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Eye Health and Safety Among Latino Farmworkers |
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| Authors: | Amit Verma DrPH MPH Mark R. Schulz PhD Sara A. Quandt PhD Erin N. Robinson BA Joseph G. Grzywacz PhD Haiying Chen PhD |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Public Health Education , University of North Carolina at Greensboro , Greensboro, North Carolina, USA a_verma@uncg.edu;3. Department of Public Health Education , University of North Carolina at Greensboro , Greensboro, North Carolina, USA;4. Department of Epidemiology and Prevention , Wake Forest University School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA;5. Department of Family and Community Medicine , Wake Forest University School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA;6. Department of Biostatistical Sciences , Wake Forest University School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA |
| Abstract: | ABSTRACT Farmworkers face a variety of risk factors for eye injuries. Measures of eye protection use and of eye safety knowledge and beliefs are based on a survey of 300 Latino farmworkers in North Carolina. Few farmworkers report using eye protection (8.3%); most (92.3%) report that employers do not provide eye protection. Approximately 70% report that they are not trained in preventing eye injuries; 81% believe that their chances of getting an eye injury are low. Many farmworkers choose to take risks in order to save time. Interventions are needed that target farmworker knowledge and beliefs about eye safety. |
| Keywords: | Eye protection eye safety knowledge farmworker Latino perception risk |