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The need exists for culturally appropriate and effective educational interventions to reduce pesticide exposure in migrant and seasonal farm-worker (MSFW) communities. The development of one such intervention was part of a community-based research project which partnered the Oregon Health Sciences University and the Oregon Child Development Coalition (Migrant Head Start). The process involved identifying an optimal educational method and content, evaluating existing educational materials on pesticides, developing the selected educational tool (a video), and assessing the effectiveness of the video as an intervention. Focus groups were conducted with MSFWs to elicit their perceived need for education and desired content, method, and delivery. Four currently used educational tools were evaluated for satisfaction, preference, recall ability and knowledge change. Based on these findings, a pesticide exposure video directed at the protection of children was produced. To determine the effectiveness of the video, knowledge, satisfaction and self-reported behaviors were assessed with MSFWs. A sizeable increase in overall pesticide knowledge was measured after seeing the video (p < 0.0001). MSFWs overall were satisfied with the video and reported increased protective behaviors after seeing the video.

Pilot of a Community Health Worker Video Intervention for Immigrant Day Laborers at Occupational Health Risk

“…Our findings are consistent with previous work that supports the benefits of a participatory approach in designing educational videos for both occupational (29,31,32) and other preventive medicine interventions (21,22). We believe that integrating promotores(as) in both the development of the script and as actors in the video was paramount in the efficacy of the video with the intended audience.…”

“…Although previous research on peer-developed video interventions among immigrants is rare (22,31,32). and generally focused on farmworkers, our results support other work showing that peer-developed video-based interventions are effective in improving safety behaviors and safety knowledge (31,32,36).…”

Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure and Neurobehavioral Performance in Agricultural and Nonagricultural Hispanic Workers

“…This was a community-based participatory research study, and all the study results have been shared with advisory board members and farmworkers in the community. We also have reported on the development and dissemination of a training video that emphasizes take-home pesticide contamination and the importance of home hygiene practices ( Napolitano 2002 ).…”

Tailoring Safety Training Material to Migrant Farmworkers: An Ergonomic User-Centred Approach

“…Training makes workers aware of the hazards they may encounter in the workplace, informs them of the tools and regulations that are in place to protect them and pushes them towards safe behaviours [4]. A number of studies have found that many safety training methods are used (i.e., classroom activities, hands-on demonstrations or 3D simulations) [5][6][7], which could be more or less passive (lectures and computer-based programs) or particularly engaging (hands-on demonstrations) [1].…”

“…Empirical studies describing a user-centred design of training material for migrant farmworkers are still lacking compared to those concerning other sectors (see, for instance, the study by Evia and Patriarca, [31], focusing on the construction industry). Very few previous studies in which the design of the training materials and tools directly involved migrant farmworkers have shown the increased safety knowledge of these workers after receiving the training [5,7]. However, to assess the efficacy of the intervention, these studies have not typically evaluated the usability of the training material but have only addressed one of its components (the effectiveness) in terms of an increased proportion of correct responses in questionnaires assessing migrant farmworkers' knowledge of safety issues.…”