Attending to Pesticide Exposure and Heat Illness Among Farmworkers: Results from an Attention Placebo-Controlled Evaluation Design

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• Personal Author:
  Economos J ; Gonzales-Backen M ; Grzywacz JG ; Gudino CO ; Liebman A ; Marín AJ ; Tovar-Aguilar JA ; Trejo M
• Description:
  Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of curricula for improving knowledge and attitudes pertaining to pesticide exposure and heat illness among immigrant Latino farmworkers. Methods: A pesticide safety curriculum informed by the revised Worker Protection Standard (WPS) was tested against an attention placebo-controlled curriculum (heat illness) in a sample of Latino farmworkers (N = 127). Results: Pesticide safety knowledge increased in the overall sample, but did not differ by curriculum assignment. Pesticide safety behavioral intentions increased among participants in the pesticide safety curriculum but decreased among those in the other curriculum (P < 0.05). Heat illness knowledge and behavioral intentions increased more for farmworkers assigned to the heat illness than the pesticide safety curriculum. Conclusion: The developed curricula show good promise for meeting the spirit of the revised WPS and for reducing the burden of heat-related fatality and morbidity among Latino farmworkers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Behavior Emigration And Immigration Farmers Hot Temperature Insecticides Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Author Keywords: EPA Worker Protection Standard Farm Workers Farmworkers Health-related Illness Heat Exposure Immigrant Workers Pesticide Safety Pesticides And Agricultural Chemicals Safety Practices
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  61
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059919
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2019 Sep; 61(9):735-742
• Contact Point Address:
  Joseph G. Grzywacz, PhD, Chair and Norejane Hendrickson Professor of Family & Child Sciences, 120 Convocation Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306
• Email:
  jgrzywacz@fsu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Florida, Gainesville
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20160930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a71104d19800e0298ad8fca6ce2266adb4d908bbec0b635f1515edd63b15c7b9e92971f23242ac41b4143d44026521ccac308b25bd98d7d5fd456e6892594a7a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223973/cdc_223973_DS1.pdf
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