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Farmworkers at the Border: A Bilingual Initiative for Occupational Health and Safety by Acosta, Martha Soledad Vela, Sechrest, Lee, Chen, Mei-Kuang

“…Objective. Bilingual and bicultural occupational health and safety interventions for Hispanic farmworkers are extremely rare and, because of language barriers…”
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Measuring success in a pesticide risk reduction program among migrant farmworkers in Colorado by Vela Acosta, Martha Soledad, Chapman, Phillip, Bigelow, Philip L., Kennedy, Catherine, Buchan, Roy M.

“…Background Farmworkers in the US largely consist of young undocumented Hispanics with a median education of 6 years and limited English skills. The High Plains…”
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Assessment of occupational health and safety risks of farmworkers in Colorado by Vela-Acosta, Martha Soledad, Bigelow, Philip, Buchan, Roy

“…Background Migrant farmworkers face a variety of hazards including exposure to pesticides and agricultural chemicals. However, few studies have quantatively…”
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Low back pain in Hispanic residential carpenters by Gilkey, David P., Enebo, Brian A., Keefe, Thomas J., Vela Acosta, Martha Soledad, Hautaluoma, Jacob E., Bigelow, Philip L., Rosecrance, John, Herron, Robert E.

“…Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of lost work time and has been recognized as America's number one workplace safety challenge. Low back pain is occurring…”
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Farmworkers at the Border: A Bilingual Initiative for Occupational Health and Safety: Occupational Interventions by VELA ACOSTA, Martha Soledad, SECHREST, Lee, CHEN, Mei-Kuang

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Health risk behaviors and work injury among hispanic adolescents and farmworkers by Vela Acosta, M S, Sanderson, M, Cooper, S P, Pérez, A, Roberts, R E

“…Adolescents may engage in health risk behaviors that increase their likelihood of injury. Employment places adolescents at risk of work-related injuries. This…”
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Lessons learned: geographic information systems and farmworkers in the Lake States by Vela Acosta, M S, Reding, D J, Cooper, S P, Gunderson, P

“…Agencies serving the estimated 42,000 to 137,000 migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the Lake States (Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota) face distinct…”
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Evaluation of a risk reduction program among migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Colorado by Vela Acosta, Martha Soledad

“…Migrant and seasonal farmworkers: perform much of the hand labor required by growers in the United States. This underserved and understudied population has…”
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Integrating Complementary and Alternative Therapies in an Outpatient University Hospital Setting by Enebo, Brian A, Corbin, Lisa, Gilkey, David P, Vela-Acosta, Martha Soledad, Keefe, Thomas J, Bigelow, Philip L

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