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A Campus–Community Partnership for Farmworkers’ Health: Interventions for Tomato Workers in TennesseeSilver, Ken, Hoffman, Karin, Loury, Sharon, Fethke, Nathan B., Liebman, Amy, Manz, Nicole, Manock, Steve, Andino, Alexis, Bradfield, Michael, Morrissette, David, Florence, Joseph 01 January 2014 (has links)
Background: Migrant farm workers are exposed to job hazards in Tennessee, which is among the top five tomato-producing states.
Objectives: This project sought to cultivate and evaluate a partnership to marshal greater resources to address migrants’ concerns and to better prepare future health professionals to address occupational issues.
Methods: In the spring of 2008, an interprofessional student–faculty team at a regional university catalyzed a partnership with a clinic for migrants and a national network caring for the itinerant underserved.
Results: Several community-based participatory research (CBPR) activities are underway. The partnership has resulted in the following projects: Use of the Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) method to identify job tasks likely to be injurious, development and use of a health screening questionnaire to capture more information about occupational health, and continuing education seminars for providers and a case-based curriculum module for third-year medical students.
Conclusions: Interprofessional service learning about migrant occupational health issues may have its greatest impact as participating students enter the regional workforce, caring for patients employed in slow-to-change agricultural operations.
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