The Environmental Health/Home Safety Education Project: A Successful and Practical U.S.-Mexico Border Initiative
The Environmental Health/Home Safety Education Project: A Successful and Practical U.S.-Mexico Border Initiative
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DOI：
10.1177/1524839909341026
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发表时间：
2010-05-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Fullerton, Lynne
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作者：
Forster-Cox, Susan C.;Mangadu, Thenral;Fullerton, Lynne
环境健康/家庭安全教育项目（Proyecto de Salud Ambiental y Seguridad en el Hogar）是为了应对美国家庭内部和周围发生的各种严重且通常可以预防的环境健康问题而开发的。墨西哥边境。利用训练有素的社区成员，称为promotoras，家庭访问和评估潜在的环境危害，包括家庭火灾和食品安全问题。从2002年到2005年的项目数据分析显示，在知识水平和目标参与者的初始行为变化的显着影响，因为它涉及到火灾和食品安全问题。自1999年启动该项目以来，数百名参与者通过使其家园更安全而提高了生活质量。该项目已被证明是可持续的，可复制的，灵活的，对资助者有吸引力。
The Environmental Health/Home Safety Education Project (Proyecto de Salud Ambiental y Seguridad en el Hogar) has been developed in response to a wide array of severe and often preventable environmental health issues occurring in and around homes on the U.S.-Mexico border. Utilizing well-trained community members, called promotoras, homes are visited and assessed for potential environmental hazards, including home fire and food safety issues. Data analyzed from project years 2002 to 2005 shows a significant impact in knowledge levels and initial behavior change among targeted participants as it relates to fire and food safety issues. Since the initiation of the project in 1999, hundreds of participants have improved their quality of life by making their homes safer. The project has proven to be sustainable, replicable, flexible, and attractive to funders.