Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington (Dr Ulrich); Division of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (Dr Molina); Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Dr Ulrich, Ms Briant, Ms Onstad, Mr Copeland, Dr Holte, Dr Thompson), Seattle, Washington.
J Occup Environ Med. 2018 Sep;60(9):810-814. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001333.
Stress is pervasive among Latino immigrants. We identified seasonal and occupational patterns in stress among rural Latino immigrants.
During three agricultural periods, farmworker and non-farmworker participants responded to a 24-item stress questionnaire (Snipes et al, 2007). We measured the associations of stress with occupation, with season, and occupation within season, adjusting for demographic variables.
The highest levels of stress were observed in the pre-thinning season when pruning takes place among farmworkers. Stress is significantly higher in farmworkers compared with non-farmworkers only in the non-spray season when crops are dormant. Higher income was associated with decreased stress in the pre-thinning and thinning seasons when buds and small fruit are removed from orchards.
Identification of strategies to reduce stress in Latino migrants is warranted. Although some sources of stress may be intractable, others may be amenable to intervention.
压力在拉丁裔移民中普遍存在。我们确定了农村拉丁裔移民的压力的季节性和职业性模式。
在三个农业期内，农场工人和非农场工人参与者对 24 项压力问卷（Snipes 等人，2007 年）做出了回应。我们测量了压力与职业、季节以及季节内职业之间的关联，并调整了人口统计学变量。
在修剪期间，预疏果期的农场工人的压力最大。仅在作物休眠的非喷药季节，农场工人的压力明显高于非农场工人。在疏芽和疏果期，收入较高与压力降低有关，此时果园中会去除花蕾和小果实。
有必要确定减轻拉丁裔移民压力的策略。尽管一些压力源可能难以解决，但其他压力源可能可以通过干预来解决。
