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Article

The Abysmal Organization of Work and Work Safety Culture Experienced by North Carolina Latinx Women in Farmworker Families

by
Thomas A. Arcury
1,*,
Sydney A. Smith
2,
Jennifer W. Talton
2 and
Sara A. Quandt
3
1
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
2
Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, Division of Public Health Science, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
3
Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(8), 4516; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084516
Submission received: 7 February 2022 / Revised: 4 April 2022 / Accepted: 6 April 2022 / Published: 8 April 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Work Organization, Occupational Stress, and Mental Health and Wellbeing: Advances in the Evidence and Approaches to Intervention)
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Abstract

The occupational health of immigrant workers in the United States is a major concern. This analysis describes two domains, organization of work and work safety culture, important to the occupational health of Latinx women in farmworker families. Sixty-seven Latinx women in North Carolina farmworker families completed a baseline and five follow-up questionnaires in 2019 through 2021. Fifty-nine of the women were employed in the year prior to the Follow-Up 5 Questionnaire. These women experienced an abysmal organization of work and work safety culture. They experienced significant job churn, with most changing employment several times during the 18-month period. Most of their jobs were seasonal, paid less than $10.00 per hour, piece-rate, and almost all without benefits. The women’s jobs had little skill variety (mean 1.5) or decision latitude (mean 1.1), but had high psychological demands (mean 2.0). Work safety climate was very low (mean 13.7), with 76.3% of women noting that their supervisors were “only interested in doing the job fast and cheaply” rather than safely. Women employed as farmworkers versus those in other jobs had few differences. Further research and intervention are needed on the organization of work and work safety culture of Latinx women manual workers.
Keywords: migrant health; women’s health; occupational health; agricultural health; migrant and seasonal farmworkers; Latinx; organization of work; work safety culture; work safety climate migrant health; women’s health; occupational health; agricultural health; migrant and seasonal farmworkers; Latinx; organization of work; work safety culture; work safety climate

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Arcury, T.A.; Smith, S.A.; Talton, J.W.; Quandt, S.A. The Abysmal Organization of Work and Work Safety Culture Experienced by North Carolina Latinx Women in Farmworker Families. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 4516. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084516

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Arcury TA, Smith SA, Talton JW, Quandt SA. The Abysmal Organization of Work and Work Safety Culture Experienced by North Carolina Latinx Women in Farmworker Families. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(8):4516. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084516

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Arcury, Thomas A., Sydney A. Smith, Jennifer W. Talton, and Sara A. Quandt. 2022. "The Abysmal Organization of Work and Work Safety Culture Experienced by North Carolina Latinx Women in Farmworker Families" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 8: 4516. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084516

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Arcury, T. A., Smith, S. A., Talton, J. W., & Quandt, S. A. (2022). The Abysmal Organization of Work and Work Safety Culture Experienced by North Carolina Latinx Women in Farmworker Families. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(8), 4516. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084516

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