Predictors of incidence and prevalence of green tobacco sickness among Latino farmworkers in North Carolina, USA. Journal of epidemiology and community health. [J Epidemiol Community Health] Journal article | | Title | Predictors of incidence and prevalence of green tobacco sickness among Latino farmworkers in North Carolina, USA. | | Author(s) | Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Preisser JS | | Institution | Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem NC 27157-1084, USA. tarcury@wfubmc.edu | | Source | J Epidemiol Community Health 2001 Nov; 55(11):818-24. | | MeSH | Adolescent
Adult
Agricultural Workers' Diseases
Alcohol Drinking
Female
Hispanic Americans
Humans
Incidence
Logistic Models
Male
Nicotine
Nicotinic Agonists
North Carolina
Poisson Distribution
Prevalence
Prospective Studies
Protective Clothing
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Risk Factors
Smoking
Tobacco, Smokeless
Transients and Migrants
Weather
| | Abstract | STUDY OBJECTIVE: The characteristics of some populations make epidemiological measurement extremely difficult. The objective of this study is to identify risk factors that explain variation among incidence densities and proportions of one occupational illness, green tobacco sickness, within one such special population, Latino migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States.
DESIGN: Prospective cohort study.
SETTING: 37 farmworker residential sites located in Granville and Wake Counties, North Carolina, USA.
PARTICIPANTS: 182 migrant and seasonal farmworkers that included 178 Latino men, three Latino women, and one non-Hispanic white man.
MAIN RESULTS: Green tobacco sickness had a prevalence of 0.082, and an incidence density of events per 100 days of 1.88 among the farmworkers. Prevalence and incidence density increased from early to late agricultural season. Major risk factors included lack of work experience, work activities, and working in wet clothes. Tobacco use was protective.
CONCLUSION: Green tobacco sickness has a high incidence among migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Because workers have little control over most risk factors, further research is needed to identify ways to prevent this occupational illness. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 11604438 |
|
|
| |
Advertise on this site.
| | |
|
