Health Education for the Migrant Farm Working Community in El Paso, Texas through the Integration of Faculty Research and Student Learning

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  • Sharon E. Thompson
  • Jane E. Poss
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Resumen A needs assessment among the migrant farm workers on the US/Mexico border of El Paso, Texas was conducted as part of the Migrant Border Health Initiative. Based on the survey results, recommendations for potential health education programs were provided to the undergraduate community health students at The University of Texas at El Paso. These students directly applied the principles they learned in their program planning and evaluation course to the development and implementation of health educational interventions for this underserved migrant community. It was necessary for the students to develop creative, innovative and nontraditional strategies to address the learning needs of the farm workers. The ultimate goal of these educational programs was to assist the farm workers in making informed decisions to improve their health. Based on the success of these initial presentations, others are being planned for the spring. Una evaluación de las necesidades de los trabajadores agrícolas emigrantes en la frontera Estados Unidos/México de El Paso, Texas fue conducida como parte de la Iniciativa de Salud para los Emigrantes en la Frontera. Basado en los resultados del estudio, se presentaron recomendaciones de programas viables de educación sobre la salud a los estudiantes de salud comunitaria de la Universidad de Texas en el Paso. Estos estudiantes aplicaron directamente los principios que ellos aprendieron en su curso de planeación y evaluación de programas para el desarrollo e implementación de intervención educacional de salud para esta comunidad de emigrantes que no tiene acceso a cuidado de salud. Fue necesario para los estudiantes desarrollar estrategias creativas, innovadoras y notradicionales para satisfacer las necesidades de aprendizaje de los trabajadores agrícolas. El objetivo principal de estos programas educativos fue asistir a los trabajadores agrícolas a tomar decisiones para mejorar su salud. Basados en el éxito de estas primeras presentaciones, se están planeando otras para la primavera. © 2003 Californian Journal of Health Promotion. All rights reserved.

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تاریخ انتشار 2003