A community-based participatory worksite intervention to reduce pesticide exposures to farmworkers and their families.
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.
Salvatore
Alicia L
AL
Berkeley Media Studies Group, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA.
Chevrier
Jonathan
J
Bradman
Asa
A
Camacho
José
J
López
Jesús
J
Kavanagh-Baird
Geri
G
Minkler
Meredith
M
Eskenazi
Brenda
B
D000328:Adult; D000383:Agriculture; D002140:California; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003625:Data Collection; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010575:Pesticides; D017132:Workplace; D055815:Young Adult
D010575:Pesticides