Information By U.S. Region

Published Papers (2000 -2011) – Migrant Health – by NIOSH Center

Northeast Center: NY, NJ, ME, CT, MA, PA, MD, WV

  1. Borjan M, Constantino P, Robson MG. 2008. New Jersey migrant and seasonal farm workers: enumeration and access to healthcare study. New Solut 18:77-86.
  2. Brieger K. 2006. A dietician’s perspective on diabetes among migrant farmworkers. J Health Care Poor Underserved 17:469-476.
  3. Cason KL, Snyder A, Jensen L. 2004 The health and nutrition of Hispanic migrant and seasonal farmworkers. The Center for Rural Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pensylvania.
  4. Earle-Richardson GB, Brower MA, Jones AM, May JJ, Jenkins PL. 2008. Estimating the occupational morbidity for migrant and seasonal farmworkers in New York state: a comparison of two methods. Ann Epidemiol 18:1-7.
  5. Earle-Richardson G, Jenkins PL, Stack S, Sorensen JA, Larson A, May JJ. 2005. Estimating farmworker population size in New York State using a minimum labor demand method. (510-2005-08). J Agric Saf Health 11:335-345.
  6. Earle-Richardson G, Jenkins P, Fulmer S, Mason C, Burdick P, May JJ. 2005. An ergonomic intervention to reduce back strain among apple harvest workers in New York State. (310-2005-02). Appl Ergon 36:327-334.
  7. Earle-Richardson GB, Jenkins PL, Slingerland DT, Mason C, Miles M, May JJ. 2003. Occupational Injury and Illness Among Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in New York State and Pennsylvania, 1997-1999: Pilot Study of a New Surveillance Method. Am J Ind Med 44(1):37-45.
  8. Emmi KE, Jurkowski JM, Codru N, Bell EM, Kacica MA, Carter TP. 2010. Assessing the health of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in New York State: statewide data. J Health Care Poor Underserved 21:448-463.
  9. Fulmer S, Punnett L, Slingerland DT, Earle-Richardson GB. 2002. Ergonomic Exposures in Apple Harvesting: Preliminary Observations. (310-2002-01). Am J Ind Med Supplement 2:3-9.
  10. Gadon M, Chierici RM, Rios P. 2001. Agro-American migrant farmworkers: a culture in isolation. AIDS Care Dec 13(6):789-801.
  11. Hawkes L, May JJ, Earle-Richardson G, Paap K, Santiago B, Ginley B. 2007. Identifying the Occupational Health Needs of Migrant Workers. Journal of Community Practice 15(3):57-76.
  12. Jenkins PL, Earle-Richardson G, Bell EM, May JJ, Green A. 2005. Chronic disease risk in central New York dairy farmers: results from a large health survey 1989-1999. Am J Ind Med 47:20-26.
  13. Markowitz DL, Cosminsky S. 2005. Overweight and stunting in migrant Hispanic children in the USA. Econ Hum Biol 3(2):215-240.
  14. May J, Hawkes L, Jones A, Burdick P, Ginley B, Santiago B, Rowland M. 2008. Evaluation of a community-based effort to reduce blueberry harvesting injury. Am J Ind Med 51:307-315
  15. Rabinowitz PM, Sircar KD, Tarabar S, Galusha D, Slade MD. 2005. Hearing loss in migrant agricultural workers. J Agromedicine 10:9
  16. Stack S, Jenkins PL, Earle-Richardson G, Ackerman S, May JJ. 2006. Spanish-speaking dairy workers in New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont: results from a survey of farm owners. J Agromedicine 11:37-44.
  17. Sorensen JA. 2004. Injury and Illness Patterns of Migrant and Seasonal Crop Harvesters. MCN Streamline 10(4):5-6.
  18. Trape-Cardoso M, Subaran S, Bracker A, Sapiain E, Gould B. 2008. Latent tuberculosis among Latino migrant farmworkers in Connecticut. Conn Med 72:405-40
  19. Trape-Cardoso M, Bracker A, Dauser D, Oncken C, Barrera LV, Gould B, Grey MR. (2005). Cotinine levels and green tobacco sickness among shade-tobacco workers. J Agromedicine 10(2):25-37.

Southeast Center : NC, SC, KY, GA, FL, AL, VA

  1. Abraham NF, Feldman SR, Vallejos Q, Whalley LE, Brooks T, Cabral G, Earp P, Fleischer AB, Quandt SA. 2007. Contact dermatitis in tobacco farmworkers. Contact Dermatitis 57:40-43.
  2. Apostolopoulos Y, Sonmez S, Kronenfeld J, Castillo E, McLendon L, Smith D. 2006. STI/HIV risks for Mexican migrant laborers: exploratory ethnographies. J Immigr Minor Health Jul 8(3):291-302.
  3. Archer JD, Cooper GS, Reist PC, Storm JF, Nylander-French LA. 2002. Exposure to respirable crystalline silica in Eastern North Carolina farm workers. Am Ind Hyg Assoc J. 63:750-755.
  4. Arcury TA, Estrada JM, Quandt SA. 2010. Overcoming language and literacy barriers in safety and health training of agricultural workers. J Agromedicine 15:236-248.
  5. Arcury TA, Grzywacz JG, Talton JW, Chen H, Vallejos QM, Galvan L, Barr DB, Quandt SA. 2010. Repeated pesticide exposure among North Carolina migrant and seasonal farmworkers.. Am J Ind Med 53:802-813.
  6. Arcury TA, Grzywacz JG, Barr DB, Tapia J, Chen H, Quandt SA. 2007. Pesticide urinary metabolite levels of children in eastern North Carolina farmworker households . Environ Health Perspect. 115:1254-1260.
  7. Arcury TA, Feldman SR Schulz MR, Vallejos QM, Verma A, Fleischer AB, Rapp SR, Davis SF. 2007. Diagnosed skin diseases among migrant farmworkers in North Carolina: prevalence and risk factors. J Agric Saf Health 13:407-418.
  8. Arcury TA, Quandt SA. 2007. Delivery of Health Services to Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers. Annu Rev Public Health 28:345-363.
  9. Arcury TA, Grzywacz JG, Davis SW, Barr DB, Quandt SA. 2006. Organophosphorus pesticide urinary metabolite levels of children in farmworker households in eastern North Carolina. Am J Ind Med 49(9):751-60.
  10. Arcury TA, Vallejos QM, Feldman SR, Quandt SA. 2006. Treating skin disease: self-management behaviors of Latino farmworkers. J Agromedicine 11:27-35.
  11. Arcury TA, Vallejos QM, Marin AJ, Feldman SR, Smith G, Quandt SA. 2006. Latino farmworker perceptions of the risk factors for occupational skin disease. Am J Ind Med 49:434-442.
  12. Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Barr DB, Hoppin JA, McCauley L, Grzywacz JG, Robson MG. 2006. Farmworker exposure to pesticides: methodologic issues for the collection of comparable data. Environ Health Perspect 114:923-928.
  13. Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Rao P, Doran A, Snively BM, Barr DB, Hoppin JA, Davis SW. 2005. Organophosphate pesticide exposure in farmworker family members in western North Carolina and Virginia: Case comparisons. Hum Organ. 64(1):40-51.
  14. Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Simmons S. 2003. Farmer health beliefs about an occupational illness that affects farmworkers: the case of green tobacco sickness. J Agric Saf Health 9(1):33-45.
  15. Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Preisser JS, Bernert JT, Norton D, Wang J. 2003. High levels of transdermal nicotine exposure produce green tobacco sickness in Latino farmworkers. Nicotine Tob Res.5(3):315-21.
  16. Arcury TA, Quandt SA. 2003. Pesticides at work and at home: exposure of migrant farmworkers. The Lancet Dec 13 362(9400):2021.
  17. Arcury Ta, Quandt SA, Mellen BG. 2003. An exploratory analysis of occupational skin disease among Latino migrant and seasonal farmworkers in North Carolina. J Agric Saf Health 9(3):221-32.
  18. Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Elmore RC, Russell GB. 2002. Water safety among Latino farmworkers in North Carolina. J Agromed 8(2):77-84.
  19. Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Garcia DI, Preisser JS, Norton D, Rao P. 2002. A clinic based case-control comparison of green tobacco sickeness among minority farmworkers: clues for prevention. South Med J 95(9):1008-11.
  20. Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Rao P, Russell GB. 2001. Pesticide use and safety training in Mexico: the experience of farmworkers employed in North Carolina. Hum Organ. 6(1):56-66.
  21. Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Cravey AJ, Elmore RC, Russell GB. 2001. Farmworker reports of pesticide safety and sanitation in the work environment. Am J Ind Med 39(5):487-98.
  22. Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Preisser JS, Norton D. 2001. The incidence of green tobacco sickness among Latino farmworkers. J Occup Environ Med 43(7):601-9.
  23. Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Preisser JS. 2001. Predictors of incidence and prevalence of green tobacco sickness among Latino farmworkers in North Carolina, U.S.A. J Epidemiol Community Health 55(11):818-24.
  24. Beletzer KV. 2003. Risk and danger among women-who-prostitute in areas where farmworkers predominate. Med Anthropol Q Jun17(2):251-78.
  25. Borre K, Ertle L, Graff M. 2010. Working to eat: Vulnerability, food insecurity, and obesity among migrant and seasonal farmworker families. Am J Ind Med 53:443-462.
  26. Calvert GM, Alarcon WA, Chelminski A, Crowley MS, Barrett R, Correa A, Higgins S, Leon HL, Correia J, Becker A, Allen RH, Evans E. 2007. Case report: three farmworkers who gave birth to infants with birth defects closely grouped in time and place-Florida and North Carolina 2004-2005. Environ Health Perspect 115(5):787-91.
  27. Cameron L, Lalich N, Bauer S, Booker V, Bogue HO, Samuels S, Steege AL. 2006. Occupational health survey of farm workers by camp health aides. J Agric Saf Health 12:139-153.
  28. Conde JF, Feldman SR, Vallejos Q, Quandt SA, Whalley LE, Brooks T, Cabral G, Fleischer AB Jr., Arcury TA. 2007. Cutaneous larva migrans in a migrant Latino farmworker. J Agromed 1292):45-48.
  29. Connor A, Layne L, Thomisee K. 2010. Providing care for migrant farm worker families in their unique sociocultural context and environment. J Transcult Nurs 21:159-166.
  30. Connor A, Rainer LP, Simcox JB, Thomisee K. 2007. Increasing the delivery of health care services to migrant farm worker families through a community partnership model. Public Health Nurs 24:355-360.
  31. Elmore RC, Arcury TA. 2001. Pesticide exposure beliefs among Latino farmworkers in North Carolina’s Christmas tree industry. Am J Ind Med 40)2):153-60.
  32. Feldman SR, Vallejos QM, Quandt SA, Fleischer AB, Jr., Schulz MR, Verma A, Arcury TA. 2009. Health care utilization among migrant latino farmworkers: the case of skin disease. J Rural Health 25:98-103.
  33. Fernandez MI, Collazo JB, Bowen GS, Varga LM, Hernandez N, Perrino T. 2005. Predictors of HIV testing and intention to test among Hispanic farmworkers in South Florida. J Rural Health 21(1):56-64.
  34. Flocks J, Monaghan P, Albrecht S, Bahena A. 2007. Florida farmworkers’ perceptions and lay knowledge of occupational pesticides. J Comm Health 32(3):181-94.
  35. Garces IC, Scarinci IC, Harrison L. 2006. An examination of sociocultural factors associated with health and health care seeking among Latina immigrants. J Immigrant Health 8:377-385.
  36. Gentry K, Quandt SA, Davis SW, Grzywacz JG, Hiott AE, Arcury TA. 2007. Child healthcare in two farmworker populations. J Comm Health 32:419-431.
  37. Grzywacz JG. 2009. Mental Health Among Farmworkers in the Eastern United States In TA. Arcury & SA.Quandt (Eds.), Latino Farmworkers in the Eastern United States: Health, Safety and Justice (pp. 153-172). New York, NY:Springer.
  38. Grzywacz JG, Arcury TA, Marin A, Carrillo L, Burke B, Coates ML, Quandt SA. 2007. Work-family conflict: experiences causes, and health implications among immigrant Latinos. J Appl Psychol 92:1119-1130.
  39. Grzywacz JG, Quandt SA, Isom S, Arcury TA. 2007. Alcohol use among immigrant Latino farmworkers in North Carolina. Am J Ind Med 50:617-625.
  40. Grzywacz JG, Quandt SA, Early J, Tapia J, Graham CN, Arcury TA. 2006. Leaving family for work: ambivalence and mental health among Mexican migrant farmworker men. J Immigr Minor Health 8(1):85-97.
  41. Halfacre-Hitchcock A. 2006. Latino Migrant Farmworkers in Lowcountry South Carolina: A Demographic Profile and an Examination of Pesticide Risk Perception and Protection in Two Pilot Case Studies. Human Organization 65(1):55-71.
  42. Harrison L, Scarinci I. 2007. Child health needs of rural Alabama Latino families. J Community Health Nurs 24(1):31-47.
  43. Hinckley M, Feldman SR, Fleischer AB, Jr., Whalley LE, Quandt SA, Heck J, Cabral G, Brooks T, Schulz MR, Arcury TA. 2007. Common Skin disorders Seen in the Migrant Farmworker Health Care Clinic Setting. J Agromed 12(4):71-79.
  44. Hiott AE, Grzywacz JG, Davis SW, Quandt SA, Arcury TA. 2008. Migrant farmworker stress: mental health implications. J Rural Health 24:32-39.
  45. Hiott A, Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Early J, Jackson DS. 2006. Review of pesticide education materials for health care providers providing care to agricultural workers. J Rural Health 22(1):17-25.
  46. Howett M, Connor A, Downes E. (2010). Nightingale theory and intentional comfort touch in management of tinea pedis in vulnerable populations. J Holist Nurs 28(4):244-50.
  47. Kamel F, Rowland AS, Park LP, Anger WK, Baird DD, Gladen BC, Moreno T, Stallone L, Sandler DP. 2003. Neurobehavioral performance and work experience in Florida farmworkers. Environ Health Perspect 111(14):1765-72.
  48. Kim-Godwin YS, Bechtel GA. 2004. Stress among migrant and seasonal farmworkers in rural southeast North Carolina. . J Rural Health 20:271-278.
  49. Krejci-Manwaring J, Schulz MR, Feldman SR, Vallejos Q, Quandt SA, Rapp SR, Arcury TA. 2006. Skin disease among Latino farmworkers in North Carolina. J Agric Saf Health 12(2):155-63.
  50. Luque JS, Monaghan P, Contreras RB, August E, Baldwin JA, Bryant CA, McDermott RJ. 2007. Implementation evaluation of a culturally competent eye injury prevention program for citrus workers in a Florida migrant community. Progress in Community Health Partnerships. Winter1(4):359-69.
  51. May JJ. 2009. Occupational Injury and Illness in Farmworkers in the Eastern United States. In TA .Arcury & SA. Quandt (Eds.), Latino Farmworkers in the Eastern United States: Health, Safety and Justice (pp. 71-101). New York, NY:Springer.
  52. Meade CD, Calvo A, Rivera MA, Baer RD. 2003. Focus groups in the design of prostate cancer screening information for Hispanic farmworkers and African American men. Oncol Nurs Forum 30(6):967-75.
  53. Meade CD, Calvo A, Cuthbertson D. 2002 Impact of culturally, linguistically, and literacy relevant cancer information among Hispanic farmworker women. J Cancer Educ 17(1):50-54.
  54. Meade CD, Calvo A. 2001. Developing community-academic partnerships to enhance breast health among rural and Hispanic migrant and seasonal farmworker women. Oncol Nurs Forum 28(10):1577-1584.
  55. Mirabelli MC, Quandt SA, Crain R, Grzywacz JG, Robinson EN, Vallejos QM, Arcury TA. 2010. Symptoms of heat illness among Latino farm workers in North Carolina. Am J Prev Med 39:468-471.
  56. Mirabelli MC, Richardson DB. 2005. Heat-related fatalities in North Carolina. Am J Public Health 95(4):635-637.
  57. Quandt SA. 2009. Health of Children and Women in the Farmworker Community in the Eastern United States. In TA. Arcury & SA.Quandt (Eds.), Latino Farmworkers in the Eastern United States: Health, Safety and Justice (pp. 173-200). New York, NY:Springer.
  58. Quandt SA, Feldman SR, Vallejos QM, Schulz MR, Verma A, Fleischer AB, Arcury TA. 2008. Vision problems, eye care history, and ocular protection among migrant farmworkers. Arch Environ Occup Health 63:13-16.
  59. Quandt SA, Clark HM, Rao P, Arcury TA. 2007. Oral health of children and adults in Latino migrant and seasonal farmworker families. J Immigr Minor Health 9:229-235.
  60. Quandt SA, Grzywacz JG, Marin A, Carrillo L, Coates ML, Burke B, Arcury TA. 2006. Illnesses and injuries reported by Latino poultry workers in western North Carolina. Am J Ind Med 49:343-351.
  61. Quandt SA, Grzywacz JG, Marin A, Carrillo L, Coates ML, Burke B, Arcury TA. 2006. Illnesses and injuries reported by Latino poultry workers in western North Carolina. Am J Ind Med 49(5):343-51.
  62. Quandt SA, Hernandez-Valero MA, Grzywacz JG, Hovey JD, Gonzales M, Arcury TA. 2006. Workplace, household, and personal predictors of pesticide exposure for farmworkers. Environ Health Perspt 114(6):943-52.
  63. Quandt SA, Schulz MR, Feldman SR, Vallejos Q, Marin A, Carrillo L, Arcury TA. 2005. Dermatological illnesses of immigrant poultry-processing workers in North Carolina. Arch Environ Occup Health 60:165-169.
  64. Quandt SA, Arcury TA, Rao P, Mellen BG, Camann DE, Doran AM, Yau AY, Hoppin JA, Jackson DS. 2004. Agricultural and residential pesticides in wipe samples from farmworker family residences in North Carolina and Virginia. Environ Health Perspect 112(3):382-7.
  65. Quandt SA, Elmore RC, Arcury TA, Norton D. 2001. Eye Symptoms and eye protection use by seasonal and migrant farmworkers. South Med J 94(6):603-7.
  66. Quandt SA, Arcury TA, Preisser JS, Bernert JT, Norton D. 2001. Environmental and behavioral predictors of salivary cotinine in Latino tobacco workers. J Occup Environ Med 43(10):844-52.
  67. Rao P, Quandt SA, Doran AM, Snively BM, Arcury TA. 2007. Pesticides in the homes of farmworkers: Latino mothers’ perceptions of risk to their children’s health. Health Educ Behav 34:335-353.
  68. Rao P, Arcury TA, Quandt SA. 2002. Hispanic farmworker interpretations of green tobacco sickness. J Rural Health 18(4):503-11.
  69. Rhodes SD. 2009. Tuberculosis, Sexually Transmitted Disease, HIV, and Other Infections among Farmworkers in the Eastern United States. In TA. Arcury & SA. Quandt (Eds.), Latino Farmworkers in the Eastern United States: Health, Safety and Justice (pp. 131-152). New York, NY:Springer.
  70. Rohlman DS, Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Lasarev M, Rothlein J, Travers R, Tamulinas A, Scherer J, Early J, Marin A, Phillips J, McCauley L, 2005. Neurobehavioral performances in preschool children from agricultural and non-agricultural communities in Oregon and North Carolina. Neurotoxicology 26(4):589-98.
  71. Russell MD, Correa MT, Stauber CE, Kase JA. 2010. North Carolina Hispanic farmworkers and intestinal parasitism: a pilot study of prevalence and health related practices, and potential means of foodborne transmission. J Food Prot 73(5):985-1008.
  72. Spangler JG, Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Preisser JS. 2003. Tobacco use among Mexican farmworkers working in tobacco: implications for agromedicine. J Agromedicine 9:83-91.
  73. Taylor SL, Coates ML, Vallejos Q, Feldman SR, Schulz MR, Quandt SA, Fleischer AB, Jr., Arcury TA. 2006. Pterygium among Latino migrant farmworkers in North Carolina. Arch Environ Occup Health 61:27-32.
  74. Tope AM, Panemangalore M. 2007. Assessment of oxidative stress due to exposure to pesticides in plasma and urine of traditional limited-resource farm workers: formation of the DNA-adduct 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosinve (8 OHdG). J Environ Sci Health B Feb 4292):151-155.
  75. Triantafillou SA. 2003. North Carolina’s migrant and seasonal farmworkers. N C Med J 64:129-132.
  76. Verma A, Schulz MR, Quandt SA, Robinson EN, Grzywacz JG, Chen H, Arcury TA. 2011. Eye health and safety among Latino farmworkers. J Agromedicine 16:143-152.
  77. Villejos QM, Marin AJ, Feldman ST, Krejci-Manwaring J, Fleischer A, Quandt SA, Schulz M, Smith G, Rapp SR, Arcury TA. 2005. Spanish Dermatological Vocabulary Used by Mexican Workers. Dermatol Online J. 11(2):32.
  78. Weathers A, Minkovitz C, O’Campo P, Diener-West M. 2004. Access to care for children of migratory agricultural workers: factors associated with unmet need for medical care. Pediatrics 113(4):e276-82.
  79. Weathers A, Minkovitz C, O’Campo P, Diener-West M. 2003. Health services use by children of migratory agricultural workers: exploring the role of need for care. Pediatrics 111(5 Pt I):956-63.

Great Plains Center – MI, IL, OH, IN, MN

  1. Anthony M, Williams JM, Avery AM. 2008. Health needs of migrant and seasonal farmworkers. J Community Health Nurs 25(3):153-160.
  2. Cameron L, Lalich N, Bauer S, Booker V, Bogue HO, Samuels S, Steege AL. 2006. Occupational health survey of farm workers by camp health aides. J Agric Saf Health 12(2):139-153.
  3. Forst L, Noth IM, Lacey S, Bauer S, Skinner S, Petrea R, Zanoni J. 2006. Barriers and benefits of protective eyewear use by Latino farm workers. J Agromed 11(2):11-17.
  4. Forst L, Lacey S, Chen HY, Jimenez R, Bauer S, Skinner S, Alvarado R, Nickels L, Zanoni J, Petrea R, Conroy L. 2004. Effectiveness of community health workers for promoting use of safety eyewear by Latino farm workers. Am J Ind Med 46(6):607-613.
  5. Heuer L, Lausch C. 2006. Living with diabetes: perceptions of Hispanic migrant farmworkers. J Comm Health Nurs 23(1):49-64.
  6. Hovey J, Magana CG. 2002. Cognitive, Affective, and Physiological Expressions of Anxiety Symptomatology Among Mexican Migrant Farmworkers: Predictors and Generational Differences. Community Ment Health J 38(3):223-236.
  7. Hovey JD, Magana CG. 2002. Exploring the mental health of Mexican migrant farm workers in the Midwest: psychosocial predictors of psychological distress and suggestions for prevention and treatment. J Psychol 136:493-513.
  8. Lacey SE, Forst LS, Petrea RE, Conroy LM. 2007. Eye injury in migrant farm workers and suggested hazard controls. J Agric Saf Health 13(3):259-274.
  9. Lukes SM, Wadhawan S, Lampiris LN. 2006. Healthy Smiles Healthy Growth 2004-basic screening survey on migrant and seasonal farmworker children in Illinois. J Public Health Dent. 66(3):216-218.
  10. Magana CG, Hovey JD. 2003. Psychosocial stressors associated with Mexican migrant farmworkers in the midwest United States. J Immigr Health 5:75-86.

High Plains Intermountain Center: CO

  1. Stallones L, Acosta MS, Sample P, Bigelow P, Rosales M. 2009. Perspectives on safety and health among migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States and Mexico: a qualitative field study. J Rural Health 25(2):219-25.

Pacific Northeast Center: OR

  1. Donlan W, Lee J. (2010). Screening for depression among indigenous Mexican migrant farmworkers using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Psychol Rep 106(2):419-32.
  2. Farquhar S, Shadbeh N, Samples J, Ventura S, Goff N. 2008. Occupational conditions and well-being of indigenous farmworkers. Am J Public Health 98:1956-1959.
  3. Rohlman DS, Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Lasarev M, Rothlein J, Travers R, Tamulinas A, Scherer J, Early J, Marin A, Phillips J, McCauley L, 2005. Neurobehavioral performances in preschool children from agricultural and non-agricultural communities in Oregon and North Carolina. Neurotoxicology 26(4):589-98.

Southwest Center: TX

  1. Poss J, Pierce R, Prieto V. 2005. Herbal remedies used by selected migrant farmworkers in El Paso, Texas. J Rural Health 21(2):187-191.
  2. Poss JE, Jezewski MA, Stuart AG. 2003. Home remedies for Type 2 Diabetes used by Mexican Americans in El Paso, Texas. Clin Nurs Res 12(4):304-323.
  3. Shipp EM, Cooper SP, Del Junco DJ, Delclos GL, Burau KD, Tortolero S, Whitworth RE. 2009. Chronic back pain and associated work and non-work variables among farmworkers from Starr County, Texas. J Agromedicine 14(1):22-32.
  4. Shipp EM, Cooper SP, Del Junco DJ, Delclos GL, Burau KD, Tortolero SR. 2007. Severe Back Pain Among Farmworker High School Students From Starr County, Texas: Baseline Results. Ann Epidemiol 17(2):132-141.
  5. Vela Acosta MS, Sanderson M, Cooper SP, Perez A, Roberts RE. 2007. Health risk behaviors and work injury among hispanic adolescents and farmworkers. J Agric Saf Health 13(2):117-136.

Western Center: CA

  1. Alderete E, Vega W, Kolody B, Aguilar-Gaxiola S. 2000. Lifetime prevalence of and risk factors for psychiatric disorders among Mexican migrant farmworkers in California. Am J Public Health 90(4):608-614.
  2. Lighthall D. 2001. The poor health of farm workers. West J Med 175(4):223-224.
  3. Mills PK, Dodge J, Yang R. 2009. Cancer in migrant and seasonal hired farm workers. J Agromedicine 14(2):185-191.
  4. Peoples JD, Bishop J, Barrera B, Lamas O, Dunlap JL, Gonzalez PA, Horwitz SM, Chamberlain LJ. 2010. Health, occupational and environmental risks of emancipated migrant farmworker youth. J Health Care Poor Underserved 21(4):1215-26.
  5. Villarejo D, McCurdy SA, Bade B, Samuels S, Lighthall D, Williams D, III. 2010. The health of California’s immigrant hired farmworkers. Am J Ind Med 53(4):387-397.
  6. Weigel MM, Armijos RX. 2011. Exploratory Study of the Occupational Health and Health-Seeking of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers on the U.S.-Mexico Border. J Immigr July 26 Epub ahead of print.

U.S. focus:

  1. Anthony MJ, Martin EG, Avery AM, Williams JM. 2010. Self care and health-seeking behavior of migrant farmworkers. J Immigr Minor Health 12(5):634-9.
  2. Arcury TA, Quandt SA. 2006. Health and social impacts of tobacco production.J Agromed 11(3/4):71-81.
  3. CDC. 2004. Health disparities experienced by Hispanics–United States. MMWR 53:935-937
  4. Coughlin SS, Wilson KM. 2002. Breast and cervical cancer screening among migrant and seasonal farmworkers: a review. Cancer Detect Prev 26(3):203-209.
  5. Davis KG, Kotowski SE. 2007. Understanding the ergonomic risk for musculoskeletal disorders in the United States agricultural sector. Am J Ind Med 50(7):501-511.
  6. Lukes SM, Simon B. 2006. Dental services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers in US community/migrant health centers. J Rural Health 22(3):269-272.
  7. Rhodes SD, Long Foley K, Zometa CS, Bloom FR. 2007. Lay health advisor interventions among Hispanic/Latinos. A qualitative systematic review. Am J Prev Med 33(5):418-427.
  8. Villarejo D. 2003. The health of U.S. hired farm workers. Annu Rev Public Health 24:175-193.
  9. Worby PA, Organista KC. 2007. Alcohol use and problem drinking among male Mexican and Central American immigrant laborers. A review of the literature. Hisp J Behav Sci 29(4):413-455.