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Springer, Andrew E.; King, Yesmel; Field, Craig; Ojeda, Martha Alicia; Brown, Louis; Monforton, Celeste; Hernandez, Rodrigo; Diamond, Pamela; Atkinson, John; Fernández-Esquer, Maria Eugenia – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: Latino day labourers (LDLs) in the USA are at increased risk for non-fatal and fatal occupational injuries, which are compounded by stressors that include wage theft, job insecurity and discrimination. This paper describes the development and refinement of Vales+Tú (You are Worthy of More), an injury prevention programme currently being…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Laborers, Labor Conditions, Labor Problems
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Smith, Martin H.; Meehan, Cheryl L.; Borba, John A. – Journal of Extension, 2014
Improving bio-security practices among 4-H members who raise and show project animals is important. Bio-security measures can reduce the risk of disease spread and mitigate potential health and economic risks of disease outbreaks involving animal and zoonotic pathogens. Survey data provided statistical evidence that the Bio-Security Proficiencies…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Prevention, National Security, Animal Husbandry
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LePrevost, Catherine E.; Storm, Julia F.; Asuaje, Cesar R.; Cope, W. Gregory – Journal of Extension, 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…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Hispanic Americans, Poisoning, Agricultural Laborers