Author: Parrott, Roxanne, Ph.D.; Steiner, Carol R.N., M.N.
Date Published: 1996
This report assess the effectiveness of a Georgia program that used a social cognitive theory conceptual model, focusing on personal determinants of environmental influences on farmers' behavior. It includes as assessment of the availability of societal resources to support farmers' practices, the affordability for farmers to follow through with behaviors being promoted, the social support for behaving in ways that reduce farmers' skin cancer risk, and farmers' current knowledge, outcome expectations, and self-efficacy in this regard. Formative evaluation revealed an absence on information, products, services, and social support for farmers' skin cancer prevention and detection. This report does not discuss deficiencies in cancer control programs that serve migrant farmworkers. The data it discusses seem only to dealt with established farming families. However, if the deficiencies it discusses affects the family farmer, they would also affect the migrant farmworker. The social cognitive theory conceptual model it uses on these farmers could be used to assess the risks for migrant farmers as well.