title: Anticipatory guidance preferences of Latina migrant farmworker mothers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of the study was to learn preferences of Latina migrant farmworker mothers regarding the presentation of health education materials by discussing the strengths and weaknesses of numerous mixed-media samples.
  
  
  METHODS
  This community-based participatory study was qualitative and descriptive in design. Focus groups were conducted in Spanish in four Midwest migrant camps with a convenience sample of mothers (N = 31). Adult learning and cultural care theories guided the study. Various modes of educational materials on various topics were presented.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mothers preferred comic book-style handouts, games, food replicas, text in English/Spanish, and digital video discs or digital versatile discs, but almost none of them had media-playing equipment. They did not like black-and-white photos or cartoon-like illustrations. Identified themes of importance were colored illustrations, sizes mothers could easily carry in purses, and limited verbiage on a page.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The knowledge gained in this study will be used to customize health promotion interventions that are sensitive to migrant farmworker-preferred learning styles. The findings from this study can inform other interventions with Latino populations and serve as a prototype for other populations of immigrant non-English-speaking mothers.
authors.affiliation: Cincinnati Children's HospitalMedical Center, Dublin, OH, USA. jill.kilanowski@gmail.com
authors.forename: Jill F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Kilanowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000383:Agriculture; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D015146:Midwestern United States; D009035:Mothers; D014171:Transients and Migrants