Citation

Kim NJ, Vásquez VB, Torres E, Nicola RM, Karr C. J. Agromed. 2016; 21(2): 154-162.

Affiliation

University of Washington, School of Medicine , Department of Pediatrics , Seattle , WA , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/1059924X.2016.1143903

PMID

26797165

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to understand Mexican women farmworkers' perceptions of workplace sexual harassment, its related factors and consequences, and potential points of intervention. This Community-Based Participatory Research study conducted focus groups with 20 women farmworkers in rural Washington. Four coders analyzed and gleaned interpretations from verbatim transcripts. Three main themes were identified. We learned that women farmworkers: (1) frequently experienced both quid pro quo and hostile work environment forms of sexual harassment; (2) faced employment and health consequences due to the harassment; and (3) felt that both individual and industry level changes could prevent the harassment. Based on these findings, we identified three sets of risk factors contributing to workplace sexual harassment and recommend using a multi-level approach to prevent future harassment in the agriculture industry.

Language: en