understanding of the social and structural concerns that farmworkers face is an important step towards occupational and social justice. It is also clear that it will require collaboration and community-based efforts creating a larger team of people using similar concepts related to the structural influences on whether health and wellbeing are distributed equitably. This work is being moved forward in healthcare, social work, worker organizations, and community-based initiatives. Agricultural health and safety professionals have a vital contribution to make if they join the ranks. |
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| Grant Information: | U54 OH010162 United States OH NIOSH CDC HHS |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Structural competency; equity; farmworkers; health disparities; training curriculum |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20221124 Date Completed: 20221230 Latest Revision: 20240617 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC11034733 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/1059924X.2022.2148148 |
| PMID: | 36420522 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.