Caxaj C Susana, Weiler Anelyse
Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Qual Health Res. 2025 Jun;35(7):807-823. doi: 10.1177/10497323241285768. Epub 2024 Oct 18.
Worldwide, migrant agricultural workers face poor housing conditions and related health challenges. A growing body of research has documented the substandard housing often occupied by this largely racialized population. Yet limited health research has examined mechanisms of structural racism that determine this group's poor housing and health. Drawing on interviews with 151 migrant farmworkers in Ontario and British Columbia, Canada, we documented the housing experiences faced by migrant agricultural workers and examined the role of structural racism in determining housing and health inequities. Our analysis identified four overlapping mechanisms by which migrants' housing and health were determined by structural racism: (1) scarcity, (2) segregation, (3) sacrifice, and (4) stagnation. These mechanisms both reinforced and normalized housing hardships, making it difficult for migrants to escape unsafe or inadequate housing. Our findings point to the need for immediate action to improve housing conditions for this population and to interrogate the racist design that keeps migrant workers at the margins of society.
在全球范围内，流动农业工人面临恶劣的住房条件及相关健康挑战。越来越多的研究记录了这一主要为种族化群体常常居住的不合标准的住房情况。然而，针对决定该群体恶劣住房和健康状况的结构性种族主义机制的健康研究却很有限。通过对加拿大安大略省和不列颠哥伦比亚省的151名流动农场工人进行访谈，我们记录了流动农业工人所面临的住房经历，并研究了结构性种族主义在决定住房和健康不平等方面所起的作用。我们的分析确定了结构性种族主义决定移民住房和健康的四种相互重叠的机制：（1）稀缺，（2）隔离，（3）牺牲，以及（4）停滞。这些机制既强化了住房困境，又使其常态化，使得移民难以摆脱不安全或不充足的住房状况。我们的研究结果表明，需要立即采取行动改善这一群体的住房条件，并审视将流动工人边缘化的种族主义设计。
