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Migrant Health Status: Profile of a Population With Complex Health Problems

Author: Dever, Alan
Date Published: 1991


This document presents information on the health status of migrant and seasonal farmworkers from several perspectives. The study sampled utilization data for this study from four migrant health centers in the states of Texas (a home base area for migrant and seasonal farmworkers), Michigan, and Indiana (non-homebase areas), The program health analysis examined data from a total of 6,969 medical encounters during the study period. In addition, community health data was collected on two control group counties in addition to the study area in order to test the hypothesis that Hispanic migrant and seasonal farmworker populations differ from the Hispanic population in general. The data indicate that the differences between farmworker health status and that of the general U.S. population is more pronounced for workers in their home areas than for those working upstream, this monograph concentrates scrutiny on data from the homebase study area counties. First, the demographic characteristics of the study population are discussed. Second, data relevant to community-based health status (I.e., home base vs. non-homebase population) are presented. Next are program health status findings based on comparisons of clinic-specific data with findings from the National Ambulatory Care Survey. Fourth, co-morbidity patterns in migrant health clinics are examined. Finally, the development of clinical indicators is discussed.he results from this study are significant shocking, and convincing.

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