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Harvesting hunger : measuring food insecurity and hope in Oregon's Mexican agriculture and seafood workers

Creator:

Reeder, Julie A.

Abstract:

Food Insecurity exists whenever the availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or the ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways is limited or uncertain (LSRO, 1990). Factors that increase a household's risk for food insecurity include being low income and not being able to access formal and...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
Hispanic and farmworker health : a community health survey of Hood River County, Oregon.

Creator:

Carne, David Michael

Abstract:

Hispanics in Hood River County, Oregon account for roughly 25% of the population, with many employed in agriculture. A community health survey was carried out in Hood River County during the winter months of 2001 with the purpose of evaluating the health conditions, needs, and barriers to access of needed...

Resource Type:

Honors College Thesis

Full Text:

Examination Survey from 1988-94, nearly 25% of men, and 36% of Mexican-American women are obese, with nearly