The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA

Abstract #70971

Robin Dewey, MPH, Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California, Berkeley, 2223 Fulton St., 4th Floor, Berkeley, CA 94720-5120, 510-6422477, rdewey@uclink4.berkeley.edu and Diane Bush, MPH, Labor Occupational Health Program, UC Berkeley, University of California at Berkeley, 2223 Fulton Street, 4th Floor, Berkeley, CA 94720-5120.

In this panel, young educators from several organizations will share their experiences in developing health and safety messages and educational approaches targeting young workers. Panel presentations will be followed by a facilitated discussion on the challenges and benefits of youth and adults working together to address health and safety problems, to share both youth and adult perspectives.

Youth-led Research: Staff and youth partners from Youth in Focus will present their youth-led research, evaluation and planning model. They will offer several case studies from their work with lessons learned for effective youth involvement in all aspects of projects, with the goals of youth empowerment, organizational improvement, and community development.

Americorps Workers Do Pesticide Education: Young health educators on staff at Proteus, Inc., a job training and employment development program in California's Central Valley, will demonstrate training tools and techniques they developed to teach farmworkers about the hazards of pesticides and how to protect themselves.

Peer Educators in Los Angeles: Peer educators from UCLA's Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program will share their unique perspective on the health and safety topics that are of most concern to youth when they conduct peer education classes in high schools and at youth conferences. They will also report on how they have used what they've learned in their own communities.

Teen authors and artists: Winners of California's recent Safe Jobs for Youth Month poster and journalism contests will share their experience developing messages and information for youth audiences, and their opinion of this approach.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe four examples of ways youth have been involved in health and safety education projects.
• Describe the challenges and benefits of youth and adults working together on health and safety, from both youth and adult perspectives.
• Describe specific strategies for involving youth in health and safety projects in effective, meaningful ways.

Keywords: Youth at Work,

Related Web page: www.youngworkers.org; www.ucla.losh.edu

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: Youth in Focus, UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program, Proteus, Inc., California Resource Network for Young Worker Health and Safety (coordinated by U.C. Berkeley's Labor Occupational Health Program)
I have a significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.
Relationship: Employee of U.C. Berkeley, Labor Occupational Health Program