Migrant Farmworker Training Needs And The Pesticides Worker Protection Standards
Author: Spitzer, Mary Ann
Date Published: 1994
This study focuses on a population subset of the Worker Protection Standards' targeted audience--Indiana migrant farmworkers, their crew leaders, and the growers who employ them. Within this subset, the specific educational needs of migrant farmworkers have not been assessed. "If previously unrepresented segments of a population are incorporated into a needs assessment effort, new evidence will probably be produced and... create a potential for change" (Johnson, Meiller, Miller & Summers, 1987, p. 30). The results reported here attempted to assess the farmworkers' level of pesticide safety knowledge and to identify factors which influence their learning process. The overall objectives were: to uncover specific learner concerns and characteristics, to ascertain the extent and origin of pesticide knowledge, to identify existing communication channels, and to provide educational strategies and recommendations.
Date Published: 1994
This study focuses on a population subset of the Worker Protection Standards' targeted audience--Indiana migrant farmworkers, their crew leaders, and the growers who employ them. Within this subset, the specific educational needs of migrant farmworkers have not been assessed. "If previously unrepresented segments of a population are incorporated into a needs assessment effort, new evidence will probably be produced and... create a potential for change" (Johnson, Meiller, Miller & Summers, 1987, p. 30). The results reported here attempted to assess the farmworkers' level of pesticide safety knowledge and to identify factors which influence their learning process. The overall objectives were: to uncover specific learner concerns and characteristics, to ascertain the extent and origin of pesticide knowledge, to identify existing communication channels, and to provide educational strategies and recommendations.
