The goal of this project is to provide education on pesticide use and its potential health impacts to migrant farmworkers and their families along the U.S. - mexico border in EPA region 6. Training…

The goal of this project is to provide education on pesticide use and its potential health impacts to migrant farmworkers and their families along the U.S. - mexico border in EPA region 6. Training sessions on pesticide use and its health effects on migrant farmworkers and their families will be provided to community health workers with the goal that they educate migrant farmworkers and others on this topic. Activities:this project will begin with an in-depth review of the pesticide use and its related health effects research. The review will include examining the variations of pesticides specific to the U.S. - mexico border, potential health effects on women of childbearing age who are living with a migrant farmworker, effects of pesticide use on the children of migrant farmworkers, and how to best protect oneself one's family from pesticide exposure when you are an agricultural worker. Once a thorough review of the literature has been conducted, the project personnel will develop educational materials. All of the educational materials will be developed in both english and spanish to best serve the target communities. Training sessions on pesticide use and its health effects on migrant farmworkers and their families will be provided to community health workers with the goal that they educate migrant farmworkers. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:training sessions on pesticide use and its health effects on migrant farmworkers and their families will be provided to community health workers with the goal that they educate migrant farmworkers and others on this important topic. Each community health worker training session will include three work products: an educational flipbook, corresponding flipbook educational presentations, and the trainer-the-trainer workshop presentation that teaches the learner how to use the flipbook to teach others. At the end of the training session, the community health worker is equipped with both the knowledge and educational materials needed to teach others about pesticide use and its health effects on migrant farmworkers and their families along the u. S. - mexico border. Intended beneficiaries are migrant farmworkers and their families along the US-mexico border.