Essential(ly forgotten) workers: Latine youth farmworkers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Essential workers across multiple industries faced a disproportionate burden of morbidity and mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. The effects were especially severe for agricultural and food processing workers, many of whom are members of the structurally vulnerable Latine community. Under current U.S. federal laws, children under 12 years old can legally work in agriculture, one of the most hazardous U.S. industries. Many of these working youth are Latine and experience health and educational inequities.

Methods

Using a community-based participatory research approach and a qualitative design, we conducted semi-structured in-depth interviews in North Carolina in 2022, with service providers in health, education, and advocacy fields (n = 10) and Latine youth fa

SUBMITTER: Arnold TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11804972 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature