The psychosocial risks of farm workers in south-east Spain
Callejón-Ferre, Angel Jesús ; Pérez-Alonso, José ; Montoya-García, Mónica Estefanía ; Rojas-Sola, José Ignacio
2015
78
Oct.
77-90
agricultural worker ; fatigue assessment ; health impact assessment ; mental health ; psychosocial risks
Psychosocial risks
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2015.04.015
English
Bibliogr.
"This work used the FPSICO v.1 method of the Spanish National Institute of Safety and Hygiene to determine the possible psychosocial risks of farm workers in Almería-type greenhouses located in south-eastern Spain to propose health-condition improvements. A 75-question survey was used to evaluate seven psychosocial variables: cognitive load, temporal autonomy, job description, supervision-participation, role definition, worker interest, and personal relationships. A total of 548 workers were evaluated. Also, five qualitative characteristics (of workers) were identified: sex, age, greenhouse type, nationality, and crop type. None of the variables were associated with high psychosocial risk. Thus, the psychosocial health risks encountered by Almería-type greenhouse workers are acceptable, although optimisations over the mid and long term are necessary."
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