Stressors for farmworker parents during wildfire season.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The severity of wildfire seasons amplify stressors that farmworker families in the Pacific Northwest face as they balance childcare, work, and personal wellbeing. A lack of safe and attainable childcare has been a challenge for farmworker parents since before the Covid-19 pandemic and is of particular concern during wildfire season when parents must weigh the risks and benefits of leaving children at home, taking them to work, or sending them to childcare. This study describes how stressors of balancing childcare, work, and concerns about children's exposure to smoke during wildfire season impact the wellbeing and workplace absenteeism and presenteeism for farmworker parents.

Methods

To understand the impact of this balancing act on farmworker parents, researchers

SUBMITTER: D'Evelyn SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11603887 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature