Health, social and legal supports for migrant agricultural workers in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: a scoping review
IntroductionWe carried out a scoping review to examine what previous literature can teach us about practices and possibilities for support services for migrant agricultural workers.MethodsFollowing guidelines for scoping reviews as outlined by Arksey and O’Malley (2005) and further refined by Levac...
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| description | IntroductionWe carried out a scoping review to examine what previous literature can teach us about practices and possibilities for support services for migrant agricultural workers.MethodsFollowing guidelines for scoping reviews as outlined by Arksey and O’Malley (2005) and further refined by Levac et. al (2010) we conducted searches of several databases and two additional searches to capture regions of focus and more current literature. We used a thematic analysis to generate our themes.ResultsOur analysis yielded four key themes: (1) political, economic and legal factors; (2) living and working conditions; (3) facilitators/barriers to navigating services and supports and; (4) potential and existing strategies for social support for migrant agricultural workers. The first two themes pointed more to structural and material conditions that both posed barriers for this population to access supports, but also illustrated vulnerabilities that pointed to the need for a variety of services and protections. Under the third, we highlighted the ways that the design of services and supports, or their degree of accessibility, could shape the level of help available to this population. Lastly, potential and existing strategies for social support discussed in the literature included an emphasis on mental health and wellbeing, occupational health and safety training and documentation, and policy reforms to secure the status and address the precarity of this workforce.DiscussionWhile research on social support and service provision for migrant agricultural workers is still in its infancy, a strength of this body of work is its attention to macro-level issues that advocate for strategies that address root factors that shape this group’s health. Further research is required to expand our understanding of social support roles and possibilities across other domains and sectors for this population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc9c0e97654a44099105cc6bb41b7bcf2023-10-06T10:17:05ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-10-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.11828161182816Health, social and legal supports for migrant agricultural workers in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: a scoping reviewC. Susana Caxaj0Eriselda Shkopi1Carmen T. Naranjo2Alexa Chew3Yi Ting Hao4Michelle Nguyen5Athur Labatt and Family School of Nursing, Western University, London, ON, CanadaDipartimento di Filosofia e Beni Culturali, Università Ca’Foscari Venezia, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Post-Doctoral Fellow, Venice, ItalyAthur Labatt and Family School of Nursing, Western University, London, ON, CanadaAthur Labatt and Family School of Nursing, Western University, London, ON, CanadaAthur Labatt and Family School of Nursing, Western University, London, ON, CanadaAthur Labatt and Family School of Nursing, Western University, London, ON, CanadaIntroductionWe carried out a scoping review to examine what previous literature can teach us about practices and possibilities for support services for migrant agricultural workers.MethodsFollowing guidelines for scoping reviews as outlined by Arksey and O’Malley (2005) and further refined by Levac et. al (2010) we conducted searches of several databases and two additional searches to capture regions of focus and more current literature. We used a thematic analysis to generate our themes.ResultsOur analysis yielded four key themes: (1) political, economic and legal factors; (2) living and working conditions; (3) facilitators/barriers to navigating services and supports and; (4) potential and existing strategies for social support for migrant agricultural workers. The first two themes pointed more to structural and material conditions that both posed barriers for this population to access supports, but also illustrated vulnerabilities that pointed to the need for a variety of services and protections. Under the third, we highlighted the ways that the design of services and supports, or their degree of accessibility, could shape the level of help available to this population. Lastly, potential and existing strategies for social support discussed in the literature included an emphasis on mental health and wellbeing, occupational health and safety training and documentation, and policy reforms to secure the status and address the precarity of this workforce.DiscussionWhile research on social support and service provision for migrant agricultural workers is still in its infancy, a strength of this body of work is its attention to macro-level issues that advocate for strategies that address root factors that shape this group’s health. Further research is required to expand our understanding of social support roles and possibilities across other domains and sectors for this population.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1182816/fullmigrant agricultural workersocial supporthealth carelegal servicesoccupational healthvulnerability |
| spellingShingle | C. Susana Caxaj Eriselda Shkopi Carmen T. Naranjo Alexa Chew Yi Ting Hao Michelle Nguyen Health, social and legal supports for migrant agricultural workers in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: a scoping review Frontiers in Public Health migrant agricultural worker social support health care legal services occupational health vulnerability |
| title | Health, social and legal supports for migrant agricultural workers in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: a scoping review |
| title_full | Health, social and legal supports for migrant agricultural workers in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: a scoping review |
| title_fullStr | Health, social and legal supports for migrant agricultural workers in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: a scoping review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Health, social and legal supports for migrant agricultural workers in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: a scoping review |
| title_short | Health, social and legal supports for migrant agricultural workers in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: a scoping review |
| title_sort | health social and legal supports for migrant agricultural workers in france italy spain germany canada australia and new zealand a scoping review |
| topic | migrant agricultural worker social support health care legal services occupational health vulnerability |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1182816/full |
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