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WHAT IS THE PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM?
CDC
conducts a national program in agricultural safety and health which
includes intramural research; ten regional Centers for Agricultural
Disease and Injury Research, Education, and Prevention; six Community
Partners Programs for Healthy Farming; a National Children’s Center for
Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety; and numerous grants. In
partnership with seven state health departments, CDC conducts monitoring
of acute pesticide illness and injury. Each component of the national
program includes activities addressing concerns of workers in
immigrant/Hispanic populations. With extramural partners in two states and
utilizing promotores de salud (lay health care workers), CDC supports an
intervention program that is designed to reduce eye injuries and illnesses
in Latino farmworkers. In cooperation with the National Center for
Farmworker Health, CDC supports and participates in the planning of the
annual (Migrant) Farmworker Stream Forums which help researchers, workers,
and advocates break down barriers and develop trust and cooperation.
To better understand issues
faced by immigrant agricultural workers, CDC is collaborating with the
Department of Labor to collect data on hired crop farm workers, most of
whom are foreign born, through the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS).
NAWS is the only national study that has documented the living and working
conditions of immigrant workers
Efforts to address the
unique problems of immigrant/Hispanic workers will continue with the
development of culturally sensitive interventions and worker training
programs and materials |
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