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Perspectives of Mothers in Farmworker Households on Reducing the Take-Home Pathway of Pesticide Exposure

¹ Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
² Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington, Seattle
³ Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle
⁴ Cancer Prevention Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: LLstrong{at}mdanderson.org.

	Abstract

Farmworkers carry pesticide residue home on their clothing, boots, and skin, placing other household members at risk, particularly children. Specific precautions are recommended to reduce this take-home pathway, yet few studies have examined the perspectives of farmworkers and other household members regarding these behaviors and the reasons for or against adoption. The authors conducted semistructured interviews with 37 Mexican/Mexican-American women in farmworker households to explore the family and cultural context in which pesticide safety practices are performed and to identify factors that facilitate or hinder their adoption. Whereas women could describe the take-home pathway, they were less able to connect it with their family’s susceptibility to pesticide exposure. Women experienced difficulty integrating the prevention behaviors into their everyday lives because of competing responsibilities, conflicts with their husbands’ intentions and with cultural health beliefs, perceived lack of control, and community barriers that interfered with women’s motivations. Implications for practice are discussed.

First published on January 9, 2009, doi:10.1177/1090198108328911

Health Education & Behavior 2009;36:915.

A more recent version of this article appeared on October 1, 2009


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