Quandt Sara A, Brooke Carol, Fagan Kathleen, Howe Allyson, Thornburg Thomas K, McCurdy Stephen A
Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
North Carolina Justice Center, Raleigh, NC, USA.
New Solut. 2015 Nov;25(3):263-86. doi: 10.1177/1048291115601053. Epub 2015 Aug 28.
Farmworkers in the United States occupy a range of housing, including both on- and off-farm family and communal dwellings. As the farmworker population is becoming more settled, housing needs are changing. Existing regulations designed originally for grower-supplied migrant housing may need to be expanded. Much of farmworker housing is in poor condition, and likely linked to negative mental and physical health outcomes of residents because of exposures to crowding; mold, mildew, and other allergens; pesticides; and structural deficiencies. The existing research literature, both on housing conditions and their associations with farmworker health, is sparse, and large areas of the country and significant domains of health are omitted. This paper reviews this literature and formulates research and policy recommendations for addressing these deficiencies.
美国的农场工人居住在一系列住房中，包括农场内和农场外的家庭及 communal 住所。随着农场工人人口越来越定居，住房需求正在发生变化。最初为种植者提供的农民工住房设计的现有法规可能需要扩大。许多农场工人住房状况不佳，由于拥挤、霉菌、霉变和其他过敏原、农药以及结构缺陷，可能与居民的负面身心健康结果有关。关于住房条件及其与农场工人健康的关联的现有研究文献很少，该国大片地区和健康的重要领域被遗漏。本文回顾了这些文献，并就解决这些不足提出了研究和政策建议。
