Colorado Agricultural Workers' Rights of Access to Key Healthcare Providers: A Policy Brief
Health is a human right. In order to exercise their right to health, agricultural workers need to have access to medical, dental, and behavioral health care. Agricultural workers need to have medical, dental, and behavioral health care available at times and locations that are amenable to their work...
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| description | Health is a human right. In order to exercise their right to health, agricultural workers need to have access to medical, dental, and behavioral health care. Agricultural workers need to have medical, dental, and behavioral health care available at times and locations that are amenable to their work schedules and worksites. Many agricultural workers do not have access to transportation due to the nature of their working conditions, therefore policies to provide transportation will increase access to medical, dental, and behavioral health services. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c62a94a6319427cb5ee1825670420522022-12-22T00:22:23ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-05-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.856878856878Colorado Agricultural Workers' Rights of Access to Key Healthcare Providers: A Policy BriefLorann Stallones0Morgan Valley1Whitney Pennington2Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United StatesDepartment of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United StatesDepartment of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United StatesHealth is a human right. In order to exercise their right to health, agricultural workers need to have access to medical, dental, and behavioral health care. Agricultural workers need to have medical, dental, and behavioral health care available at times and locations that are amenable to their work schedules and worksites. Many agricultural workers do not have access to transportation due to the nature of their working conditions, therefore policies to provide transportation will increase access to medical, dental, and behavioral health services.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.856878/fullagricultureworkershealthcareaccesspolicy |
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| title | Colorado Agricultural Workers' Rights of Access to Key Healthcare Providers: A Policy Brief |
| title_full | Colorado Agricultural Workers' Rights of Access to Key Healthcare Providers: A Policy Brief |
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| title_short | Colorado Agricultural Workers' Rights of Access to Key Healthcare Providers: A Policy Brief |
| title_sort | colorado agricultural workers rights of access to key healthcare providers a policy brief |
| topic | agriculture workers healthcare access policy |
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