Workplace health and safety
(Salud y seguridad laboral)

On this page:

• Tools (Herramientas)
• Funding (Financiamiento)
• Publications (Publicaciones)
• Organizations (Organismos)

Tools
(Herramientas)

• Young Worker Safety and Health
  Provides key resources focused on young worker's safety and health.
  Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Funding
(Financiamiento)

• California Wellness Foundation Grants
  Funds for direct preventive health services, core operating support, community action and public education and public policy.
      Geographic Coverage: California
      Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
  

Publications
(Publicaciones)

• California Farm Labor Force Overview and Trends from the National Agricultural Workers Survey
  A report to help the EPA and other Federal and State agencies and nonprofit organizations in their efforts to protect the health of farmworkers.
  Sponsoring organization: California Office of Binational Border Health
  Date: 06 / 2005
  Format: PDF
  
• Healthy Border 2010: An Agenda for Improving Health on the United States - Mexico Border
  Provides an overview of a specific set of health indicators on the U.S. - Mexico border.
  Sponsoring organization: United States - Mexico Border Health Commission
  Date: 10 / 2003
  Format: PDF
  
• Hired Farmworkers a Major Input For Some U.S. Farm Sectors
  Summarizes what is known about farmworkers’ immigration status, housing, and other factors.
  Author(s): William Kandel
  Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
  Journal citation: Amber Waves Date: 04 / 2008
  Format: HTML
  
• Maquiladoras
  Discusses the new circle of poison burdening the environment and damaging the public's health with industrial pollutants is being propelled by the many U.S. and other foreign owned companies operating in Tijuana under the maquiladora system.
  Sponsoring organization: Environmental Health Coalition
  Format: HTML
  
• Studying Health Outcomes in Farmworker Populations Exposed to Pesticides
  Examines the issues related to studying health effects associated with chronic low-dose exposure to pesticides particularly in the farmworker population.
  Author(s): Linda A. McCauley, W. Kent Anger, Matthew Keifer,
  Sponsoring organization: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  Date: 06 / 2006
  Format: PDF
  
• Tackling Environmental Health Problems on the U.S.- Mexico Border: A Case Study
  Describes the challenges of activists and residents in Douglas, Arizona, have wrestled with as a result of their efforts to assess the occurrence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in their community, the lessons they've learned, and the directions their efforts are heading.
  Author(s): A. Caroline Hotaling
  Sponsoring organization: International Relations Center
  Date: 03 / 1999
  Format: HTML
  

Organizations
(Organismos)

• California Endowment Agricultural Worker Health Initiative
  Works to achieve optimal health for agricultural workers, their families and their communities.
• Farmworker Health Services, Inc.
  A national non-profit health care organization working with local communities to improve the quality of life of farmworker families.
• Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc.
  Works to empower migrant and seasonal farmworkers to improve their wages and working conditions, labor and immigration policy, health and safety, and access to justice.
• Maquila Solidarity Network
  A labour and women's rights advocacy organization promoting solidarity with grassroots groups in Mexico, Central America, and Asia working to improve conditions in maquiladora factories and export processing zones. Information available in Spanish.
• Maquiladora Health and Safety Support Network
  A compilation of resources for individuals working in maqiladora plants along the US-Mexico border.
• National Center for Farmworker Health
  Dedicated to improving the health status of farmworker families by providing information services and products to a network of more than 500 migrant health center service sites in the United States as well as other organizations and individuals serving the farmworker population.
• Red de Solidaridad de la Maquila