title: Mobile and Traditional Modes of Communication Among Male Latino Farmworkers: Implications for Health Communication and Dissemination.
abstract: This analysis describes (1) cell phone and smartphone ownership, (2) continuity of phone numbers, (3) use of specific technologies while inside and outside the U.S., and (4) perceived adequacy of specific formats to receive health research results among Latino farmworkers. Telecommunications questionnaires were administered to 165 and 102 farmworkers in North Carolina in 2012 and 2013, respectively. Univariate and bivariate analyses were completed. Increasing numbers of Latino farmworkers own cell phones and smartphones. Talk and text functions are used frequently. Relatively few farmworkers maintain consistent phone numbers. They prefer to receive study results through low technology formats. Strategies to use cell phones to improve health or to share research findings will face obstacles in this population. Public health officials who identify and implement effective strategies to overcome these barriers may be able to harness mobile technologies to address the needs of Latino farmworkers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157-1084, USA. jsandber@wakehealth.edu.|Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. jsandber@wakehealth.edu.
authors.forename: Joanne C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sandberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157-1084, USA.|Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Chaya R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Spears Johnson
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157-1084, USA.|Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Ha T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Talton
authors.affiliation: Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.|Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Sara A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Quandt
authors.affiliation: Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.|Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Haiying
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157-1084, USA.
authors.forename: Phillip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Summers
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157-1084, USA.|Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Arcury
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D040421:Cell Phone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003142:Communication; D000067565:Farmers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D058015:Health Communication / Q000379:methods*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009657:North Carolina; D000068997:Smartphone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Dissemination; Farmworker; Health communication; Latino; Mobile phone