ArticleAmerican journal of industrial medicine2019
Hired Latinx child farm labor in North Carolina: The demand-support-control model applied to a vulnerable worker population.
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- Heat-related illness symptoms among migrant farmworkers: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
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- Occupational Heat Stress Among Migrant and Ethnic Minority Outdoor Workers: A Scoping Review.Current environmental health reports · 2025Article
- Sociopolitical Development among Latinx Child Farmworkers.Youth (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Understanding Latinx Child Farmworkers' Reasons for Working: A Mixed Methods Approach.Journal of adolescent research · 2023Article
- Unprotected Youth Workers in US Agriculture.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Occupational Safety and Health with Technological Developments in Livestock Farms: A Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Working hours, sleep, and fatigue in the agriculture, forestry, and fishing sector: A scoping review.American journal of industrial medicine · 2022Article
- Trauma and US Minority Children and Youth.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Review
- Impacts of Climate Change and Heat Stress on Farmworkers' Health: A Scoping Review.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Structural Vulnerability and Occupational Injury Among Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina.New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS · 2021Article
- Musculoskeletal injury symptoms among hired Latinx child farmworkers in North Carolina.American journal of industrial medicine · 2021Article
- Hired Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina: Educational Status and Experience Through a Social Justice Lens.New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS · 2021Article
- Work-related injuries among Syrian refugee child workers in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon: A gender-sensitive analysis.PloS one · 2021Article
- Occupational Injuries of Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina: Associations With Work Safety Culture.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2020Article
- Work Safety Culture of Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina.American journal of industrial medicine · 2020Article
- Heat-Related Illness Among Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina: A Mixed-Methods Study.New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS · 2020Article
- "Be careful!" Perceptions of work-safety culture among hired Latinx child farmworkers in North Carolina.American journal of industrial medicine · 2019Article
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backgroundUS government child labor policies allow children as young as age 10 to be hired as workers on farms not operated by family members. Children may face substantial health risks in an industry known for high worker morbidity and mortality rates, due to high demands for productivity, and low control and little support because of the organization of the workplace. This paper examines how child farmworkers in North Carolina experience their work situation.
methodsIn-depth interviews conducted in 2016 with 30 Latinx child farmworkers, ages 10 to 17, were analyzed using concepts from the demand-control-support model. All had worked as either migrant or seasonal hired farmworkers within the past year.
resultsChildren reported planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops including fruits, vegetables, and tobacco. The crew leader supervisory system, piece-rate pay, and coworker pressure produced significant demands to work quickly and take risks including lifting heavy loads, operating mechanical equipment, and working in excessive heat. Children had little control over work to counter demands they experienced; and they labored in a state of fear of firing, wage theft, and other sanctions. Support was variable, with younger children more likely to experience family and coworker support than older children.
conclusionsThe high demands with limited control and, for some, little support, that these children experience place them at risk and show the possibility of injury and exploitation. Future research should systematically document the occupational injury and illness of hired child farmworkers, and consider whether changes in labor policy are warranted.
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