Implementation of EPA's Worker Protection Standard training for agricultural laborers: an evaluation using North Carolina data.

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Arcury, T A ; Quandt, S A ; Austin, C K ; Preisser, J ; Cabrera, L F
• Description:
  The US Environmental Protection Agency has promulgated a Worker Protection Standard which requires that farmworkers receive pesticide safety training. The implementation of these regulations has not been evaluated. Using data collected through personal interviews with 270 Hispanic farmworkers recruited from 35 labor sites in an eight-county area, the authors analyzed the extent to which farmworkers received pesticide safety training, characteristics of the training, and variations in knowledge and safety behavior. Approximately a third of the farmworkers reported having ever received information or training on pesticide safety, and 25.6% reported having received training in the year in which they were interviewed. Workers with H2A visas were significantly more likely to have received training than workers without these visas. The training received varied in location, duration, and language. Most included the use of a video, as well as verbal presentation, and most included printed materials. However, few workers knew the ways in which they could be exposed to pesticides or reported using any method to protect themselves from pesticide exposure.
• Subjects:
  Adult Agricultural Workers' Diseases Emigration And Immigration Female Health Education Humans Male Middle Aged Pesticides Research Article Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 114(5):459-468
• Pubmed ID:
  10590768
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R21 ES08739/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States
• Name as Subject:
  United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
• Place as Subject:
  Mexico ; North Carolina ; United States
• Volume:
  114
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d0f985b048be26716c9c9534290f97528b683f5a9144cb492c7807fc5722091b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/64813/cdc_64813_DS1.pdf
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