Putting Migrant Farmworker Research Results into Practice Through Print, On-Farm and Website Channels

Details

• Personal Author:
  Ackerman S ; Earle-Richardson G ; Hawkes L ; May JJ ; Viebrock S
• Description:
  Background: The Northeast Center has conducted over five years of occupational health and safety research related to migrant and seasonal farmworkers. While a number of safety materials exist in Spanish, well-designed low-literacy materials which are tailored to specific hazards and specific crop environments are not widely available. Objective: In order to assure that these research results benefit farmworkers, these data have been translated into: a) on-farm safety training curricula for orchard workers and for vegetable workers; b) low-literacy safety posters and paycheck envelope stuffers; and c) downloadable Spanish and Haitian Creole materials on the NEC multilingual website section. Methods: curricula and messages for all three media were developed using focus group research that pilot tested communication prototypes. Results: farmworker focus groups demonstrated the following key principles for material design: Safety information highly valued by farmworkers; Ability to explain the information communicated by a chart; Preference for information categorized by state and/ or crop; Desire for data accompanied by information that can be acted on; Desire that information be shared with the employer also. Application to prevention: Presenter will describe how these results were used to develop: a) on-farm safety training curricula for orchard workers and for vegetable workers; b) low-literacy safety posters and pay check envelope stuffers; and c) downloadable Spanish and Haitian Creole materials on the NEC multi-lingual website section. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Emigration And Immigration Farmers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Industry Agricultural Safety Farm Workers Migrant Workers R2p Research To Practice Initiative Safety Education Seasonal Workers
• Publisher:
  Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059759
• Citation:
  Health & safety in Western agriculture: research to practice, September 20-22, 2006, Pacific Grove, California. Davis, CA: Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, 2006 Sep; :3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Health & safety in Western agriculture: research to practice, September 20-22, 2006, Pacific Grove, California
• End Date:
  20270831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3dd1c80c334d140d7fb30a80d744eec548a500689ae7d2891836849aa9d4cf3a15a749e8ec9d08c586e2f27228a0e8c7e53e401e84c41cb8a72835c3eab7b01e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223856/cdc_223856_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 263.36 KB ]