Synthesis matrix/critical appraisal 1-5

Author/ Date	Aim of Study	Type of literature + type of method	Result /Conclusion	Strengths + limitations	Thematic codings	Setting/ Context
Flocker (2012)	The aim of this study is to explain the social, economic and political factors that play into the safety farmers and the families of farmworkers in regard to pesticides	Policy, ethnography	There is a tremendous injustice done to pesticide farmworkers and to their families. Their health is put in danger due to a lack of safety regulations	Strengths: incorporates many different aspects of the problem including a detailed background on the demographics of the farmworkers and their families. It also explains the effects of pesticides on health Limitations: could use more data	Hispanic immigrants Poverty Socioeconomics Health problems	USA crop farms residential homes
Hu et al. (2015)	To study the long-term and short-term effects of pesticide exposure on farmers including effects on blood and nervous system	cohort	The farmworker’s nervous system was effected mainly by effecting the sensory nerves. Blood count also dropped	Strengths: the quantitative data of this study was detailed. A big strength was that both the long-term and short-term effects were shown. Limitations: The study did not talk about the farmers socioeconomic situation	Cohort Health effects pesticide	China
Snipes et al. (2009)	To use community-based ethnography and public health risks assessment to measure risk perception of pesticide exposure among farmworkers in the U.S.	Ethnography	The results concluded that farmworker perception of pesticide risk varies with the type of pesticide	Strengths: included detailed discriptions of farmworker risk perception. It also described barriers that could limit safety. Limitations: Did not give detailed description of farmworkers demographic and socioeconomic situatuion	Risk analysis Pesticide exposure Types of pesticides	USA pesticide farms communities
Beard et al. (2013)	The aim of this study is to study the effects of pesticide exposure on health	Cohort, RCT	The results showed that pesticide exposure was linked with increased leukemia cases and chronic illnesses such as asthma	A strength that this study had was that it tested for different effects on health than most studies. Liminations: many of the measured illness were self-reported by the farm workers	Chronic illness Chemical exposure	Australia Farms
Boone et al. (2014)	to study the regulation of pesticides that are in place in the U.S. or lack thereof	Policy research	the current regulatory system is highly bias	Strengths: a big strength was that the study went above and beyond to expose the bias qualities of regulatory research Limitations: the study did not explain if all pesticides lack the same regulation	Policy Regulation pesticides	USA Farms