ERIC Number: EJ1035128
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Jun
Pages: 10
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ISSN: EISSN-1077-5315
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The "Pesticides and Farmworker Health Toolkit" : An Innovative Model for Developing an Evidence-Informed Program for a Low-Literacy, Latino Immigrant Audience
LePrevost, Catherine E.; Storm, Julia F.; Asuaje, Cesar R.; Cope, W. Gregory
Journal of Extension, v52 n3 Article 3IAW8 Jun 2014
Migrant and seasonal farmworkers are typically Spanish-speaking, Latino immigrants with limited formal education and low literacy skills and, as such, are a vulnerable population. We describe the development of the "Pesticides and Farmworker Health Toolkit", a pesticide safety and health curriculum designed to communicate to farmworkers pesticide hazards found in their working environments. Using evidence-informed principles, the "Toolkit" curriculum for low-literacy, Latino farmworkers and its developmental process described herein serve as an innovative and useful model for Extension programming with non-traditional audiences.
Descriptors: Immigrants, Hispanic Americans, Poisoning, Agricultural Laborers, Spanish Speaking, Health Promotion, Health Programs, Curriculum Development, Work Environment, Hazardous Materials, Nontraditional Students, Safety Education, Learning Modules, Alignment (Education), Evidence, Educational Principles, Program Descriptions, Farm Management, Models, Functional Literacy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Adult Basic Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
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