Texas underscores importance of pesticide exposure reporting for farmworkers.

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• Personal Author:
  Forrester MB
• Description:
  The Texas Occupational Health Surveillance program of the Texas Department of State Health Services reached out to partner with the Migrant Clinicians Network, the Farmworker Justice, and the National Center for Farmworker Health to present the program's findings on pesticide exposure reporting for Texas farmworkers in the 23rd Annual Midwest Stream Farmworker Health Forum (South Padre Island, Texas). The program findings reveal a marked underreporting of pesticide exposure for farmworkers. Presenting this information to attendees of the forum, which included healthcare providers, farmworker advocates, and community health workers, helped focus attention on and increased awareness of this important issue of Texas farmworkers. The presentation, Pesticide Exposure Farmworker Underreporting, can be downloaded from http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/epitox/educational/TX-farmworker-underreporting.pdf.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural Industry Community Based Community Health Farmers Farm Workers Hazard Communication Hazards Health Care Personnel Injuries Migrant Workers Pesticides Poisons Public Health Racial Factors Recordkeeping Surveillance Surveillance Programs

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048106
• Citation:
  NIOSH eNews 2014 Feb; 11(10):1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Texas State Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20060701
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH eNews
• End Date:
  20160630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181709/cdc_181709_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 183.84 KB ]