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Providing Health Education to Mixtec Farmworkers in California via Workshops and Radio: A Feasibility Study

Journal

HEALTH PROMOTION PRACTICE
Volume 20, Issue 4, Pages 520-528

Publisher

SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1524839918772282

Keywords

indigenous immigrants from Mexico; farmworkers; health education; promotora-led workshops; health promotion via radio

Funding

  1. Prevent Cancer Foundation
  2. California Breast Cancer Research Grants Program of the University of California [22BB-1900, 22BB-1901]
  3. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity
  4. Charles Drew University/UCLA Cancer Center Partnership to Eliminate Cancer Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute [U54-CA-143931]

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Originating from one of the poorest areas in Mexico, Mixtecs are one of the largest indigenous groups of workers in California. Providing health education to this group is challenging because many do not speak English or Spanish, and indigenous languages are mainly oral, not written. We explored the feasibility of conveying health information through the radio and in promotora-led workshops. The study included an evaluation of the workshops through surveys before the workshop and 4 to 6 months later in a subsample of 96 indigenous women. The number of radio listeners averaged more than 2,000 per month, and 500 community members attended a workshop. Among women who completed pre- and postworkshop assessments (N = 75), there was a statistically significant increase in knowledge of how to get a wellness visit, where to get a free mammogram, and mammography screening guidelines. Women who ever had a mammogram or wellness visit at baseline were significantly more likely to report receipt of this service during the follow-up period than women who never had this service. Educational workshops and radio are promising and culturally appropriate strategies to provide health information in this community. However, many women need additional assistance to navigate access to health care.

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