| ID (ISN) del documento | 109087 |
| Número CIS |
09-153 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
1059-924X - Journal of Agromedicine |
| Año |
2007 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Liebman A.K., Juárez P.M., Leyva C., Corona A. |
| Título |
A pilot program using promotoras de salud to educate farmworker families about the risks from pesticide exposure |
| Información bibliográfica |
2007, Vol.12, No.2, p.33-43. Illus. 22 ref. |
| Resumen |
This paper reviews a successful education effort to minimize pesticide exposure to migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families through innovative training curricula, informal participatory educational techniques and culturally sensitive outreach methods. In 2004, lay health educators (promotoras de salud), were trained in pesticide safety and in ways to promote safety information in the farmworker community in New Mexico. Through home visits and small group workshops, the promotoras trained 273 farmworkers and farmworker family members on ways to reduce exposures to pesticides in their homes and at work, with an emphasis on protecting children. The families received a Spanish language comic book that reinforced the pesticide safety information. The project resulted in a significant increase in knowledge regarding the routes of exposure, the vulnerability of children, the signs and symptoms of pesticide poisonings and the ways to minimize pesticide exposures. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
programas de higiene; trabajo estacional; agricultura; trabajadores emigrantes; pesticidas |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
intoxicaciones por pesticidas; ninos; valoración del programa; limitación de la exposición; Nuevo México |
| Tipo de documento |
D - Artículos periódicos |
| País / Estado o Provincia | Estados Unidos |
| Tema(s) |
Agricultura, pesca, cría de ganado
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Riesgos químicos
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Agricultural chemicals
Workplace health promotion
Agricultura
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