Some Physician Perceptions of Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker Health in 45 Rural Georgia Counties

Autor:	Edward Schafer, MT G. E. Alan Dever PhD, Stuart H. Tedders, A. Peter Eveland EdD, Robert L. Vogel
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	Response rate (survey) medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study Data collection business.industry Population Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Specialty Health related Family medicine Physician perception Farm workers Medicine business education Health needs
Zdroj:	Journal of Agromedicine. 5:61-77
ISSN:	1545-0813 1059-924X
DOI:	10.1300/j096v05n03_08
Popis:	Physicians in Georgia were mailed a confidential survey to determine their attitudes, knowledge, and perceptions of migrant and seasonal farm workers' (MSFWs) health and health needs. Criteria for selection of the physician population included practice specialty and practice site. Only physicians specializing in Family Practice, General Practice, General Surgery, and Internal Medicine were considered. Further, only 373 practices located in 45 Non-Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Non-MSAs) counties with migrant populations of more than 100 workers in June of 1995 were selected. The 20 question survey was mailed on January 26, 1996, and data collection ended on April 12, 1996. Two hundred and seven surveys were received, representing a response rate of 55.5%. According to all physicians reporting to treat MSFWs (n = 152), hypertension, gastrointestinal problems, dental problems, muscu-loskeletal problems, and diabetes were the top 5 health related problems associated with this special population. Th...
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