A new study led by University of California, Berkeley, researchers finds that many Latina women and their children in one of California’s largest agricultural communities reside in crowded, dilapidated housing infested with pests.

While studies of this type have been conducted in inner-city neighborhoods, the researchers point out that less attention has been paid to low-income families in agricultural areas. This study focused on a particularly vulnerable population: pregnant Latina women and their children.

“This is one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind on housing quality in an agricultural community,” said Asa Bradman, associate director of the Center for Children’s Environmental Health Research at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, and lead author of the paper. “These results are especially critical for the health of young children, who spend the vast majority of their time indoors at home.

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