Occupational Health of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in the United States : report summary
Author: National Rural Health Association
Date Published: 1986
This document summarizes and highlights the findings of a 1984 study by Valerie Wilk of the Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc., Washington D.C., entitled The Occupational Health of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in the United States. This report hopes to provide information to stimulate further research on migrant and seasonal farmworkers, their work conditions, and the accompanying health hazards they face. Valerie Wilk reviews existing literature and data in the health of farmworkers. The report can be regarded as an educational tool for federal agencies, migrant and community health centers, researchers in the field, farmworker advocacy organizations, and the general public, In this report, Wilk identifies areas in which current data is merely anecdotal, incomplete, or otherwise is desperately in need of further research
Date Published: 1986
This document summarizes and highlights the findings of a 1984 study by Valerie Wilk of the Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc., Washington D.C., entitled The Occupational Health of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in the United States. This report hopes to provide information to stimulate further research on migrant and seasonal farmworkers, their work conditions, and the accompanying health hazards they face. Valerie Wilk reviews existing literature and data in the health of farmworkers. The report can be regarded as an educational tool for federal agencies, migrant and community health centers, researchers in the field, farmworker advocacy organizations, and the general public, In this report, Wilk identifies areas in which current data is merely anecdotal, incomplete, or otherwise is desperately in need of further research
