Reaching teen farm workers with health and safety information: An evaluation of a high school ESL curriculum

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-162

  Teran, Suzanne ^a   Strochlic, Ron ^b   Bush, Diane ^a   Baker, Robin ^a   Meyers, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Institute for Rural Studies   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent worker; Agriculture; ESL curriculum; Farm worker; Latino; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SCHOOL;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAFETY; SCHOOLS;

EID: 44949109246     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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