Abstract

PUELLO ALCOCER, Elsy Cecilia  and  ORTEGA MONTES, Jorge Eliecer. Social factors associated with the informal agricultural workers' health in the city of Monteria - Cordoba, Colombia. Univ. Salud [online]. 2013, vol.15, n.2, pp.103-112. ISSN 0124-7107.

Objective: To identify social factors associated the health of informal agricultural workers of Monteria. Methodology: Descriptive study involving 100 agricultural workers who were selected using the simple random sampling technique for housing. The quantitative data collection was done through surveys and focus groups. It took confidence intervals 95%, maximum error of 0.07 and a probability of success of 0.2. Results: The average age range of agricultural workers ranged from 18 to 87 years old, 90% of them are linked to the sector as laborers and only 1% is insured by the contributory Social Security System in Health. 20% of agricultural workers are illiterate, 24% did not finish the elementary school and 97% have no personal protective equipment to perform the activities of the field. Seven out of ten workers suffer morbidity related to occupational activity and six out of ten were injured in the last year. Most of them are disappointed because working conditions affect their health, and they cannot overcome themselves because their educational conditions and social opportunities do not allow them to do other activities. Conclusion: The poor working conditions and insatisfaction are an important group of social factors that explain the backwardness of the rural population in health and social welfare.

Keywords : Education; occupational health; rural population.

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