A pilot program using promotoras de salud to educate farmworker families about the risk from pesticide exposure

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 33-43

  Liebman, Amy K ^a   Juárez, Patricia M ^a   Leyva, Claudia ^b   Corona, Adriana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Health promoters; Migrant and seasonal farmworkers; Outreach; Pesticide training and education; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; CHILD; EVALUATION; FAMILY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT STUDY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CHILD; FAMILY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; NEW MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PESTICIDES; PILOT PROJECTS; POISONING; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 37749004946     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v12n02_04     Document Type: Review

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