Improving eye safety in citrus harvest crews through the acceptance of personal protective equipment, community-based participatory research, social marketing, and community health workers

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• Personal Author:
  Bryant CA ; Esposito A ; McDermott RJ ; Monaghan PF ; Ruiz O ; Tovar-Aguilar JA ; Wade M ; Bryant CA ; Esposito A ; McDermott RJ ; Monaghan PF ; Ruiz O ; Tovar-Aguilar JA ; Wade M
• Description:
  For the last 10 years, the Partnership for Citrus Workers Health (PCWH) has been an evidence-based intervention program that promotes the adoption of protective eye safety equipment among Spanish-speaking farmworkers of Florida. At the root of this program is the systematic use of community-based preventive marketing (CBPM) and the training of community health workers (CHWs) among citrus harvester using popular education. CBPM is a model that combines the organizational system of community-based participatory research (CBPR) and the strategies of social marketing. This particular program relied on formative research data using a mixed-methods approach and a multilevel stakeholder analysis that allowed for rapid dissemination, effective increase of personal protective equipment (PPE) usage, and a subsequent impact on adoptive workers and companies. Focus groups, face-to-face interviews, surveys, participant observation, Greco-Latin square, and quasi-experimental tests were implemented. A 20-hour popular education training produced CHWs that translated results of the formative research to potential adopters and also provided first aid skills for eye injuries. Reduction of injuries is not limited to the use of safety glasses, but also to the adoption of timely intervention and regular eye hygiene. Limitations include adoption in only large companies, rapid decline of eye safety glasses without consistent intervention, technological limitations of glasses, and thorough cost-benefit analysis. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Demography Education Eye Men Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Preventive Medicine Protective Clothing Race Factors Safety Safety Management Sense Organs Staff Development Women

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Author Keywords: CBPR Community Health Workers Demographic-characteristics Eye-protection Eye-protective-equipment Eye-shields Eyes Humans Models Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Preventive-medicine Racial-factors Safety-glasses Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety Glasses Social Marketing Sociological-factors Training

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  107-116
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044503
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2014 Jun; 19(2):107-116
• Contact Point Address:
  J. Antonio Tovar-Aguilar, MA, Florida Prevention Research Center, University of South Florida College of Public Health, 13201 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612
• Email:
  atovar@ufl.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• Supplement:
  Special Issue
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200190/cdc_200190_DS1.pdf
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