Health Care for Migrant Workers
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Date Published: 1976
Academic paper that focuses on health care delivery and several national and state funded programs that address conditions among migrant workers. Health problems are particularly acute among the estimated 250,000 farmworkers and their families who migrate from South Texas. Low income, poor housing, and sanitation, hazardous working conditions, and a migrating lifestyle each contribute to severity of health problems and present barriers to delivery of health services.
Date Published: 1976
Academic paper that focuses on health care delivery and several national and state funded programs that address conditions among migrant workers. Health problems are particularly acute among the estimated 250,000 farmworkers and their families who migrate from South Texas. Low income, poor housing, and sanitation, hazardous working conditions, and a migrating lifestyle each contribute to severity of health problems and present barriers to delivery of health services.
