Poverty as a predisposing factor of illness tendencies in sugar cane workers
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Poverty as a predisposing factor of illness tendencies in sugar cane workers.
This exploratory research based on the Social Ecological Theory aimed to study the health promotion of 39 people working in the harvest of the sugarcane in São Paulo, Brazil. The objectives were to identify the individual, social and environmental factors predisposing the workers to illnesses. The data were collected through direct observation of the labor activity and a questionnaire. The main...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0104-1169
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-11692007000700004