The Intersection of Workplace and Environmental Exposure on Health in Latinx Farm Working Communities in Rural Inland Southern California

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Analyzes access and barriers to healthcare services for Eastern Coachella Valley rural farmworkers who are exposed to workplace and environmental health risks. Reports on 9 culturally responsive in-home interviews conducted from 2017 to 2018 with the assistance of a bilingual Spanish-Purépecha Latina promotora. Provides demographic information of participants and quotes from interviews related to themes such as environmental exposures, including the nearby Salton Sea; agricultural labor and its impact on health; chronic health conditions and trauma of exposures; and community-proposed solutions.

Ann Marie Cheney, Tatiana Barrera, Katheryn Rodriguez, Ana María Jaramillo López

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), 12940

10/2022

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Access · Agricultural health and safety · Community engagement and volunteerism · Community health workers · Culture and cultural competency · Environmental health · Farmers and farmworkers · Health conditions · Hispanic or Latino · California