Department of Psychology, Colorado Injury Control Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1876, USA.
J Rural Health. 2009 Spring;25(2):219-25. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2009.00221.x.
A large number of hired farmworkers in the United States come from México. Understanding safety and health concerns among the workers is essential to improving prevention programs.
The purpose of this pilot study was to obtain detailed information about safety and health concerns of hired farmworkers in Colorado and in México.
A total of 10 migrant farmworkers from northern Colorado and 5 seasonal farmworkers from Guanajuato, México, were interviewed using a semi-structured interview process. The social cognitive theory (SCT) served as a framework to gain understanding of safety and health among workers.
Topics of concern identified included causes of farm, home and motor vehicle injuries, and treatment preferences for injuries and illnesses. Four main themes emerged: safety and health concerns, personal control and prevention strategies, factors affecting control and prevention strategies, and the importance of family.
Further study of the themes using a revised semi-structured interview will be done in a larger study among hired farmworkers. The results add to the current work to understand specific health and safety concerns among these workers.
美国有大量雇佣的农场工人来自墨西哥。了解工人的安全和健康问题对于改善预防计划至关重要。
本试点研究的目的是获取关于科罗拉多州和墨西哥雇佣农场工人安全和健康问题的详细信息。
使用半结构化访谈过程，对来自科罗拉多州北部的 10 名移民农场工人和来自瓜纳华托州的 5 名季节性农场工人进行了访谈。社会认知理论（SCT）作为理解工人安全和健康的框架。
确定的关注主题包括农场、家庭和机动车事故的原因，以及对伤害和疾病的治疗偏好。出现了四个主要主题：安全和健康问题、个人控制和预防策略、影响控制和预防策略的因素以及家庭的重要性。
将使用修订后的半结构化访谈对这些主题进行进一步研究，以在更大规模的雇佣农场工人研究中进行。研究结果增加了当前对这些工人特定健康和安全问题的理解。
