Disseminating Pesticide Exposure Results to Farmworker and Nonfarmworker Families in an Agricultural Community
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Elizabeth Carosso; Sarah D. Hohl; Beti Thompson; William C. Griffith; Tomomi Workman; Elaine M. Faustman
- Source
- Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 59:982-987
- Subject
- Adult
Male
Washington
0301 basic medicine
Program evaluation
Community-Based Participatory Research
Information Dissemination
MEDLINE
Community-based participatory research
Participatory action research
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Residence Characteristics
Occupational Exposure
Surveys and Questionnaires
Environmental health
Humans
Family
030212 general & internal medicine
Pesticides
Dissemination
Medical education
Farmers
030111 toxicology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Agriculture
Comprehension
Health promotion
Psychology
Program Evaluation
- Language
- ISSN
- 1076-2752
Objective The aim of this study was to examine the impact of a dissemination process to provide individual pesticide results to study participants. Methods After working with community members to disseminate data, 37 participants were recontacted via an interview survey to assess the effectiveness of the dissemination process. Results Almost all participants (97.3%) recalled a home visit from a health promoter; 29 (78.4%) correctly recalled that the health promoter used a thermometer or graphic to explain the results; 26 (70.3%) correctly interpreted graphics showing high and low exposure levels in adults and 75.7% correctly interpreted results for children. Conclusions The study results support the use of a community-based participatory research approach to decide how to best depict and disseminate study results, especially among participants who are often left out of the dissemination process.