The following materials have been created by different organizations and compiled by NCFHP as recommended materials for health education with farmworkers and their families. They are categorized by topic: Heat Illness, Pesticide Safety, Green Tobacco Sickness, STIs and HIV, Healthy Living, Mental Health, Musculoskeletal Injury and the Affordable Care Act.
Heat Illness
Danger under the Sun/Peligro bajo el sol (Booklet/Photonovela)
By: NC Farmworker Health Program - 2001
Languages: Spanish or English
Languages: Spanish or English
Heat Stress Campaign (Factsheets, posters, wallet cards, phone app)
By: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - 2011
Languages: Multiple, including Spanish and English
Languages: Multiple, including Spanish and English
Heat Stress Prevention Resources (Factsheets, radio dramas, jeopardy game and more)
By: Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety & Health Center, University of Washington - 2016
Languages: English
Languages: English
Heat Stress: Farmworker Health and Safety (Trainer guide and workbook)
By: Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs - 2010
Languages: English
Languages: English
Pesticides
A Little Bit of Poison…Will It Kill You?/ Poco Veneno….No Mata? (Comic Book)
By: Migrant Clinicians Network - 2014
Languages: English or Spanish
Languages: English or Spanish
El Terror Invisible (Comic Book)
By: Wake Forest University Center for Worker Health - 2001
Languages: Spanish
Languages: Spanish
Pesticides and Farmworker Health Toolkit (Crop-specific flipcharts, fact sheets and other teaching tools)
By: Cooperative Extension, NC State University - 2012
Languages: Spanish and English
Languages: Spanish and English
Green Tobacco Sickness
Aprenda sobre la enfermedad del tabaco: la experiencia de Juan / Learning about Green Tobacco Sickness: Juan’s Experience (Booklet)
By: Wake Forest University Center for Worker Health - 2001
Languages: Bilingual Spanish/English
Languages: Bilingual Spanish/English
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and HIV
Amor Amargo (Coming Soon) (DVD with bilingual discussion guide)
By: NC Farmworker Health Program - 2016
Languages: Spanish
Languages: Spanish
ETS (Enfermedades Transmitidas Sexualmente) (Brochure with foldout section describing symptoms)
By: ETR Associates - 2016
Languages: Spanish
Languages: Spanish
HIV and STIs (Various photonovelas, brochures, posters)
By: Rural Women’s Health Project - 2016
Languages: Spanish
Languages: Spanish
Poder Sano Worker Education Materials (radio segments, photonovelas for Women, Men, and Youth)
By: Farmworker Justice and Rural Womens Health Project - 2016
Languages: Spanish
Languages: Spanish
Healthy Living: Nutrition, Diabetes, Exercise
Metodo del plato/Plate method guide (Spanish) (7-page illustrated handout)
By: Learning about Diabetes - 2008
Languages: Spanish
Languages: Spanish
Pequeños cambios/Small changes for a healthier diet (1-page color handout)
By: Migrant Clinicians Network - 2009
Languages: Bilingual Spanish/English
Languages: Bilingual Spanish/English
Recetas Latinas Saludables Cookbook (Downloadable cookbook with 38 traditional recipes)
By: California Department of Public Health - 2008
Languages: Spanish
Languages: Spanish
Vamos a Movernos (1-page color handout)
By: Learning about Diabetes - 2015
Languages: Spanish (English available at www.learningaboutdiabetes.org)
Languages: Spanish (English available at www.learningaboutdiabetes.org)
Mental Health
El Estrés y su cuerpo/Stress and your body (Newsletter)
By: National Center for Farmworker Health - 2007
Languages: Bilingual Spanish/English
Languages: Bilingual Spanish/English
Estrategias para reducir el consumo de alcohol (booklet)
By: US Department of Health and Human Services - 2008
Languages: Spanish
Languages: Spanish
Musculoskeletal Injury
Cuídate! A simple guide for preventing muscle injuries at work (comic)
By: Migrant Clinicians Network and Northeast Center for Agricultural Health - 2017
Languages: English
Languages: English
Cuídate! Una guía para prevenir lesiones musculares en el trabajo (comic)
By: Migrant Clinicians Network and Northeast Center for Agricultural Health - 2017
Languages: Spanish
Languages: Spanish
Affordable Care Act
“¡A Mi Tambien Me Ha Pasado!” Un juego para aprender a usar un seguro médico (educational game)
By: Legal Aid of North Carolina - Farmworker Unit - 2016
Languages: Spanish
Languages: Spanish
Dos Opciones, Un Camino (Entertaining, novela-style educational video about Farmworkers and the Affordable Care Act)
By: Farmworker Health Insurance Team (FHIT) of North Carolina - 2016
Languages: Spanish
Languages: Spanish
La Ley de Cuidado de Salud y Usted: Una Guia Para los Trabajadores H2A (fact sheet)
By: Farmworker Justice - 2015
Languages: Spanish
Languages: Spanish
Seguro Medico: Vocabulario que debes aprender (1-page vocabulary list)
By: Legal Aid of North Carolina - Farmworker Unit - 2016
Languages: Spanish
Languages: Spanish
The Affordable Care Act and You: A Guide for H2A Workers (fact sheet)
By: Farmworker Justice - 2015
Languages: English
Languages: English
Helpful Websites
Health Education Resource Exchange (HERE) (National database of patient education materials searchable by topic or language)
By: Washington State Department of Health - 2016
Languages: Multiple
Languages: Multiple
Migrant Clinicians Network (Extensive database of patient education materials)
By: MCN Resources/Patient Education - 2016
Languages: Multiple
Languages: Multiple
National Center for Farmworker Health: Health Education (Extensive database of patient education materials)
By: NCFH - 2016
Languages: Spanish and English
Languages: Spanish and English
Rural Women’s Health Project Catalog (Fotonovelas on various topics, especially extensive resources on HIV/AIDS, STIs and reproductive health)
By: RWHP - 2016
Languages: Spanish and English
Languages: Spanish and English