Informal occupational safety information exchange among Latino migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
Informal occupational safety information exchange among Latino migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
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拉丁裔移民和季节性农场工人之间的非正式职业安全信息交流。
DOI：
10.1080/1059924x.2012.713830
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Arcury,ThomasA
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作者：
Spears,ChayaR;Summers,PhillipY;Spencer,KevinM;Arcury,ThomasA
北卡罗来纳州的拉丁裔农场工人是一个难以接触到的群体，面临着各种职业健康风险，包括接触农药。健康和安全教育工作通常采用非专业健康顾问或促进者（a）健康模式，对农场工人社区成员进行培训以提供健康教育。作为一个经常紧密联系且孤立的群体，农场工人可能非常适合担任常驻非专业健康顾问。本文介绍了从居住在北卡罗来纳州的拉丁裔农场工人的非随机样本中收集的数据，涉及拉丁裔农场工人之间职业安全信息交换的自然水平，特别是农药安全信息。数据证实，农场工人之间非正式地交换职业安全信息，且在农季期间交换程度有所增加。因此，数据表明，如果经过培训，农场工人可能会向其同伴提供现场职业健康和安全教育。这还有待系统地测试和评估。
Latino farmworkers in North Carolina are a hard-to-reach population that faces diverse occupational health risks, including pesticide exposure. Health and safety education efforts often employ lay health advisor or promotor(a) de salud models in which farmworker community members are trained to provide health education. As a frequently tight-knit and isolated group, farmworkers may be well suited to serve as resident lay health advisors. This paper presents data collected from a nonrandom sample of Latino farmworkers living in North Carolina regarding the natural level of occupational safety information exchange among Latino farmworkers, specifically pesticide safety information. The data affirm that farmworkers informally exchange occupational safety information with one another, with the level of exchange increasing during the agricultural season. Consequently, if trained, the data suggest that farmworkers might be situated to provide in situ occupational health and safety education to their peers. This remains to be systematically tested and evaluated.