Farmworker Housing: A Photo Essay

New Solut. 2015 Nov;25(3):353-61. doi: 10.1177/1048291115604391. Epub 2015 Sep 16.

Abstract

Migrant and seasonal farmworkers often reside in poor housing conditions which expose them to numerous hazards. These housing conditions are an issue of environmental health and justice. The photographs in this essay illustrate the living conditions confronted by farmworkers, offering a visual context for the reviews published in this issue of New Solutions. Farmworker housing conditions are often shocking to those who have not visited farmworker communities. Continued research is needed to document these conditions, how they affect the health of farmworkers, and provide leverage in the struggle to improve farmworker housing conditions.

Keywords: Migrant and seasonal farmworkers; environmental health; housing; migrant labor.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Crowding
  • Farmers*
  • Housing / standards*
  • Humans
  • Photography*
  • Residence Characteristics
  • Sanitation
  • Transients and Migrants*
  • United States
  • Ventilation