Habib Rima R, Hojeij Safa, Elzein Kareem
Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, P.O.Box: 11-0236 Riad El Solh, 1107 2020, Beirut, Lebanon.
Am J Ind Med. 2014 Dec;57(12):1344-67. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22375. Epub 2014 Sep 16.
Farmwork is one of the most hazardous occupations for men and women. Research suggests sex/gender shapes hazardous workplace exposures and outcomes for farmworkers. This paper reviews the occupational health literature on farmworkers, assessing how gender is treated and interpreted in exposure-outcome studies.
The paper evaluates peer-reviewed articles on men and women farmworkers' health published between 2000 and 2012 in PubMed or SCOPUS. Articles were identified and analyzed for approaches toward sampling, data analysis, and use of exposure indicators in relation to sex/gender.
18% of articles reported on and interpreted sex/gender differences in health outcomes and exposures. Sex/gender dynamics often shaped health outcomes, yet adequate data was not collected on established sex/gender risk factors relating to study outcomes.
Research can better incorporate sex/gender analysis into design, analytical and interpretive approaches to better explore its mediation of health outcomes in light of emerging calls to mainstream gender research.
农业劳动对男性和女性来说都是最危险的职业之一。研究表明，性别塑造了农场工人在危险工作场所的暴露情况和结果。本文回顾了关于农场工人的职业健康文献，评估在暴露-结果研究中性别是如何被对待和解释的。
本文评估了2000年至2012年间发表在PubMed或SCOPUS上的关于男性和女性农场工人健康的同行评审文章。对文章进行了识别和分析，以了解与性别相关的抽样、数据分析和暴露指标的使用方法。
18%的文章报告并解释了健康结果和暴露方面的性别差异。性别动态往往塑造了健康结果，但对于与研究结果相关的既定性别风险因素，并未收集到足够的数据。
鉴于将性别研究纳入主流的新要求，研究可以更好地将性别分析纳入设计、分析和解释方法中，以更好地探索其对健康结果的调节作用。
