Abstract
US female Latina seasonal farm workers (LSW) are a medically underserved community experiencing severe health disparities. We explored the relationship between alcohol and prescription medication, and LSW social networks using a qualitative approach. In 2015, this study used convenience sampling to recruit 28 LSWs in South Florida for three focus group discussions in Spanish. Focus groups were translated to English for analysis, which employed a general inductive approach. Themes included prescription medication distribution within networks, spirituality/religion practice with friends and family, and alcohol use with friends. Substance abuse prevention and treatment interventions should account for the unique needs of LSW.
Acknowledgements
We acknowledge women who participated in this study, our community partners, and mentors.
Declaration of interest statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Ethical approval
All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
Informed consent
Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
Data availability statement
The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author, Mariano Kanamori. The data are not publicly available due to restrictions (e.g. their containing information that could compromise the privacy of research participants).