An Approach to Improving Health Services for Migrant Agricultural Workers

Agribusiness, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Health of Agricultural Migrant Workers

BACKGROUND Living conditions and health of migrant farmworkers could benefit from a health promotion model based on corporate social responsibility (CSR). OBJECTIVE To understand how Mexican agribusiness owners and general managers view and practice CSR. METHODS We interviewed 8 agribusiness owners/managers and 233 farmworkers using open-ended interviews and gathered anthropometrical data o...

an approach to health services development research

the process of planning and initiating health services development has been described as conceived and experienced by the working group of the health services development research project in iran. the technical steps (conceiving and describing the health services system, development of plans, preparatory step and implementation) as well as political support needed are defined and described. the...

Migrant farm-workers and health.

Many diseases are more common among Latinos/as than nonHispanic Whites. Rates of teenage pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections, diabetes, cirrhosis and cervical cancer are higher among Latinos/as. In particular, rates of alcohol abuse, motor vehicle accidents and interpersonal trauma are higher among Hispanic migrant farm workers. Furthermore, Latinas, including those in farming communit...

Migrant workers' health rights unmet.

Accessibility to health services among migrant workers in the Northeast of Thailand

Background. There is an increasing trend of trans-border migration from neighboring countries to Thailand. According to human rights laws, everyone must have access to health services, even if they are from other nationalities.  However, a small minority of health personnel in Thailand discriminate against immigrant workers, as they are from a lower financial bracket. Methods. This cross-sectio...