The 'dop' system around Stellenbosch--results of a farm survey

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dc.date.issued1998
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVES: To document the number of farms operating a 'dop' system (payment of workers with alcohol instead of wages), to estimate the number of farm workers affected, to describe how the system operated and to characterise adverse social conditions on the farms. POPULATION: Farms served by the mobile clinics of the Cape Metropolitan Council's Health Department in the Stellenbosch area. METHODS: Cross-sectional prevalence survey. Nurses collected data from patients attending mobile clinics. RESULTS: A prevalence of 9.5% was detected in respect of farms operating the dop system, with an estimated 780 workers affected. The most common practice was a daily provision of 750 ml wine to male workers. Social conditions on the farms in question were poor and wages were low. Child malnutrition was the most common health problem identified. CONCLUSION: The dop system, although illegal, has been documented to occur in the Stellenbosch area. Programmes to address the dop system and alcohol abuse, based on a primary health care approach, are a priority in the rural areas of the Western Cape.
dc.identifier.issn0038-2469
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AB - OBJECTIVES: To document the number of farms operating a 'dop' system (payment of workers with alcohol instead of wages), to estimate the number of farm workers affected, to describe how the system operated and to characterise adverse social conditions on the farms. POPULATION: Farms served by the mobile clinics of the Cape Metropolitan Council's Health Department in the Stellenbosch area. METHODS: Cross-sectional prevalence survey. Nurses collected data from patients attending mobile clinics. RESULTS: A prevalence of 9.5% was detected in respect of farms operating the dop system, with an estimated 780 workers affected. The most common practice was a daily provision of 750 ml wine to male workers. Social conditions on the farms in question were poor and wages were low. Child malnutrition was the most common health problem identified. CONCLUSION: The dop system, although illegal, has been documented to occur in the Stellenbosch area. Programmes to address the dop system and alcohol abuse, based on a primary health care approach, are a priority in the rural areas of the Western Cape. DA - 1998 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town IS - 9 J1 - South African Medical Journal LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 1998 SM - 0038-2469 T1 - The 'dop' system around Stellenbosch--results of a farm survey TI - The 'dop' system around Stellenbosch--results of a farm survey UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34857 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/34857
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicine
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
dc.sourceSouth African Medical Journal
dc.source.journalissue9
dc.source.journalvolume88
dc.source.pagination1102 - 115
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.7196/sajs.718
dc.subject.otherWage
dc.subject.otherAlcohol
dc.subject.otherFarmer
dc.subject.otherSanitary program
dc.subject.otherSanitary control
dc.subject.otherAlcoholism
dc.subject.otherHealth worker
dc.subject.otherEradication
dc.subject.otherHuman
dc.subject.otherRisk factor
dc.subject.otherSouth Africa
dc.subject.otherAfrica
dc.subject.otherSalaire
dc.subject.otherAlcool
dc.subject.otherAgriculteur
dc.subject.otherProgramme sanitaire
dc.subject.otherLutte sanitaire
dc.subject.otherAlcoolisme
dc.subject.otherAgent santé
dc.subject.otherHomme
dc.subject.otherFacteur risque
dc.subject.otherRépublique Sud Africaine
dc.subject.otherAfrique
dc.subject.otherSalario
dc.subject.otherAgricultor
dc.subject.otherPrograma sanitario
dc.subject.otherLucha sanitaria
dc.titleThe 'dop' system around Stellenbosch--results of a farm survey
dc.typeJournal Article
uct.type.publicationResearch
uct.type.resourceJournal Article
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