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Sleep Quality Among Latino Farmworkers in North Carolina: Examination of the Job Control-Demand-Support Model

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Sleep problems are associated with physical and mental health disorders and place individuals at an increased risk of workplace injuries. The demand-control-support model posits that job demands and the capacity to control work processes influence workers’ level of distress, thereby affecting their physical and mental health; supervisor support can buffer the negative effect of high demands and low control. Data on the sleep quality and the organization of work of Latino men were collected in agricultural areas in North Carolina in 2012. 147 Mexican-born farmworkers ages 30 and older, most of whom had H-2A visas, provided information about sleep quality and organization of work. Most (83 %) farmworkers reported good sleep quality. The association between working more than 40 h per week and reporting poor sleep quality approached statistical significance. Additional research is needed to understand whether job demands, job control, and social support affect farmworkers’ sleep quality.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Grant No. R01 ES008739). We greatly appreciate contributions that our community partners, North Carolina Farmworkers Project, made throughout the development, implementation, and analysis of the project, as well as the willingness of research participants to contribute their time to this research project.

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  1. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157-1084, USA

    Joanne C. Sandberg, Ha T. Nguyen, Phillip Summers & Thomas A. Arcury

  2. Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

    Sara A. Quandt

  3. Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

    Haiying Chen

  4. Department of Neurology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

    Francis O. Walker

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Sandberg, J.C., Nguyen, H.T., Quandt, S.A. et al. Sleep Quality Among Latino Farmworkers in North Carolina: Examination of the Job Control-Demand-Support Model. J Immigrant Minority Health 18, 532–541 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-015-0248-3

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