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"Causes" Of Pesticide Safety Behavior Change in Latino Farmworker Families

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Objective: To identify the source of behavior change resulting from a health education intervention focused on pesticide safety. Methods: Data were from the La Familia Sana demonstration project, a promotora-delivered pesticide safety education intervention conducted with immigrant Latinos (N = 610). Results: The La Familia Sana program produced changes in 3 sets of pesticide safety behaviors. Changes in the conceptual targets of the intervention and promotora attributes explained 0.45-6% and 0.5-3% of the changes in pesticide-related behavior, respectively. Discussion: The conceptual targets of the La Familia Sana program explained the greatest amount of change in pesticide-related behavior. Promotora attributes also contributed to intervention success

Keywords: IMMIGRANTS; LATINOS; LAY HEALTH ADVISORS; PESTICIDE SAFETY; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH

Document Type: Research Article

Affiliations: 1: Oklahoma State University, Tulsa OK, USA 2: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA 3: Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA 4: Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winton-Salem, NC, USA

Publication date: 01 July 2013

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