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Immigrant Workers Research Publications

Journal Articles

Arcury TA, Quandt SA. Chronic agricultural chemical exposure among migrant and seasonal farmworkers.  Society and Natural Resources 11:829-843, 1998.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA. Occupational and environmental health risks in farm labor.  Human Organization 57:331-334, 1998.

Quandt SA, Arcury TA, Austin CK, Saavedra RM. Farmworker and farmer perceptions of farmworker agricultural chemical exposure in North Carolina.  Human Organization 57:359-368, 1998.

Arcury TA, Austin CK, Quandt SA, Saavedra R. Enhancing community participation in a public health project: farmworkers and agricultural chemicals in North Carolina.  Health Education & Behavior 26:563-578, 1999.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Austin CK, Preisser J, Cabrera LF. Implementation of US-EPA’s Worker Protection Standard training for agricultural laborers: an evaluation using North Carolina data.  Public Health Reports 114:459-468, 1999.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Austin CK, Cabrera LF. An environmental injustice.  Journal of Common Sense 5(3):13-17, 1999.

Quandt SA, Austin CK, Arcury TA, Summers M, Saavedra R. Agricultural chemical training materials for farmworkers: review and annotated bibliography.  Journal of Agromedicine 6:3-24, 1999.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, McCauley L. Farmworkers and pesticides: community-based research.  Environmental Health Perspectives 108:787-792, 2000.

Cravey AJ, Arcury TA, Quandt SA. Mapping as a means of farmworker education and empowerment.  Journal of Geography 99:229-237, 2000.

Quandt SA, Arcury TA, John Preisser, Norton D, Austin CK. Migrant farmworkers and green tobacco sickness: new issues for an understudied disease.  American Journal of Industrial Medicine 37:307-315, 2000.

Quandt SA, Arcury TA, Austin CK, Saavedra RM. Farmworker and farmer perceptions of farmworker agricultural chemical exposure in North Carolina.  In Illness and the Environment: A Reader in Contested Medicine. S Kroll-Smith, P Brown, V Gunter, eds.  Pp. 175-192.  New York University Press, 2000.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Rao P, Russell GB. Pesticide use and safety training in Mexico: the experience of farmworkers employed in North Carolina.  Human Organization 60:56-66, 2001.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Cravey AJ, Elmore RC, Russell GB. Farmworker reports of pesticide safety and sanitation in the work environment.  American Journal of Industrial Medicine 39:487-498, 2001.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Dearry A. Farmworker pesticide exposure and community-based participatory research: rationale and practical applications.  Environmental Health Perspectives 109(supplement 3):429-434, 2001.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Preisser JS, Norton D. The incidence of green tobacco sickness among Latino farmworkers.  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 43:601-609, 2001.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Preisser JS. Predictors of incidence and prevalence of green tobacco sickness among Latino farmworkers in North Carolina, U.S.A.  Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 55:818-824, 2001.

Austin CK, Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Preisser JS, Saavedra RM, Cabrera LF.  Training farmworkers about pesticide safety: issues of control.  Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 12:236-249, 2001.

Elmore RC, Arcury TA. Pesticide exposure beliefs among Latino farmworkers in North Carolina’s Christmas tree industry.  American Journal of Industrial Medicine 40:153-160, 2001.

Quandt SA, Arcury TA, Austin CK, Cabrera LF. Preventing occupational exposure to pesticides: using participatory research with Latino farmworkers to develop an intervention.  Journal of Immigrant Health 3:85-96, 2001.

Quandt SA, Elmore RC, Arcury TA, Norton D. Eye symptoms and eye protection use by seasonal and migrant farmworkers.  Southern Medical Journal 94:603-607, 2001.

Quandt SA, Arcury TA, Pell AI. Something for everyone? A community and academic partnership to address farmworker pesticide exposure in North Carolina.  Environmental Health Perspectives 109(supplement 3):435-441, 2001.

Quandt SA, Arcury TA, Preisser JS, Bernert JT, Norton D. Behavioral and environmental predictors of salivary cotinine in Latino tobacco workers.  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 40:844-852, 2001.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Russell GB. Pesticide safety among farmworkers: perceived risk and perceived control as factors reflecting environmental justice.  Environmental Health Perspectives 110 (Supplement 2):233-240, 2002.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Elmore RC, Russell GB. Water safety among Latino farmworkers in North Carolina.  Journal of Agromedicine 8:77-84, 2002.        

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Garcia DI, Preisser JS, Norton D, Rao P. A clinic based case-control comparison of green tobacco sickness among minority farmworkers.  Southern Medical Journal 95:1008-1011, 2002.

Quandt SA, Preisser JS, Arcury TA. Mobility patterns of migrant farmworkers in North Carolina: implications for occupational health research and policy.  Human Organization 61:21-29, 2002.

Quandt SA, Arcury TA, Mellen BG, Rao P, Camann DE, Coran AM, Yau A, Hoppin JA, Jackson DS. Pesticides in wipes from farmworker residences in North Carolina.  In Proceedings of Indoor Air 2002, H. Levin, ed., Santa Cruz, CA,  Vol. 4:900-905, 2002.

Rao P, Arcury TA, Quandt SA. Hispanic farmworker interpretations of green tobacco sickness.  Journal of Rural Health 18:503-511, 2002.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Simmons S. Farmer health beliefs about an occupational illness that affects farmworkers: the case of green tobacco sickness.  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 9:33-45, 2003.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Preisser JS, Bernert JT, Norton D, Wang J. High levels of transdermal nicotine exposure produce green tobacco sickness in Latino farmworkers.  Nicotine & Tobacco Research 5:315-312, 2003.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Mellen BG. An exploratory analysis of occupational skin disease among Latino migrant and seasonal farmworkers in North Carolina.  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 9:221-232, 2003.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA. Pesticides at work, pesticides at home: exposure of farmworkers and their families.  The Lancet 362:2021, 2003.

Preisser JS, Arcury TA, Quandt SA. The spatial clustering of an occupational illness: green tobacco sickness among Latino farmworkers.  American Journal of Epidemiology 158:495-501, 2003.

Rao P, Arcury TA, Quandt SA. A culturally appropriate farmworker pesticide safety program.   Practicing Anthropology 25:10-13, 2003.

Spangler JG, Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Preisser JS. Tobacco Use among Mexican farmworkers working in tobacco: implications for agromedicine.  Journal of Agromedicine 9:83-91, 2003.

Quandt SA, Arcury TA, Rao P, Mellen BG, Camann DE, Doran AM, Yau AY, Hoppin JA, Jackson DS.  Agricultural and residential pesticides in wipe samples from farmworker family residences in North Carolina.  Environmental Health Perspectives 112:382-387, 2004.

Quandt SA, Arcury TA, Early J, Tapia J, Davis JD. Household food security among Latino farmworkers in North Carolina.  Public Health Reports 119:568-576, 2004.

Quandt SA, Doran A, Rao P, Hoppin JA, Snively BM, Arcury TA. Reporting pesticide assessment results to farmworker families: development, implementation and evaluation of a risk communication strategy.  Environmental Health Perspectives 112:636-642, 2004.

Rao P, Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Doran A. Growers’ and extension agents’ perceptions of farmworker pesticide exposure.  Human Organization 63:151-161, 2004.

Rao P, Arcury TA, Quandt SA. Student participation in community-based participatory research to improve migrant and seasonal farmworker health: issues for success.  Journal of Environmental Education 35:3-15, 2004.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Rao P, Doran A, Snively BM, Davis S, Barr DB, Hoppin JA. Organophosphate pesticide exposure in farmworker family members in western North Carolina and Virginia: Case Comparisons.  Human Organization 64:40-51, 2005.

Quandt SA, Schulz MR, Feldman SR, Vallejos Q, Marín A, Carrillo L, Arcury TA. Dermatological illnesses and injuries among immigrant poultry processing workers in North Carolina.  Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health 60:165-169, 2005.

Rohlman DS, Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Lasarev M, Rothlein J, Travers R, Tamulinas A, Scherer J, Early J, Marín A, Phillips J, McCauley L. Neurobehavioral Performance in Preschool Children from Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Communities in Oregon and North Carolina.  NeuroToxicology 26:589-598, 2005.

Vallejos QM, Marin AJ, Feldman SR, Krejci-Manwaring J, Fleischer A, Quandt SA, Schulz M, Smith G, Rapp SR, Arcury TA. Spanish Dermatological Vocabulary Used by Mexican Workers.  Dermatology Online Journal 11(2):32, 2005.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Barr DB, Hoppin JA, McCauley L, Grzywacz JG, Robson MG.  Farmworker exposure to pesticides: methodological issues for the collection of comparable data.   Environmental Health Perspectives 114:923-928, 2006.

Arcury TA, Vallejos QM, Marín AJ, Feldman SR, Smith G, Quandt SA. Latino farmworker perceptions of the risk factors for occupational skin disease.  American Journal of Industrial Medicine 49:434-442, 2006.

Arcury TA, Grzywacz JG, Davis SW, Barr DB, Quandt SA. Organophosphorus pesticide urinary metabolite levels of children in farmworker households in eastern North Carolina.  American Journal of Industrial Medicine 49:751-760, 2006.

Arcury TA, Vallejos QM, Feldman SR, Quandt SA. Treating skin disease: self-management behaviors of Latino farmworkers.  Journal of Agromedicine 11:27-35, 2006.

Early J, Davis SW, Quandt SA, Rao P, Snively BM, Arcury TA. Housing characteristics of farmworker families in North Carolina.  Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 8:173-184, 2006.

Grzywacz JG, Quandt SA, Early J, Tapia J, Graham CN, Arcury TA. Leaving family for work: ambivalence and mental health among Mexican migrant farmworker men.  Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 8:85-97, 2006.

Grzywacz JG, Hovey JD, Seligman LD, Arcury TA, Quandt SA. Evaluating short-form versions of the CES-D for measuring depressive symptoms among immigrant Latinos.  Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 28:404-424, 2006.

Hiott A, Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Early J, Jackson DS. Review of pesticide education materials for health care providers providing care to agricultural workers.  Journal of Rural Health 22:17-25, 2006.

Hiott A, Grzywacz JG, Arcury TA, Quandt SA. Gender differences in anxiety and depression among immigrant Latinos.  Families, Systems & Health 24:137-146, 2006.

Krejci-Manwaring J, Schulz MR, Feldman SR, Vallejos Q, Quandt SA, Rapp SR, Arcury TA. Skin disease among Latino farmworkers in North Carolina.  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 12:155-163, 2006.

Quandt SA, Grzywacz JG, Marín A, Carrillo L, Coates ML, Burke B, Arcury TA. Illnesses and injuries reported by Latino poultry workers in western North Carolina.  American Journal of Industrial Medicine 49:343-351, 2006.

Quandt SA, Hernández-Valero MA, Grzywacz JG, Hovey JD, Gonzales M, Arcury TA. Workplace, household, and personal predictors of pesticide exposure for farmworkers.   Environmental Health Perspectives 114:943-952, 2006.

Quandt SA, Shoaf JI, Tapia J, Hernández-Pelletier M, Clark HM, Arcury TA. Experiences of Latino immigrant families in North Carolina help explain elevated levels of food insecurity and hunger.  Journal of Nutrition 136:2638-2644, 2006.

Rao P, Doran A, Quandt SA, Snively BM, Arcury TA. Pesticides in farmworker homes: Latino mother’s perceptions of risk to children’s health.  Health Education & Behavior 2006 May 31; [Epub ahead of print].

Rao P, Gentry AL, Quandt SA, Davis SW, Snively BM, Arcury TA. Pesticide safety behaviors in Latino farmworker family households.  American Journal of Industrial Medicine 49:271-280, 2006.

Rohlman DS, Bodner T, Arcury TA, Quandt SA, McCauley L. Developing methods for assessing neurotoxic effects in Hispanic non-English speaking children. Neurotoxicology 2006 Apr 25; [Epub ahead of print].

Quandt SA, Hiott AE, Grzywacz JG, Davis SW, Arcury TA. Oral health and quality of life of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in North Carolina.  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 13:45-55, 2007.

Quandt SA, Clark HM, Rao P, Arcury TA. Oral health of children and adults in Latino migrant and seasonal farmworker families.  Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 2007 Jan 25; [Epub ahead of print].

Arcury TA, Quandt SA. Delivery of health services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers.  Annual Review of Public Health 28: 2006 Nov 9; [Epub ahead of print].

Arcury TA, Marín A, Snively BM, Hernández-Pelletier M, Quandt SA. Reducing farmworker residential pesticide exposure: evaluation of a lay health advisor intervention.  Health Promotion Practice, in press.

Abraham NF, Feldman SR, Vallejos Q, Whalley LE, Brooks T, Cabral G, Earp P, Fleischer AB, Quandt SA, Arcury TA.   Contact dermatitis in tobacco farmworkers.  Contact Dermatitis, in press.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA. Health and social impacts of tobacco production.  Journal of Agromedicine, in press.

Conde JF, Feldman SR, Vallejos Q, Quandt SA, Whalley LE, Brooks T, Cabral G, Fleischer AB, Jr., Arcury TA. Cutaneous larva migrans in a migrant Latino farmworker.  Journal of Agromedicine, in press.

Gentry AL, Grzywacz JG, Quandt SA, Davis SW, Arcury TA. Housing quality among North Carolina farmworker families.  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, in press.

Quandt SA, Schulz MR, Feldman SR, Vallejos Q, Marin A, Carrillo L, Arcury TA. Dermatological illnesses among immigrant poultry processing workers in North Carolina.  Archives of  Environmental & Occupational Health, in press.

Taylor SL, Coates ML, Vallejos Q, Feldman SR, Schulz MR, Quandt SA, Fleischer AB, Arcury TA. Pterygium among Latino migrant farmworkers in North Carolina, USA.  Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health, in press.

Edited Journals

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, eds. Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers and Pesticides: Community-Based Approaches to Measuring Risks and Reducing Exposure.  Environmental Health Perspectives 109 (Supplement 3):427-473, 2001.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Dearry A. Farmworker pesticide exposure and community-based participatory research: rationale and practical applications.  Pp. 429-434.

Quandt SA, Arcury TA, Pell AI. Something for everyone? A community and academic partnership to address farmworker pesticide exposure in North Carolina.  Pp.435-441.

Thompson B, Coronado G, Puschel K, Allen E. Identifying constituents to participate in a project to control pesticide exposure in children of farmworkers.  Pp. 443-448.

McCauley LA, Beltran M, Phillips J, Lasarev M, Sticker D. The Oregon migrant farmworker community: an evolving model for participatory research.  Pp. 449-455.

Kamel F, Moreno T, Rowland AS, Stallone L, Ramírez-Garnica G, Sandler DP. Recruiting a community sample in collaboration with farmworkers.  Pp. 457-459.

Flocks J, Clarke L, Albrecht S, Bryant C, Monaghan P, Baker H. Implementing a community-based social marketing project to improve agricultural worker health.  Pp. 451-468.

O’Fallon LR, Dearry A. Commitment of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to community-based participatory research for rural health.  Pp. 469-473.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Barr DB, Hoppin JA, McCauley L, Robson MG, eds. Farmworker Exposure to Pesticides: Methodological Issues for the Collection of Comparable Data.  Environmental Health Perspectives 114:923-968, 2006.

Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Barr DB, Hoppin JA, McCauley L, Grzywacz JG, Robson MG. Farmworker exposure to pesticides: methodological issues for the collection of comparable data.  Environmental Health Perspectives 114:923-928, 2006.

Hoppin JA, Adgate JL, Eberhart M, Nishioka M, Ryan PB. Environmental exposure assessment of pesticides in farmworker homes.  Environmental Health Perspectives 114:929-935, 2006.

Barr DB, Thomas D, Curwin B, Landsittel D, Raymer J, Lu C, Donnelly KC, Acquavella J. Biomonitoring of exposure in farmworker studies.  Environmental Health Perspectives 114:936-942, 2006.

Quandt SA, Hernández-Valero MA, Grzywacz JG, Hovey JD, Gonzales M, Arcury TA. Workplace, household, and personal predictors of pesticide exposure and health outcomes for farmworkers.  Environmental Health Perspectives 114:943-952, 2006.

McCauley LA, Anger KA, Keifer M, Langley R, Robson MG, Rohlman D. Studying health outcomes in farmworker populations exposed to pesticides.  Environmental Health Perspectives, 114:953-960, 2006.

Barr DB, Landsittel D, Nishoika M, Thomas K, Curwin B, Raymer J, Donnelly KC, McCauley LA, Ryan PB. Laboratory and statistical issues related to farmworker studies.  Environmental Health Perspectives 114:961-968, 2006.

Published Abstracts

 

Quandt SA, Arcury TA. Chemical exposure among seasonal and migrant farmworkers: community-based epidemiology.  The Toxicologist 48(1-S):304, 1999.

Hoppin JA, Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Rao P, Doran AM. Reporting pesticide exposure results to participants: issues and observations.  Epidemiology 13(4-S):S133, 2002.

 

 

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