Occupational Health Among Latino Horse and Crop Workers in Kentucky: The Role of Work Organization Factors |
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| Authors: | Jennifer E. Swanberg PhD Jessica Miller Clouser MPH Steven R. Browning PhD MSPH Susan C. Westneat MS Mary Katherine Marsh MPH |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Social Work , University of Maryland, Baltimore , Baltimore , Maryland , USA jswanberg@ssw.umaryland.edu;3. College of Public Health , University of Kentucky , Lexington , Kentucky , USA |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT Agriculture is a dangerous industry often reliant on Latino workers, a vulnerable population. Using a work organization framework, this cross-sectional study analyzes the relationship between work organization variables and the occupational health of Latino crop (n?=?49) and horse breeding (n?=?54) workers in Kentucky. Increased levels of abusive supervision were associated with occupational injury (odds ratio [OR] = 2.97; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.0–8.77) and increased awkward postures were associated with occupational illness (OR = 3.85; 95% CI: 1.06–13.98). Although not statistically significant, abusive supervision increased the odds and a high safety climate score decreased the odds of injury, illness, and missed work. These findings suggest that the supervisor-subordinate relationship may play a critical role in the occupational health of Latino farmworkers. |
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| Keywords: | Agriculture Latino farmworkers occupational health supervisory practices work organization |
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