Children in the Fields: The Struggles You Should Know

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Report examining the challenges and inequities affecting migrant farmworker children based on interviews with 37 children from the West, East, and Mid-Central regions. Addresses health struggles including bodily pain and injury, heat stress, COVID-19, pesticide exposure, and mental health. Also covers education and financial struggles and human trafficking vulnerabilities.

01/2022

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Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, Children in the Fields Campaign

Abuse and violence · Agricultural health and safety · Children and youth · Farmers and farmworkers · Health disparities · Mental health · Migrants · Statistics and data