Migrant farm workers and their families: Cultural patterns and delivery of care in the United States

Engaging migrant farm workers in outreach, whether for social services or as participants in research projects, is particularly difficult. As a transient, semi-skilled, and largely undocumented workforce, migrant workers are understandably reluctant to engage with anyone whom they feel may jeopardize their already precarious situation. However, engaging with non-migrant farm workers presents its own unique challenges as well.

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25. Assessing the Effectiveness of a Pesticide-Training Program Among the Migrant Farm Workers

10.3320/1.2763105 ◽

1999 ◽

Author(s):

M. Vela Acosta

Keyword(s):

Training Program ◽

Farm Workers ◽

Migrant Farm Workers ◽

Migrant Farm

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The Incorporation of American Religion: The Case of the Presbyterians

Religion and American Culture A Journal of Interpretation ◽

10.1525/rac.1991.1.1.03a00060 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 101-118

Author(s):

Louis Weeks

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Voluntary Associations ◽

The United States ◽

Colonial Period ◽

American Religion ◽

Cultural Patterns ◽

Christian Church ◽

Non Profit ◽

Protestant Denominations ◽

Family Groups

The Christian church, including all its various branches, has been consistently susceptible to the forces that form or change cultures. Scholars claim that this adaptability has been extremely important in the rise and spread of the religion. In the American environment, Protestants formed voluntary associations that attracted people individually and by family groups. This environment actually shaped “denominations” even during the colonial period. One such denomination was the Presbyterians, who pioneered in the formation of a communion that existed as neither a “state church” nor a “dissenting” church body. As the United States experienced industrialization and growing complexity in economic and cultural patterns, the Protestant denominations were affected by those same forces. Thus, denominations naturally became what came to be termed “non-profit corporations,” subject to the limitations and problems of such organizations but also the beneficiaries of that system as well.

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Technological Trends and the Organization of Migrant Farm Workers

Social Problems ◽

10.1525/sp.1972.19.4.03a00080 ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

pp. 509-521

Author(s):

William H. Friedland ◽

Dorothy Nelkin

Keyword(s):

Farm Workers ◽

Migrant Farm Workers ◽

Migrant Farm

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Hospital Mergers and Referrals in the United States: Patient Steering or Integrated Delivery of Care?

INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing ◽

10.5034/inquiryjrnl_47.03.226 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 47 (3) ◽

pp. 226-241 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Sayaka Nakamura

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Hospital Mergers ◽

Delivery Of Care ◽

Integrated Delivery

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Trends in the Contribution of Emergency Departments to the Provision of Hospital-Associated Health Care in the USA

International Journal of Health Services ◽

10.1177/0020731417734498 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 48 (2) ◽

pp. 267-288 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

David Marcozzi ◽

Brendan Carr ◽

Aisha Liferidge ◽

Nicole Baehr ◽

Brian Browne

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Health Care ◽

Medical Care ◽

Emergency Departments ◽

The United States ◽

National Hospital ◽

Patient Centered ◽

National Hospital Discharge Survey ◽

Delivery Of Care ◽

The Usa

Traditional approaches to assessing the health of populations focus on the use of primary care and the delivery of care through patient-centered homes, managed care resources, and accountable care organizations. The use of emergency departments (EDs) has largely not been given consideration in these models. Our study aimed to determine the contribution of EDs to the health care received by Americans between 1996 and 2010 and to compare it with the contribution of outpatient and inpatient services using National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Discharge Survey databases. We found that EDs contributed an average of 47.7% of the hospital-associated medical care delivered in the United States, and this percentage increased steadily over the 14-year study period. EDs are a major source of medical care in the United States, especially for vulnerable populations, and this contribution increased throughout the study period. Including emergency care within health reform and population health efforts would prove valuable to supporting the health of the nation.

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