Developing Culturally Sensitive Materials for AIDS Education Specifically Targeted to Migrant Farmworkers
Author: Foulk, David
Date Published: 1991
Migrant farmworkers are an isolated and hard to reach population who are at risk for contracting AIDS. Latinos comprise the largest segment of the migrant farmworker population and account for eight percent of the total population in the United States. While Hispanics comprise a relatively small percentage of the total population, they account for 15 percent of the male cases of AIDS and 20 percent of the female cases of AIDS in this country. These people are sequestered from mainstream America by distance, economic status, language, and cultural factors. AIDS education efforts targeted to migrant workers and their families must pay special attention to cultural and special idiosyncrasies of Hispanic farmworkers because they are socially and culturally different from Hispanic people in urban areas of the U.S. This article explores the need for AIDS education for migrant farm workers and some of the critical cultural and social issues that must be considered in their planning.
Date Published: 1991
Migrant farmworkers are an isolated and hard to reach population who are at risk for contracting AIDS. Latinos comprise the largest segment of the migrant farmworker population and account for eight percent of the total population in the United States. While Hispanics comprise a relatively small percentage of the total population, they account for 15 percent of the male cases of AIDS and 20 percent of the female cases of AIDS in this country. These people are sequestered from mainstream America by distance, economic status, language, and cultural factors. AIDS education efforts targeted to migrant workers and their families must pay special attention to cultural and special idiosyncrasies of Hispanic farmworkers because they are socially and culturally different from Hispanic people in urban areas of the U.S. This article explores the need for AIDS education for migrant farm workers and some of the critical cultural and social issues that must be considered in their planning.
