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Sustaining a risk reduction and safety practices intervention model: A randomized control study Examining the effects of transferring the community health worker model to an occupational agricultural setting
A randomized controlled study was designed to examine this model on 90 farms with an estimated total of 500 Hispanic workers. The effects of the intervention on risk reduction and safer practices were associated with the PdS component as an independent factor. Preliminary results show the effects on farm risk reduction practices, workers' injury reports and knowledge changes, and the analysis of the effectiveness of applying the CHW model to an occupational setting.
Environmental health sciences
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Occupational health and safety
Public health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences
Learning Objectives:
Explain the dimensions of this comprehensive intervention model to reduce risks and injuries on dairy farms. Identify the principles and components to design a culturally appropriate curriculum for Hispanic immigrant workers' to increase their knowledge and promote behavioral changes. Describe key successful components and challenges of transferring the CHW model to address and reduce occupational risks, injuries and illnesses on dairy farms.
Keywords: Injury Prevention, Immigrants
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a bilingual/bicultural public health professional with extensive experience in both research and program development in Mexico and the United States. My research interests are focused in the areas of environmental health, US-Mexico border health, community-based participatory research, Hispanic populations, environmental justice, and disparities. I have designed community health curricula and educational materials and facilitated high quality training for community health workers (i.e. promotores de salud) on key environmental health issues.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.