Identifying Constituents to Participate in a Project to Control Pesticide Exposure in Children of Farmworkers

Thompson, Beti; Coronado, Gloria D.; Püschel, Klaus; Allen, Emily

doi:10.2307/3434793

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“…Funding for the Child Environmental Health Center at the University of Washington (Faustman et al 2000) made it possible to address the pesticide concerns. An advisory board, which included community, health department, and agricultural department representatives, farmworkers, and grower advocates, was formed before baseline data collection (Thompson et al 2001). The board met monthly, hired a local project coordinator, and guided the entire project.…”

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Agricultural task and exposure to organophosphate pesticides among farmworkers.

Coronado

Thompson

Strong

et al. 2004

Environ Health Perspect

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Agricultural task and exposure to organophosphate pesticides among farmworkers.

Coronado

Thompson

Strong

et al. 2004

Environ Health Perspect

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“…This concept has been cited in other studies involving Mexican immigrant farmworkers. Thompson et al (2001) report that farmworkers often experience feelings of despondency with regard to feelings of sickness associated with being exposed to pesticides. In that study, farmworkers stated that physicians and health-care systems did not recognize symptoms of pesticide exposure, often attributing the cause of their symptoms to the flu (Thompson et al 2001).…”

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“…Thompson et al (2001) report that farmworkers often experience feelings of despondency with regard to feelings of sickness associated with being exposed to pesticides. In that study, farmworkers stated that physicians and health-care systems did not recognize symptoms of pesticide exposure, often attributing the cause of their symptoms to the flu (Thompson et al 2001). Other cases of despondency reported in other investigations state that farmworkers felt that their protection from pesticides was outside of their own control.…”

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Anthropological and Psychological Merge: Design of a Stress Measure for Mexican Farmworkers

Snipes

Thompson

O’Connor

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Cult Med Psychiatry

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This study implements qualitative and quantitative methodologies in the development of a culturally appropriate instrument of stress for Mexican immigrant farmworkers. Focus groups were used to uncover culturally based perspectives on life stressors, definitions of stress, and stress mediators. Qualitative data were analyzed using QSR NVivo and then used to develop a 23-item stress scale. The scale was tested for reliability and validity in an independent sample and demonstrates excellent reliability (α = 0.9123). Test-retest coefficients of the stress scale are also strong (r = 0.8344, p = 0.0000). Qualitative analyses indicated three major sources of stress: work, family, and community. Emotional aspects of stress also emerged, demonstrating a cultural perspective of stress closely related to feelings of despair and not being able to find a way out of despairing situations. This paper reveals themes gathered from the qualitative data and identifies reliability and validity constructs associated with the scale. The stress scale developed as part of this investigation is a reliable and culturally appropriate instrument for assessing stress among Mexican immigrant farmworkers.

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“…However, existing intervention and training materials do not address the residential pesticide exposure for farmworker families. McCauley et al (2001) and Thompson et al (2001) have developed interventions to reduce the pesticide exposure of children who live in farmworker homes, but the content of these interventions or their evaluations have not been reported in the literature.…”

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Reducing Farmworker Residential Pesticide Exposure: Evaluation of a Lay Health Advisor Intervention

Arcury

Marín

Snively

et al. 2008

Health Promotion Practice

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The goal of this analysis is to evaluate the effectiveness of a promotora program for teaching women in Latino farmworker families about pesticide safety and increasing pesticide safety behaviors. Volunteer promotoras delivered a pesticide safety curriculum (intervention) and nutrition curriculum (control) to farmworker women residing in western North Carolina and Virginia. Pre-and post-intervention interviews assessed differences in delivery of the intervention, recognition of the intervention, pesticide knowledge, pesticide exposures behaviors, and integrated pest management behaviors. Participants in the intervention group reported significantly more receipt of pesticide education and greater recognition of the key messages. However, their knowledge, pesticide exposure behaviors, and integrated pest management behaviors did not change. A more structured program is needed to be sure that the dose of interventions is large enough to overcome educational and cultural characteristics of immigrant communities. Policy changes are needed to address circumstances outside of farmworkers' control that affect pesticide exposure.

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Identifying Constituents to Participate in a Project to Control Pesticide Exposure in Children of Farmworkers

Cited by 13 publications

References 4 publications

Agricultural task and exposure to organophosphate pesticides among farmworkers.

Agricultural task and exposure to organophosphate pesticides among farmworkers.

Anthropological and Psychological Merge: Design of a Stress Measure for Mexican Farmworkers

Reducing Farmworker Residential Pesticide Exposure: Evaluation of a Lay Health Advisor Intervention

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