Barriers and facilitators for promotoras' success in delivering pesticide safety education to Latino farmworker families: La Familia Sana

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• Personal Author:
  Arcury TA ; Grzywacz JG ; Quandt SA ; Tapia J ; Trejo G
• Description:
  Despite widespread use of lay health advisor (LHA) programs, factors related to success of LHAs remain largely unexamined. This study describes experiences and personal transformations of LHAs (promotoras de salud) in a pesticide safety education program targeting farmworker families in North Carolina, using postintervention in-depth interviews conducted with 17 LHAs. LHAs identified assets and barriers that affected their success. LHAs also described increases in self-efficacy and empowerment resulting in perceived improvements in ability to teach and impact their community. Such positive changes are essential benefits to the LHAs. Evaluations that address these topics are needed to better understand continuity and attrition in LHA programs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Behavior Education Family Farmers Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Promotion Insecticides Mental Health Occupational Health Public Health Race Factors Safety Safety Management Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-chemicals Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Farmworker Families Families Health-programs Health-services Health-surveys Mental-processes Pesticide Education Pesticides Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Promotoras De Salud Psychological-adaptation Psychological-responses Public-health Public Health Questionnaires Racial-factors Safety-education Safety-programs Safety-research Sociological-factors Training

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  75-86
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043633
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2013 Apr; 18(2):75-86
• Contact Point Address:
  Sara A. Quandt, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
• Email:
  squandt@wakehealth.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20130831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5887337401b825280756bb726133e737cfda5a66993edf323f98f0d5fdd1b730ed648468b15df14d73bd91451138f21d9e51f26447815ca1cb6c907e33017d78
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195478/cdc_195478_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 171.66 KB ]