Farmworker Acceptability of Backpack Hydration Systems.

Objective: To improve water access while working and contribute to fewer heat-related illnesses (HRI), backpack hydration systems were provided to over 200 farmworkers to use during the 2022 growing season. Acceptability of the water intake intervention was assessed among farmworkers in eastern North Carolina, USA.

Methods: With a pre-established community-university partnership, the acceptability of the intervention was assessed using a cross-sectional survey.

Fluid Intake and Hydration Status Among North Carolina Farmworkers: A Mixed Methods Study.

Background: Agricultural workers are disproportionately at risk for heat-related morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to explore how sociocultural and occupational factors, and environmental heat stress influenced fluid intake and hydration status among Latino farmworkers working in eastern North Carolina.

Methods: A community-informed, mixed methods research study was conducted in partnership with staff at a federally qualified health center.

Understanding Farmworker Fluid Intake Using Intersectionality Theory.

In the United States, Latino farmworkers are disproportionately at risk for death from heat-related illnesses. To elicit Latino farmworker perceptions on their fluid intake and heat stress, a qualitative descriptive, community-informed research study was conducted in eastern North Carolina. A total of 28 Mexican farmworkers participated in one of 4 focus groups.

Strategies for progression in a PhD nursing program within a transition model.

Background: There is a need for interventions to improve the PhD pipeline for nursing program enrollment. PhD nursing students who have navigated the program successfully are in a strategic position to help by sharing their stories. Several strategies for successful completion of a PhD program and some common expected barriers have been documented in the literature.

Health and educational status of children raised by a caregiver with a disability.

Background: Research on children raised by adults with disability is limited. Our goal was to provide a profile of the health and educational status of children raised by a caregiver with disability.

Methods: In 2007-2008, 4571 adults completed the North Carolina Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and Child Health Assessment Monitoring Program (CHAMP) surveys.