$639 billion.However, most of these crops come from the eastern part of the valley. This area is also home to farmworkers from poor socioeconomic backgrounds, who are migrant Latinx, many of whom are undocumented and underinsured. A new study proposes a means of delivering effective healthcare to the underserved farmworkers and their families in the eastern Coachella Valley through the use of mobile health clinics (MHCs).The potential impact of such clinics extends far beyond the Coachella Valley.
Over 80% of farmworkers in the United States are Latinx, of which 95% are immigrants.The lead author of the new study is medical anthropologist Ann Cheney of the University of California, Riverside (UCR), with assistance from UCR graduate Monica.