Why is HIV/AIDS a concern for farmworkers?

Health & Safety - HIV/AIDS and farmworkers

Farmworkers have limited access to health care and as a result, in comparison to other Latino groups and the U.S. population as a whole, migrant workers are at increased risk for HIV/AIDS.

Few farmworkers have employer-provided or government-subsidized health insurance. Also, language barriers, illiteracy and the difficulties of a highly-mobile lifestyle conspire to impede migrants' access to HIV prevention information and services.

Since 1997, we at Farmworker Justice have been working to bridge the gap between these services and the farmworker community. We offer a variety of culturally and linguistically appropriate programs that range from promotores projects to capacity building assistance. The goal of our HIV/AIDS division is to improve the access to and quality of HIV prevention services available to the farmworker community.

Farmworkers have traditionally been left out of many HIV/AIDS prevention efforts and are considered an under-served population; Farmworker Justice is working hard to change this.


 


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