Promoting Workplace Health, Safety, and Well-Being Among Essential Agricultural Workers Through Vaccine-Preventable Infectious Diseases Training in the Rio Grande Valley

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• Personal Author:
  Alegria MD ; Berumen-Flucker B ; Cabrera Cruz AV ; Douphrate DI ; Fernandez-Esquer ME ; Gimeno Ruiz de Porras D ; Guillot-Wright SP ; Keeney AJ ; Pineda Reyes AL ; Rodriguez A ; Shipp EM ; Ukaegbu B ; Zavala S
• Description:
  Introduction: Health, safety, and well-being training programs provide essential education on anticipating, identifying, and mitigating exposures like infectious diseases. Gaps in infectious diseases awareness and education became especially apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequently were exacerbated by mis- and disinformation. Methods: Vaccine-preventable infectious diseases training (influenza, hepatitis A and B, and tetanus infections, including COVID-19) was developed, delivered, and evaluated among 1,043 farmworkers, bodega workers, and production management in the Rio Grande Valley using mobile-learning technologies. The Kirkpatrick Four-Level Training Evaluation Model was utilized to evaluate training satisfaction (Level 1), effectiveness (Level 2), and effect on behavior (Level 3). Results: The mean score on the pretest before training was 67.8% (SD 17.5), and the mean score on the same test immediately after the video training was 77.2% (SD 17.9). A paired t-test revealed that knowledge improved significantly from pre- to post-training (p < .05). We observed a difference between mean pre- and post-test scores relative to the pooled standard deviation, resulting in an effect size estimate of 0.53 indicative of a medium learning effect. Conclusion: There is no "silver bullet" for training migrating bodega and farmworkers. Our findings suggest that the utilization of m-learning techniques continues to be a successful mechanism for delivering health, safety, and well-being awareness training content to agricultural workers in remote and challenging work environments. There is a long overdue need for offline capable software with features that allow equitable access to training, even in remote farming regions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Communicable Diseases Emigration And Immigration Farmers Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Author Keywords: Farmworkers And Bodega Workers Disease Prevention Farm Workers Immigrant Health Immigrant Workers Indigenous Languages Infectious Diseases Mobile-learning Occupational Health And Safety Training Training Vaccines Well-being

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Dallas Region [OSHA] ; San Francisco Region [OSHA] ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  57-67
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20070301
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2025 Jan; 30(1):57-67
• Contact Point Address:
  Anabel Rodriguez, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, Environmental and Occupational Health, 212 Adriance Lab Road, College Station, TX TAMU 1266, USA
• Email:
  Anabelr@tamu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208541/cdc_208541_DS1.pdf
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