McDermott S, Lee C V
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia 29208.
J Community Health. 1990 Oct;15(5):297-305. doi: 10.1007/BF01325137.
A record review and interview survey were carried out to determine the impact of injury on the health of male migrant workers in the Ridge area of South Carolina. Thirteen percent of the men's visits to the Rural Migrant Clinic were for injuries. A larger number, sixty percent, of men's visits to the local Emergency Room were due to injuries. Documentation of alcohol and drug use or the circumstances of the injury was more complete on the Emergency Room records than on the Clinic records. Interviews with 116 migrant workers were carried out in the camps during the summers of 1986 and 1987. Male migrant workers had similar rates of work related accidents as other hired farm workers in the United States. However, male migrant workers have more episodes of personal violence than black males living in other types of rural settings. Heavy drinking was associated with these violent episodes. Over 83 percent of the episodes of personal violence occurred in the camps after dark. It is suggested that camp conditions with poor sanitation, crowding, lack of recreational outlets, and high presence of available alcohol contributes to the high rates of injury in this group of men.
开展了一项记录审查和访谈调查，以确定伤害对南卡罗来纳州里奇地区男性农民工健康的影响。在农村流动诊所就诊的男性中，13%是因伤就诊。而在当地急诊室就诊的男性中，因伤就诊的比例更高，为60%。急诊室记录中关于酒精和药物使用情况或受伤情况的记录比诊所记录更完整。1986年和1987年夏天，在营地对116名农民工进行了访谈。男性农民工与美国其他受雇农场工人的工作相关事故发生率相似。然而，男性农民工遭受的个人暴力事件比生活在其他类型农村地区的黑人男性更多。酗酒与这些暴力事件有关。超过83%的个人暴力事件发生在营地天黑之后。有人认为，卫生条件差、拥挤、缺乏娱乐设施以及酒精供应量大的营地环境导致了这群男性的高受伤率。
