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The Effects of migratory seasonal farmwork on psychomotor development and growth among children ages 0-5 years in Southeastern Anatolia

Year 2011, , 157 - 165, 30.12.2011
https://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.173061

Abstract

Objective:The aim of this cross-sectional survey is to investigate the role of migratory farmworker on childhood growth and psychomotor development. Method: We studied 174 children ages 0-5 years raised in migratory farmworker families (n=174), and compared them to a sample of non-farm workers’ children (n=174) selected by probability sampling method. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and anthropometric measurements, and Ankara Developmental Screening Inventory. Results: Stunting was found in 43.1% of the farmworker’s children; 21.3% were in non-farmworker’s children. Farmworker mothers reported that none of their children had been monitored by healthcare professionals. Being from a migratory farmwork family (OR 2.6; 95% CI 1.4-4.7; p=0.001) and maternal education (OR 0.88; 95% CI = 0.78-0.99; p=0.040) were found to be factors associated with stunted growth after controlling for confounding factors such as economic situation, number of children, household size and maternal age. Conclusion: Children of migratory farmwokers represent a vulnerable population that deserves special attention in terms of healthcare rights and primary healthcare services.

Key Words: Migratory farmwork, children, growth, development

Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi’nde 0-5 yaşları arasındaki çocukların büyüme ve psikomotor gelişimine mevsimlik tarım işçiliğinin etkisi

Amaç: Kesitsel tipteki bu araştırmanın amacı, mevsimlik tarım işçiliğinin çocukların büyüme ve psikomotor gelişimine etkisini araştırmaktır. Yöntem: Olasılıklı örnekleme yöntemiyle seçilen 174 göçebe tarım işçisi ailenin çocuğu ve 174 tarım işçisi olmayan ailenin çocuğu büyüme ve gelişme açısından karşılaştırılmıştır. Veri toplamada soru formu, antropometrik ölçümler ve Ankara Gelişim Tarama Envanteri kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Bodurluk tarım işçisi ailelerin çocuklarında %43.1, tarım işçisi olmayan ailelerin çocuklarında %21.3’dür. Mevsimlik tarım işçisi anneler çocuklarının büyüme ve gelişme izlemlerinin yapılmadığını bildirmişlerdir. Ekonomik durum, çocuk sayısı, hanehalkı büyüklüğü ve annenin yaşı kontrol edildiğinde, mevsimlik tarım işçisi ailenin çocuğu olma (OR 2.6; %95 GA 1.4-4.7; p=0.001) ve annenin öğrenim düzeyi (OR 0.88; 95% CI = 0.78-0.99; p=0.040) bodurluk için ilişkili faktörler olarak saptanmıştır. Sonuç: Hassas bir grup olan mevsimlik tarım işçisi ailelerin çocuklarının temel sağlık hizmetlerine ve sağlık haklarına erişimlerinin sağlanması için çaba harcanmalıdır.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Göçebe tarım işi, çocuklar, büyüme, gelişme

 

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Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi’nde 0-5 yaşları arasındaki çocukların büyüme ve psikomotor gelişimine mevsimlik tarım işçiliğinin etkisi

Year 2011, , 157 - 165, 30.12.2011
https://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.173061

Abstract

Amaç: Kesitsel tipteki bu araştırmanın amacı, mevsimlik tarım işçiliğinin çocukların büyüme ve psikomotor gelişimine etkisini araştırmaktır. Yöntem: Olasılıklı örnekleme yöntemiyle seçilen 174 göçebe tarım işçisi ailenin çocuğu ve 174 tarım işçisi olmayan ailenin çocuğu büyüme ve gelişme açısından karşılaştırılmıştır. Veri toplamada soru formu, antropometrik ölçümler ve Ankara Gelişim Tarama Envanteri kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Bodurluk tarım işçisi ailelerin çocuklarında %43.1, tarım işçisi olmayan ailelerin çocuklarında %21.3’dür. Mevsimlik tarım işçisi anneler çocuklarının büyüme ve gelişme izlemlerinin yapılmadığını bildirmişlerdir. Ekonomik durum, çocuk sayısı, hanehalkı büyüklüğü ve annenin yaşı kontrol edildiğinde, mevsimlik tarım işçisi ailenin çocuğu olma (OR 2.6; %95 GA 1.4-4.7; p=0.001) ve annenin öğrenim düzeyi (OR 0.88; 95% CI = 0.78-0.99; p=0.040) bodurluk için ilişkili faktörler olarak saptanmıştır. Sonuç: Hassas bir grup olan mevsimlik tarım işçisi ailelerin çocuklarının temel sağlık hizmetlerine ve sağlık haklarına erişimlerinin sağlanması için çaba harcanmalıdır

References

  • Cross AW. Maternal and child health. In: Wallece RB, Doebbeling BN, and Last JM, editors. Health and Preventive Medicine. 14th ed. Appleton Connecticut; 1998. p. 1173-1175. Public and Lange, Stanford
  • Grigsby DG, Shashidhar HR. Malnutrition [online]. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/ 985140-overview. Accessed April 1, 2009. at: www/
  • World Health Organization. Malnutrition [online]. www.http://www.who.int/water_sanitat ion_health/diseases/malnutrition/en/. Accessed April 2, 2009. at:
  • TURKSTAT. Turkey’s Statistical Yearbook. Ankara, 2007.
  • Lee CV, McDermott SW, Elliott C. The delayed immunization of children of migrant farm workers in South Carolina. Public Health Rep 1990;105(3):317–320.
  • Weathers AC, Garrison HG. Children of migratory agricultural workers: the ecological context of acute. Ped Emerg Med 2004;5:120-129.
  • Villarejo D. The Health Of U.S. Hired Farm workers Annu. Rev Public Health 2003;24:175–193.
  • Dentinger CM, Heinrich NL, Bell BP, et al. A prevalence study of hepatitis A virus infection in a migrant community: Is hepatitis A vaccine indicated? J. Pediatr 2001;138:705–709.
  • Kupersmidt JB, Martin SL. Mental health problems of children of migrant and seasonal farm workers: a pilot study. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1997; 36 (2): 224–232.
  • Martin SL, Kupersmidt JB, Harter KS. Children of farm laborers: utilization of services for mental health problems. Community Ment Health J 1996; 32 (4):327– 340.
  • Larson OW3rd, Doris J, Alvarez WF. Migrants and maltreatment: comparative evidence from central register data. Child Abuse Negl 1990;14 (3):375–385.
  • Ratcliffe SD, Lee J, Lutz LJ, et al. Lead toxicity and iron deficiency in Utah migrant children. Am J Public Health 1989; 79 (5): 631–633.
  • Nurko C, Aponte-Merced L, Bradley EL, Fox L. Dental caries prevalence and dental health care of Mexican- American workers’ children. ASDC J Dent Child 1998; 65 (1): 65–72.
  • McCauley LA, Lasarev MR, Higgins G, et al. Work characteristics and pesticide exposures among migrant agricultural families: a community- based research approach. Environ Health Perspect 2001;109 (5):533–538.
  • Von Essen SG, McCurdy SA. Health and safety risks in production agriculture. West J Med 1998; 169 (4): 214-220.
  • Ward LS. Preliminary Tests of an Ecological Model of Hispanic Malnutrition. World Health
  • Dibley MJ, Goldsby JB, Staehling NW, Trowbridge normalized curves for the international growth technical considerations. An J Clin Nutr 1987;46: 736-748. Development of reference: historical and
  • Inandı T, Akbaba M. Doğankent, Solaklı ve Yüzbaşı Sağlık Ocakları bölgesine gelen mevsimlik tarım işçilerinin 1-6 Yaş Çocuklarında Malnutrisyon Prevelansı. Toplum ve Hekim Dergisi 1996; 11 (73): 2-5.
  • Tunçbilek E, Kurtuluş E, Hancıoğlu A. Nutrition Population and Health Survey 2003. Hacettepe University Population Study Institute ve Macro International Inc.129.
  • Suthpen LJ. Growth as a measure of nutritional status. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 1985;14: 1698-181.
  • Glied S, A Lleras-Muney. “Health inequality, education and medical innovation.” NBER Working Paper No. 9738, 2003.
  • Grossman M. On the concept of health capital and the demand for health. Journal of Political Economy 1972; 80:223-255.
  • Grossman M. The human capital model. In: Culyer AJ, Newhouse JP, editors. Handbook Amsterdam: Elsevier Press; 2000. p. 347- 408. Economics.
  • Hartog J, Oosterbeek H. Health, wealth and happiness: why pursue a higher education? Economics of Education Review 1998; 17(3):245-256.
  • Kenkel DS. Prevention. In: Culyer AJ, Newhouse JP, editors. Handbook of Health Economics. Amsterdam: Elsevier Press; 2000. p. 1675-1720.
  • Rosenzweig MR, Schultz TP. The behavior of mothers as inputs to child health: the determinants of birth weight, gestation, and rate of fetal growth. In: Fuchs VR, editor. Economic Aspects of Health. Chicago: Chicago University Press; 1982. p. 53-92.
  • Mainous AG , Diaz VA, Carnemolla M. Factors affecting Latino adults’ use of antibiotics for self-medication. J Am Board Fam Med 2008;21:128–134.
  • Cathcart S, Feldman SR, Vallejos Q, et al. Self-treatment of contact dermatitis with bleach in a Latino farmworker. Dermatitis 2008;19:102–104.
  • Arcury TA, Quandt SA. Delivery of health services to migrant and seasonal farm workers. Annu Rev Public Health 2007; 28:345–363.
  • Kumar R, Aggarwal AK, Kaur M, Iyengar SD. Factors influencing psychosocial development of preschool children in a rural area of Hayrana, India. J Trp Pediatr 1997;43 (6): 324-329.
  • Lewin S, Lavis JN, Oxman AD, et al. Alma- Ata: Rebirth and revision 2 supporting the interventions in primary health-care systems in low-income and middle- income countries: an overview of systematic reviews. Lancet 2008; 372:928–39. of cost-effective
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Primary Language English
Journal Section Original Research
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Zeynep Simsek

İbrahim Koruk

Publication Date December 30, 2011
Submission Date December 12, 2015
Published in Issue Year 2011

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APA Simsek, Z., & Koruk, İ. (2011). The Effects of migratory seasonal farmwork on psychomotor development and growth among children ages 0-5 years in Southeastern Anatolia. Turkish Journal of Public Health, 9(3), 157-165. https://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.173061
AMA Simsek Z, Koruk İ. The Effects of migratory seasonal farmwork on psychomotor development and growth among children ages 0-5 years in Southeastern Anatolia. TJPH. December 2011;9(3):157-165. doi:10.20518/tjph.173061
Chicago Simsek, Zeynep, and İbrahim Koruk. “The Effects of Migratory Seasonal Farmwork on Psychomotor Development and Growth Among Children Ages 0-5 Years in Southeastern Anatolia”. Turkish Journal of Public Health 9, no. 3 (December 2011): 157-65. https://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.173061.
EndNote Simsek Z, Koruk İ (December 1, 2011) The Effects of migratory seasonal farmwork on psychomotor development and growth among children ages 0-5 years in Southeastern Anatolia. Turkish Journal of Public Health 9 3 157–165.
IEEE Z. Simsek and İ. Koruk, “The Effects of migratory seasonal farmwork on psychomotor development and growth among children ages 0-5 years in Southeastern Anatolia”, TJPH, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 157–165, 2011, doi: 10.20518/tjph.173061.
ISNAD Simsek, Zeynep - Koruk, İbrahim. “The Effects of Migratory Seasonal Farmwork on Psychomotor Development and Growth Among Children Ages 0-5 Years in Southeastern Anatolia”. Turkish Journal of Public Health 9/3 (December 2011), 157-165. https://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.173061.
JAMA Simsek Z, Koruk İ. The Effects of migratory seasonal farmwork on psychomotor development and growth among children ages 0-5 years in Southeastern Anatolia. TJPH. 2011;9:157–165.
MLA Simsek, Zeynep and İbrahim Koruk. “The Effects of Migratory Seasonal Farmwork on Psychomotor Development and Growth Among Children Ages 0-5 Years in Southeastern Anatolia”. Turkish Journal of Public Health, vol. 9, no. 3, 2011, pp. 157-65, doi:10.20518/tjph.173061.
Vancouver Simsek Z, Koruk İ. The Effects of migratory seasonal farmwork on psychomotor development and growth among children ages 0-5 years in Southeastern Anatolia. TJPH. 2011;9(3):157-65.

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