New report on California's Central Coast region

[Guest guest]

Ever driven from Los Angeles to San Francisco and wandered along the Big Sur

coast? Do you have the " Sideways " view of Santa Barbara's wine country?

Beautiful vacation region, isn't it? From the tourist's view, health and

wealth seemingly abound.

In fact, agriculture is an $8 billion industry on the Central Coast of

California. There are an estimated 100,000 to 150,000 migrant and seasonal

farmworkers, 20% to 30% of the state total. One in five workers in this high

cost region are in low-income jobs in agriculture and leisure/hospitality.

These workers have limited access to health care and coverage and report

poorer health status.

We have just released a new report, Paradox in Paradise: Hidden Health

Inequities on California's Central Coast which examines health status and

access on the Coast. We place a particular emphasis on farmworkers, service

workers, children in immigrant families, and low-income seniors. Funded by

the The California Endowment, this report and the executive summary in

Spanish and English are available on the Endowment's web site:

www.calendow.org. The report and additional data tables also available on

our web site: www.diringerassociates.com

Please feel free to contact me for further information, an electronic copy

or a hard copy.

Diringer, JD, MPH

Diringer and Associates

P.O. Box 14822

San Obispo, CA 93406

805-481-3033

805-481-2992 (fax)

joel@...

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[Guest guest]

I got this email and just wanted to ask what does your group do to assure that the migrants get decent health care. I work for a community health clinic and we do care for migrants. I'm wonderiing if there is anything else I could do to help?

Morales, Physician Assistant.

From: " Diringer" <joel@...>Reply- To: < >Subject: [ ] New report on California's Central Coast regionDate: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 10:59:42 -0700>Ever driven from Los Angeles to San Francisco and wandered along the Big Sur>coast? Do you have the "Sideways" view of Santa Barbara's wine country?>Beautiful vacation region, isn't it? From the tourist's view, health and>wealth seemingly abound.>>In fact, agriculture is an $8 billion industry on the Central Coast of>California. There are an estimated 100,000 to 150,000 migrant and seasonal>farmworkers, 20% to 30% of the state total. One in five workers in this high>cost region are in low-income jobs in agriculture and leisure/hospitality.>These workers have limited access to health care and coverage and report>poorer health status.>>We have just released a new report, Paradox in Paradise: Hidden Health>Inequities on California's Central Coast which examines health status and>access on the Coast. We place a particular emphasis on farmworkers, service>workers, children in immigrant families, and low-income seniors. Funded by>the The California Endowment, this report and the executive summary in>Spanish and English are available on the Endowment's web site:>www.calendow.org. The report and additional data tables also available on>our web site: www.diringerassociates.com>>Please feel free to contact me for further information, an electronic copy>or a hard copy.>>> Diringer, JD, MPH>Diringer and Associates>P.O. Box 14822>San Obispo, CA 93406>805-481-3033>805-481-2992 (fax)>joel@...>>-->No virus found in this outgoing message.>Checked by AVG Free Edition.>Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.2/357 - Release Date: 6/6/2006>>>>>