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Appendix G: White Paper on an Examination of the Occupational Risks and Occupational Safety and Health Communication Needs of Spanish-speaking Children Who Are Employed or Live on Farms
Appendix G: White Paper on an Examination of the Occupational Risks and Occupational Safety and Health Communication Needs of Spanish-speaking Children Who Are Employed or Live on Farms
Pages 113-128
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. Children living on a Hispanic-owned farms face different occupational risks and perceive these risks differently than do adolescent farmworkers, recently arrived from Mexico or Central America, who are farm laborers.
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For the promotion of health and safety information to succeed in this multicultural and multilingual agricultural industry, the art and science of communication of health risks must be transformed to meet the special needs of children in agriculture. Communication of occupational risks to agricultural employers, parents, and especially Spanish-speaking children requires concentrated efforts to convey culturally appropriate messages to meet the needs of each target group (Finau, 2000~.
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There are children working on Hispanic family farms. There are an uncertain number of "invisible" children who migrate along with their parents or family members to work on U.S.
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O · · , ,, ,,,^_ eve—lo, - In, ~7~ ~~A ~1 SPANISH-SPEAKING MIGRANT CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT FARMWORKERS The agricultural industry employs about 2.5 million farmworkers. Hired farmworkers,4 some of whom are adolescents, are four times more likely to die from an occupational injury than to non-farm workers (Crandall et al., 1997~.
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Defenseless migrating children working in agriculture face numerous additional hazards, such as transportation in unsafe vehicles, risk of violence, and physical assault at unsecure locations (DOL, ~ 995~. EFFORTS ADDRESSING OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY FOR CHILDREN IN AGRICULTURE ~ 1995 NIOSH organized a national advisory group consisting of clinical, research policy experts to provide advice and direction on occupational health surveillance of adult farmworkers.
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In response to children being injured while living, working, or visiting agncultural work environments (primarily traditional English-speaking farms) the National Committee for Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention reached consensus on research, education, policy, and other interventions aimed at the reduction of agricultural injuries among children; in October 1996 NIOSH announced support of these recommendations (see Box 2~.
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Ensure that childhood agricultural injury prevention is supported with sufficient funding and cooperation from the public and private sectors.
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, designating NIOSH to plan, implement, and evaluate intramural and extramural research to promote best work practices and to improve the health and safety of hired adolescent farmworkers. NIOSH can convene a group of agricultural safety specialists, agricultural producers, and occupational health care providers who work with hired adolescent farmworkers to evaluate progress to improve their working conditions.
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and designate the DOL, the USDA, NIOSH, and the EPA to lead and coordinate a multi-organization network for addressing adolescent farmworkers' occupational health and safety research and program activities. Organizations representing agricultural employers, migrant health professionals, migrant advocates, adolescent farmworkers, and agricultural safety professionals should be represented in this new FAN.
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Source: Lee et al., 2002. , , Appropriate interventions must be based on collective efforts by government, health and safety professionals, agricultural employers, parents, and educators (CDC, 2001~.
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Risk Factors Age Gender Language skills Education Cultural beliefs · Perception of risk · Financial need Family influence Work experience Adult supervision · Geographical location · Agricultural task · Agricultural crop · Migration · Labor law Legal status Mental health · Developmental status Agricultural contractor Housing Audiences for Reducing Risk Hispanic farm families Migrant and seasonal farmworkers Adolescent farmworkers Community based organizations Government and federal organizations Health and safety professionals Agricultural employers Educators and trainers 123 Note: In this table, "hazard description" is not all-inclusive but is intended to highlight overlying effects and hazards of particular concern for children. These hazards are specific to the constantly changing agricultural work environment.
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Health and safety professionals are obligated to provide better guidance to agncultural employers and parents after evaluating work exposures and work benefits for children in agnculture. The most effective methods for communicating occupational risks should be identified by researchers and taught to agncultural employers, educators, and parents.
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Workgroup on Priorities for Farmworker Occupational Health Surveillance and Research. New Directions in the Surveillance of Hired Farm Worker Health and Occupational Safety.
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Paper prepared for the National Adolescent Farmworker Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Committee. Washington, DC: US Department of Labor.
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2002. Assessment of occupational health and safety risks of farmworkers in Colorado.
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