| Farmworkers and Pesticides: Community-Based Research Thomas A. Arcury,1 Sara A. Quandt,2 and Linda McCauley3 1Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
2Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
3Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology and School of Nursing, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA Abstract
In this paper we summarize the results of a workshop conducted to disseminate information about community-based research on the environmental health risks of exposure of farmworkers to pesticides. Community-based research is an approach that is advocated for addressing issues of environmental justice such as exposure of farmworkers to pesticides. This workshop brought together scientists, community organization members, and agency representatives to review and discuss the research methods and organizational relationships that have been successful in conducting past community research so these principles can be applied to new situations. The objectives of this workshop were to a) be a forum in which those conducting community-based research with farmworkers could share what they had learned ; b) delineate the successes and barriers across different projects to further develop models and methods for conducting community-based research ; and c) determine future directions and needs of farmworker community-based research for environmental justice. Key words: agricultural health, community participation, environmental health, environmental justice, farmworkers, health disparities, migrant health, minority health, pesticides, translational research. Environ Health Perspect 108:787-792 (2000) . [Online 13 July 2000] http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2000/108p787-792arcury/ abstract.html Address correspondence to T.A. Arcury, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem NC 27157-1084 USA. Telephone: (336) 716-9438. Fax: (336) 716-3206. E-mail: tarcury@wfubmc.edu This workshop was supported by NIH grant R13-ES10197 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Received 4 February 2000 ; accepted 11 April 2000.
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