Best practice for accessing list items using SharePoint object model

https://www.nothingbutsharepoint.com/sites/devwiki/SP2007Dev/Pages/Accessing%20list%20items%20using%20the%20object%20model.aspx

How to get current status of workflow from SharePoint object model

Reference Link:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.workflow.spworkflowstatus.aspx

Sample Code:

//Obtain a list item
SPWeb thisWeb = SPControl.GetContextWeb(Context);
SPList issuesList = thisWeb.Lists["Customer Issues"];
SPListItem myItem = issuesList.Items[0];
//Get the workflow status value
int WorkflowStatusValue = myItem["MyWorkflow"];
string WorkflowStatusString = System.Enum.GetName
        (typeof(SPWorkflowStatus), WorkflowStatusValue);
StatusLabel.Text = "The current status of the workflow is: " +
        WorkflowStatusString;