ArticleRisk management and healthcare policy2021
Occupational Health Problems among Seasonal and Migrant Farmworkers in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Heat-related illness symptoms among migrant farmworkers: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Health worker experience of heat-related discomfort, service delivery, and related coping and adaptation in Ghana.Discover public health · 2026Article
- Work and work exposures in sugarcane farming in Eswatini, Southern Africa.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2025Article
- Occupational Heat Stress Among Migrant and Ethnic Minority Outdoor Workers: A Scoping Review.Current environmental health reports · 2025Article
- Demographic characteristics and prevalence of asymptomaticFrontiers in epidemiology · 2024Article
- Impacts of Climate Change and Heat Stress on Farmworkers' Health: A Scoping Review.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundMigrant and seasonal farmworkers are at increased risk for occupational fatalities and injuries. Although such employment-related geographical mobility is receiving increasing attention, there is limited evidence about occupational health problems among seasonal farmworkers. Therefore, this study aims to investigate occupational health problems among seasonal and migrant farmworkers in Ethiopia.
methodsA cross-sectional study design was employed from October to December 2019 among seasonal and migrant farmworkers. The study was carried out in two sites of Amhara regional state, northwest Ethiopia. A cluster sampling technique was used to recruit 990 study participants. Bivariable and multivariable binary logistic regression analyses were performed using SPSS version 20 to identify factors associated with injuries. The significance level was obtained at 95% CI and
resultsIn this study, the period prevalence of work-related injury among seasonal and migrant farmworkers was 32.5% (95% CI: 29.7, 35.9). Being unemployed before migration (AOR = 2.22, 95% CI: 1.26, 3.91), working for >8 h/day (AOR = 1.62, 95% CI: 1.16, 2.27), stress (AOR = 1.38, 95% CI: 1.02, 1.88) and thermal discomfort (AOR = 1.48, 95% CI: 1.09, 1.98) were the significant risk factors for work-related injury. In addition, nearly two-third (60.9%) of the study participants have shown three or more heat-related illness symptoms. Moreover, the prevalence of work-related stress among seasonal and migrant farmworkers was 67.6% (95% CI: 64.6, 70.7).
conclusionOccupational health problems among seasonal and migrant farmworkers in northwest Ethiopia remain a major public health problem. Hence, implementing tailored preventive measures like training on health and safety, and hazard control measures would be supremely important to minimize the risk.
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