I Do Not Have the Time of Being sick”: Para-Occupational Exposure and Women’s Health Risk Perception in an Agricultural Community

Vera-Aviles, M., Castillo-Burguete, T., & Pérez-Herrera, N. 

Journal of Agromedicine, 29(4), 561–571. 

https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2024.2366458

Abstract
Introduction
Few studies have explored the relationship between para-occupational exposure and risk perception in farmers’ families. Women are indirectly involved in agricultural activities, even though their roles most of the time are hidden. Women’s para-occupational exposure and risk perceptions are important to describe, since women have a key gender role in the family’s health care and possibly in the impact of acting regarding pesticide safety education. Furthermore, in farmer families, the impact of para-occupational pesticide exposure on women’s health has been neglected.