236445 Occupational Risk in the Orange Grove: Migrant Workers' Model of Risk and Injury Prevention

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Jason Lind, PhD MPH , HSR&D/RR&D Center of Excellence, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL
Ricardo Contreras, PhD , Department of Anthropology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
In this poster we will describe the cultural model of risk and injury prevention that guides the practice of orange pickers in south Florida. The orange pickers are migrant workers from Mexico and other Central American countries. Data for the model were collected through in-depth interviewing and observations conducted by the authors in the orange groves. The model describes workers' indigenous knowledge regarding sources of risk in the workplace and strategies to prevent it.

Learning Areas:
Diversity and culture
Occupational health and safety
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Describe orange pickers' cultural model of risk and injury prevention. Describe a model of qualitative analysis of risk using ATLAS.ti, qualitative data analysis software.

Keywords: Migrant Workers, Methodology

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to present because I was a researcher at the program whose research findings are described in this poster.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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