Payne-Sturges to lead study of structural racism effects on farmworkers
A new $3.7 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences will fund a project led by Faculty Associate Devon Payne-Sturges to investigate structural racism and health among Black and Latinx migrant and seasonal farmworkers around the country.
The project, “Research Employing Environmental Systems and Occupational Health Policy Analyses to Interrupt the Impact of Structural Racism on Agricultural Workers and Their Respiratory Health (RESPIRAR)," comprises efforts from other School of Public Health units as well as UM Baltimore, CATA: The Farmworkers Support Committee, Washiington University in St. Louis, and Indiana University Bloomington.
Study results will inform the design of policies and best practices to counter the longstanding mechanisms of structural racism impacting these farmworkers, Dr. Payne-Sturges said. Fieldwork begins in Spring 2023.