Open AccessA Community-Based Participatory Worksite Intervention to Reduce Pesticide Exposures to Farmworkers and Their Families
Author(s) -
Alicia L. Salvatore,
Jonathan Chevrier,
Asa Bradman,
José Camacho,
Jesús López,
Geri Kavanagh-Baird,
Meredith Minkler,
Brenda Eskenazi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2008.149146
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , environmental health , hand washing , clothing , work (physics) , medicine , community based participatory research , food preparation , participatory action research , hygiene , nursing , engineering , food safety , geography , mechanical engineering , archaeology , pathology , economic growth , economics
We evaluated a community-based participatory research worksite intervention intended to improve farmworkers' behaviors at work and after work to reduce occupational and take-home pesticide exposures. The workers received warm water and soap for hand washing, gloves, coveralls, and education. Self-reported assessments before and after the intervention revealed that glove use, wearing clean work clothes, and hand washing at the midday break and before going home improved significantly. Some behaviors, such as hand washing before eating and many targeted after-work behaviors, did not improve, indicating a need for additional intervention.