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Pesticide safety training among farmworker adolescents from Starr County, Texas.

Authors

Shipp-EM; Cooper-SP; del Junco-DJ; Bolin-JN; Whitworth-RE; Cooper-CJ

Source

J Agric Saf Health 2007 Jul; 13(3):311-321

Link

http://asae.frymulti.com/abstract.asp?aid=23354&t=1 

NIOSHTIC No.

20032663 

Abstract

This study of adolescent farmworkers describes employer compliance with pesticide safety training, a requirement of the EPA-mandated Worker Protection Standard (WPS), and identifies variables associated with having received training within the prior five years. Data are from "A Study of Work Injuries in Farmworker Children, " a three-year cohort study of high school students living along the Texas-Mexico border in Starr County. Data were collected using a web-based, self-administered, confidential survey. Of 324 students who participated in field work between January 1 and September 30, 2003, 68 (21.0%) reported ever receiving pesticide safety training. Overall, the 61 (18.8%) students who reported training within the prior five years also reported that their most recent instruction covered at least three key WPS areas (i.e., entry into a recently treated field, pesticide-related injuries/illnesses, and emergency care for pesticide exposure). Based on a multiple logistic regression, students who were male (OR = 1.97), worked only outside of Texas (OR = 2.73), worked only for commercial growers/owners (OR = 4.35), worked only for contractors (OR = 3.18), worked corn crops (OR = 2.93), and worked potato crops (OR = 3.11) were more likely to report receipt of training within the prior five years. Results suggest that increased enforcement may be needed, especially in Texas, and special educational efforts may be needed to reach female farmworker youth.

Keywords

Farmers; Agriculture; Demographic-characteristics; Sampling; Sampling-methods; Risk-factors; Risk-analysis; Agricultural-industry; Agricultural-workers; Epidemiology; Statistical-analysis; Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals; Training; Occupational-exposure; Children

Contact

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Texas A & M University System Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, College Station, TX 77843

CODEN

JASHFD

Publication Date

20070701

Document Type

Journal Article

Email Address

emshipp@srph.tamhsc.edu

Funding Type

Cooperative Agreement

Fiscal Year

2007

NTIS Accession No.

NTIS Price

Identifying No.

Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U50-OH-007541

Issue of Publication

3

ISSN

1074-7583

Source Name

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

State

TX

Performing Organization

University of Texas Health Center at Tyler