Health Policy Bulletin: Winter 2018

Health Policy Bulletin Winter 2018

Summary of policy development that affect farmworker health and access to health care. This issue focuses on childhood obesity in migrant farmworker communities. Also includes Eye on Farmworker Health, a summary of academic research related to childhood obesity in migratory and farmworker communities.

Health Policy Bulletin: Spring 2017

Health Policy Bulletin Spring 2017

Summary of policy development that affect farmworker health and access to health care. This issue focuses on the intersection of technology and health care in farmworker communities. Also includes Eye on Farmworker Health, a summary of academic research related to mobile technology in migratory and farmworker communities.

Health Policy Bulletin: Spring 2016

Health Policy Bulletin Spring 2016

Summary of policy developments that affect farmworker health and access to health care. This issue focuses on pesticides and revisions to the Worker Protection Standard. Also includes Eye on Farmworker Health, a summary of academic research related to pesticides in Latino, migratory, and farmworker communities.

Health Policy Bulletin: Winter 2015

Summary of policy developments that affect farmworker health and access to health care. This issue focuses on the Affordable Care Act and its implementation in farmworker communities.

Health Policy Bulletin: Fall 2013

Summary of policy development that affect farmworker health and access to health care. This issue focuses on the role of farmworker women in connecting communities to health care.

Health Policy Bulletin: Spring 2012

Summary of policy developments that affect farmworker health and access to health care.Topics include: pesticide incident reporting, health care access for H-2A workers, and resources for migrant health centers.

Health Policy Bulletin: Spring 2011

Summary of policy developments that affect farmworker health and access to health care. Topics include: OSHA fall protections, HIV/AIDS in farmworker communities, and methyl iodide use

Eye on Farmworker Health: March 2015

A summary of research and policy on farmworker health issues. This issue focuses on: the ACA and people with HIV, cell phone usage among foreign-born Latinos, HIV and Mexican migrant workers, and HIV testing histories from three different organizations.

Eye on Farmworker Health: November 2014

A summary of research and policy on farmworker health issues. This issue focuses on: the Farm Worker Family Health Program, housing quality and health, sexual harassment and assault among Mexican indigenous women farmworkers, mental health and intimate partner violence, and H-2A workers and the ACA.

Eye on Farmworker Health: April 2014

A summary of research and policy on farmworker health issues. This issue focuses on: female farmworkers’ perceptions of heat related illness and pregnancy health, severe pesticide-related illnesses in toddlers, using focus groups to identify barriers to the prevention and treatment of heat-related illnesses, and beliefs of different groups of farmworker educators, in addition to a … Read more Eye on Farmworker Health: April 2014