Measuring success in a pesticide risk reduction program among migrant farmworkers in Colorado.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Farmworkers in the US largely consist of young undocumented Hispanics with a median education of 6 years and limited English skills. The High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety bilingual pesticide risk reduction program, which complied with the Worker Protection Standard for migrant farmworkers was evaluated. METHODS:A pretest/posttest comparison of farmworkers (n = 152) assigned to either the experimental or control group was used. Independent variables included demographics, agricultural experience, and health locus of control. Dependent variables were pesticide knowledge, safety risk perception (SRP), and safety-behavior outcomes. RESULTS:The bilingual pesticide program effectively increased farmworker's pesticide knowledge (P = 0.0001), SRP (P = 0.0001), and two (out of four) behavior outcomes. Workers with external health locus of control were less likely to adopt safety behaviors (P = 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS:The cognitive decision-making process whereby farmworkers' readiness to change and permanently adopt safety behaviors was supported by the pesticide program. Our results support the need for long-term sustained bilingual, intervention programs that demonstrated effectiveness using integrative methodology.

journal_name

Am J Ind Med

authors

Vela Acosta MS,Chapman P,Bigelow PL,Kennedy C,Buchan RM

doi

10.1002/ajim.20136

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-03-01 00:00:00

pages

237-45

issue

3

eissn

0271-3586

issn

1097-0274

journal_volume

47

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