@article{ref1,
title="The effect of participatory heat education on agricultural worker knowledge",
journal="Journal of agromedicine",
year="2022",
author="Marquez, Diana and Krenz, Jennifer E. and Chavez Santos, Erica and Torres, Elizabeth and Palmández, Pablo and Sampson, Paul D. and Blancas, Maria and Carmona, Jose and Spector, June T.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: Farmworkers disproportionately experience preventable adverse health effects from heat exposure. We sought to evaluate the effect of participatory heat education on farmworker knowledge. <br><br>METHODS: We conducted a parallel, comparison group intervention study to investigate the effectiveness of a Spanish/English participatory heat education-based intervention on farmworker heat knowledge in Summer 2019. We used convenience sampling to recruit adult outdoor farmworkers from Central/Eastern Washington State, USA. Crews were randomized to receive the intervention (n=40 participants) versus not receive the intervention (n=43 participants). We assessed changes in heat knowledge, scored on a scale from 0 to 11, between baseline, immediately post-intervention, and post-season, which was approximately three months after baseline, using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. We compared differences in knowledge scores from baseline to post-season between groups using analysis of variance. <br><br>RESULTS: Average knowledge scores improved from 4.6 (standard deviation [sd] 1.5) to 6.3 (sd 2.0) pre to post season in the intervention group (p<0.001). There was greater improvement in pre-post knowledge scores in the intervention (average difference 1.6, sd 2.0) versus the comparison group (average difference 0.41, sd 1.7) (p=0.04). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Participatory heat training was effective in improving farmworker heat knowledge over the course of a summer season. <br><br>RESULTS of this study will be used to guide heat prevention efforts for farmworkers. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov Registration Number: NCT04234802.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1059-924X",
doi="10.1080/1059924X.2022.2058667",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2022.2058667"
}