Migrant and seasonal farmworkers are largely Latinx men, women, and children. They work in crop, dairy, and livestock production, and are essential to the U.S. agricultural economyone of the most hazardous and least regulated industries in the United States. Latinx migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the eastern United States experience high rates of illness, injury, and death, indicating widespread occupational injustice. This second edition takes a social justice stance and integrates the past ten years of research and intervention to address health, safety, and justice issues for farmworkers. Contributors cover all major areas of health and safety research for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families, explore the factors that affect the health and safety of farmworkers and their families, and suggest approaches for further research and educational and policy intervention needed to improve the health and safety of Latinx farmworkers and their families. 

Among the chapter topics are:

Accessibly written and comprehensive in its scope, this second edition of Latinx Farmworkers in the Eastern United States: Health, Safety, and Justice will find an engaged audience among researchers, students, and practitioners in public health, occupational health, public policy, and social and behavioral sciences, as well as labor advocates and healthcare providers.

Thomas A. Arcury, PhD, is professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, and director of the Center for Worker Health at Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.

Sara A. Quandt, PhD, is professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, and at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.