AGRICOH Webinar: Reaching migrant farmworkers to promote health and well-being

Wednesday 11 Sept 2024, 16:00 → 17:00 Europe/Paris

Online

Joachim Schuz (IARC), Joanne Kim (Environment and Lifestyle Branch, IARC), Linda Forst (University of Illinois Chicago)

The Agriculture sector is populated, globally, by migrant workers poorly protected by employment, health, and immigration laws. The Great Lakes Center for Farmworker Health and Well-being is developing a participatory approach to guide ethical and targeted interventions to change the conditions that challenge migrant farmworkers and their families’ ability to live healthy lives. This webinar will cover social and physical challenges of migrant farmworkers, participatory considerations, and the early results of our research.

Linda Forst, MD, MPH is a professor of environmental and occupational health sciences and a medical doctor specialized in Internal and Occupational Medicine.  She teaches post-graduate students in Toxicology, and Occupational Diseases. Her research includes surveillance of occupational injuries and illnesses, survey development, and worker training-- guided and delivered by workers--as an intervention. She directs the Great Lakes Center for Farmworker Health and Well-being at the University of Illinois Chicago https://farmworkerhealth.uic.edu/.

The presentation (45 min) will be followed by a Q & A session (15 min).

Please register to receive a link to the webinar.

16:00 → 17:00 Webinar

Speaker: Dr Linda Forst (University of Illinois Chicago)