- Link:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2148/428
- Collection:
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- Subjects
- farm worker pesticide participitory mapping participitory GIS PGIS PPGIS sociospatial California Monterey County Tulare County farmworker AWHI Participatory mapping Participatory GIS
- Creators:
- Steinberg, Sheila L. Steinberg, Steven J.
- Language
- en_US
- Publisher
- Institute for Spatial Analysis&California Center for Rural Policy, Humboldt State University
- Type
- Technical Report
- Description
- This project employs a mixed‐method, place‐based
approach to study agricultural worker health issues related to
pesticide use in rural California. Sociospatial analysis considers
space, place and social indicators in a holistic and integrated
fashion (Steinberg and Steinberg 2008). This project utilizes
Geographic Information System (GIS) to effectively integrate
environmental and social data related to farmworker health and
pesticide use. GIS is a computerized system of mapping. The value
of a sociospatial approach is that it allows for the spatial
portrayal of social and environmental data in a holistic fashion.
In this case, our sociospatial approach highlights the interplay
between people and place. We focus on environmental and social
issues for farmworkers in the three communities in both Monterey
and Tulare counties. Using this visual approach for communication
and portrayal of data proves to be effective across both language
and literacy barriers. To conduct this study, the California Center
for Rural Policy and the Institute for Spatial Analysis, located at
Humboldt State University, worked in partnership with the
Agricultural Worker Health Initiative (AWHI) funded by the
California Endowment, including Poder Popular ‐ a community‐based
group to empower farmworker communities throughout the state of
California. We wish to thank the California Endowment for support
of this project. We would especially like to thank Mario Gutierrez,
M.P.H., Director, Rural and Agricultural Worker Health Program for
his vision in supporting this work. This report contains
sociospatial data, consisting of both maps and interview data
integrated to tell the stories of farmworkers, their communities
and pesticide drift. The project also incorporated extensive
environmental mapping of pesticide use and application rates within
the study region with associated qualitative data relating to
farmworker health. The complete map set along with details
regarding spatial analysis methods and data are detailed in a
separate document, People, Place and Health: A Pesticide Atlas of
Monterey County and Tulare County, California. Methods used include
key‐informant interviews, ethnographic methods, public
participation GIS, attending community meetings, and environmental
mapping. We highlight how a community based participatory research
approach is a means to understand community members’ interests and
knowledge about pesticides. Particular emphasis is placed on the
amount and types of pesticides and fumigants used near schools,
neighborhoods and community gathering places. The report concludes
with a summary of our findings and policy
recommendations.
- Description
- The California Endowment
- Publisher
- Institute for Spatial Analysis & California
Center for Rural Policy, Humboldt State University
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