Housing, health equity, and global capitalist power: Migrant farmworkers in Canada.

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  • Author(s): Weiler AM;Weiler AM; Caxaj CS; Caxaj CS
  • Source:
    Social science & medicine (1982) [Soc Sci Med] 2024 Aug; Vol. 354, pp. 117067. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 28.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Pergamon Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8303205 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1873-5347 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 02779536 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Soc Sci Med Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon, c1982-
    • Subject Terms:
      Transients and Migrants*/statistics & numerical data ; Transients and Migrants*/psychology ; Farmers*/statistics & numerical data ; Farmers*/psychology ; Housing*/statistics & numerical data ; Health Equity*; Humans ; Adult ; Male ; Female ; Capitalism ; Ontario ; British Columbia ; Middle Aged ; Qualitative Research ; Canada
    • Abstract:
      Health scholars are becoming increasingly attuned to the intimate ties between a person's housing and their access to mental and physical health. However, existing models for understanding the link between housing and health equity do not adequately theorize why inequities arise and persist, who benefits from these social arrangements, and how they operate transnationally. How do domestic and global dynamics of political economy shape housing and health equity for migrant farmworkers? How can conceptual models of housing and health equity better account for political economy? To answer these conceptual questions, our study examines the empirical case of migrant agricultural workers in Canada. Migrant worker housing provides a pertinent case for better conceptualizing capitalist power dynamics in housing and health equity on a global scale. Specifically, we draw on in-depth interviews conducted between 2021 and 2022 with 151 migrant workers Ontario and British Columbia. Participants' housing and health concerns aligned with existing literature, including issues such as overcrowding and barriers to health care due to a remote rural location. Our analysis identified three empirical themes: Precarity, Paternalism, and a lack of Political Participation. Drawing from these insights, we recommend a refined model of housing and health equity that keeps an analytical lens trained on global racial capitalism.
      (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20240707 Date Completed: 20240815 Latest Revision: 20240815
    • Publication Date:
      20240816
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117067
    • Accession Number:
      38972093