Latino peer educators creating dialogue: documenting capabilities in structural and instructional critical components.

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• Personal Author:
  Zanoni J
• Description:
  Background and Objective: The goal of my inquiry is to examine the complexities of peer education dialogue manifest through varieties of Spanish used in the discourse of occupational health group discussion in workers' centers (Baltodano, Choudry, Hanley, Jordan, Shragge, & Stiegman, 2007; Bobo, 2009; Fine, 2006). To uncover the capabilities of peer educators developing language practices, I am conducting a case study of the impact of Spanish language varieties in a participatory OSHA 10 hour construction safety program called More than Training (UIC, 2010). Curriculum that focuses on production of content knowledge rather than a balance of content and practice of participants may seem neutral but could end up effectively reproducing inequitable power relationships and maintaining domination of participants. I will utilize the Fidelity of Implementation (FOI) framework (Century, Rudnick, & Freeman, 2010) to analyze both the structural and instructional critical components that relate to discussion in Spanish language occupational health sessions. Methods: My methods of inquiry are to interview 10 worker trainers, organizers, OSHA authorized trainers, and researchers who are bilingual Spanish/English speakers about their use or observation of Spanish in the training sessions. I am particularly interested in how dialogue may have been impacted and the language practices they used to promote discussion. Through constant comparison thematic analysis of the interviews I will gain understanding about how worker leaders learn to guide informal discussion, called charlas in Spanish. I received ethical review from the UIC IRB: Protocol number 2010-0445. Expected Outcomes: Themes that I hope to uncover in this inquiry are related to pedagogical instructional critical components of teacher facilitation of participant discussion, participant risk taking, and assessment to inform instruction. I hope to document that worker leaders displayed a balance of content and practice oriented outcomes as a move toward educational intervention for immigrant workers who face occupational health disparities. Conclusion: I seek to describe the elements of the More than Training OSHA 10 hour Spanish Construction project that move toward decolonization, and to understand the dialectics, tensions, and alignments this case study may show (Borg & Mayo, 2006). I hope to show that the worker leaders developed discussion facilitation skills that promoted trust between participants and deepened the connection of participants to the workers' center to support their ongoing struggle to protect themselves at work, ultimately reducing occupational health disparities.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Lung Lung Diseases Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mining Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Vehicle Emissions
• Keywords:
  Communication Research Construction Workers Occupational Health Disparities Safety Education Training Effectiveness Worker Safety
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  86
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062434
• Citation:
  First national conference on Eliminating Health and Safety Disparities at Work, September 14-15, 2011, Chicago, Illinois. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2011 Sep; :86
• Email:
  jzanoni@uic.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  First national conference on Eliminating Health and Safety Disparities at Work, September 14-15, 2011, Chicago, Illinois
• End Date:
  20240630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181900/cdc_181900_DS1.pdf
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