Retail Stores Provide a Successful Avenue for Public Health Education

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• Personal Author:
  Jones KO ; Lewis, Dick
• Description:
  Farmers are underinsured and do not seek preventative health services. Most use over the counter medications to treat any illness rather than seeking medical services. Because of the difficulty in reaching farming populations with health messages, the Cancer Control Section/ University of Georgia Grant - Georgia Harvesting Healthy Habits has taken Public Health Education a step beyond. The project developed Skin Cancer Prevention Displays with free pamphlets available for retail stores. The project is geared toward Skin Cancer Prevention in the farming community. The goal of the project was to educate the target audience in a creative and innovative way. The method used made the health message readily available. The displays were set up in local feed and seed stores where farmers go to buy farm supplies. The displays had pictures of different types of skin cancer and information about skin cancer prevention and detection. The farmer could also pick up a brochure which had the same information. As a result of these displays, over 3000 brochures were distributed, 10 classes on skin cancer prevention have been taught, a statewide 4-H education program was developed, and a National Company is getting ready to develop these displays for national distribution. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Health Promotion Neoplasms Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Public Health Safety Skin Skin Diseases
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Cancer Disease Prevention Health Promotion Information Dissemination Preventive Medicine Public Health Skin Cancer Skin Protection
• Publisher:
  Georgia Public Health Association (GPHA)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  47
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053306
• Citation:
  68th Annual Meeting of the Georgia Public Health Association (GPHA), May 7-9, 1997, Jekyll Island, Georgia. Atlanta, GA: Georgia Public Health Association (GPHA), 1997 May; :47
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Performing Organization:
  Georgia Department of Human Resources, Atlanta, Georgia
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19930930
• Source Full Name:
  68th Annual Meeting of the Georgia Public Health Association (GPHA), May 7-9, 1997, Jekyll Island, Georgia
• End Date:
  19970929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:95a1f49aea230992cba428b4506e566c23cc8a85ab509953a53f212247d5691a589b3bdaa026eb120cace48f024a73cffc09ca9fa63c34efbfe972065df6ddf7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216094/cdc_216094_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 577.58 KB ]