Invisible No More: The Impact of COVID-19 on Essential Food Production Workers.
J Agromedicine
; 25(4): 378-382, 2020 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1174763
ABSTRACT
From the farms to the packing plants, essential workers in critical food production industries keep food on our tables while risking their and their families' health and well-being to bring home a paycheck. They work in essential industries but are often invisible. The disparities illuminated by COVID-19 are not new. Instead, they are the result of years of inequities built into practices, policies, and systems that reinforce societal power structures. As a society, we are now at an antagonizing moment where we can change our collective trajectory to focus forward and promote equity and justice for workers in agriculture and food-related industries. To that end, we describe our experience and approach in addressing COVID-19 outbreaks in meat processing facilities, which included three pillars of action based on public health ethics and international human rights (1) worksite prevention and control, (2) community-based prevention and control, and (3) treatment. Our approach can be translated to promote the health, safety, and well-being of the broader agricultural workforce.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Occupational Health
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Farmers
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COVID-19
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Meat-Packing Industry
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Agromedicine
Journal subject:
Occupational Medicine
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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