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Patient Education Materials

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
Heat Stress Campaign (Factsheets, posters, wallet cards, phone app)
By: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - 2011
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
Heat Stress: Farmworker Health and Safety (Trainer guide and workbook)
By: Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs - 2010
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
Aunque Cerca…Sano (Comic book)
By: Migrant Clinicians Network - 2014
Languages: English or Spanish
El Terror Invisible (Comic Book)
By: Wake Forest University Center for Worker Health - 2001
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

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

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and HIV

Amor Amargo (Coming Soon) (DVD with bilingual discussion guide)
By: NC Farmworker Health Program - 2016
Languages: Spanish
ETS (Enfermedades Transmitidas Sexualmente) (Brochure with foldout section describing symptoms)
By: ETR Associates - 2016
Languages: Spanish
HIV and STIs (Various photonovelas, brochures, posters)
By: Rural Women’s Health Project - 2016
Languages: Spanish
HIV/STIs Brochure (Brochure)
By: NY Department of Health - 2016
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

Healthy Living: Nutrition, Diabetes, Exercise

Metodo del plato/Plate method guide (Spanish) (7-page illustrated handout)
By: Learning about Diabetes - 2008
Languages: Spanish
Pequeños cambios/Small changes for a healthier diet (1-page color handout)
By: Migrant Clinicians Network - 2009
Languages: Bilingual Spanish/English
Recetas Latinas Saludables Cookbook (Downloadable cookbook with 38 traditional recipes)
By: California Department of Public Health - 2008
Languages: Spanish
Vamos a Movernos (1-page color handout)
By: Learning about Diabetes - 2015
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
Estrategias para reducir el consumo de alcohol (booklet)
By: US Department of Health and Human Services - 2008
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
Cuídate! Una guía para prevenir lesiones musculares en el trabajo (comic)
By: Migrant Clinicians Network and Northeast Center for Agricultural Health - 2017
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
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
La Ley de Cuidado de Salud y Usted: Una Guia Para los Trabajadores H2A (fact sheet)
By: Farmworker Justice - 2015
Languages: Spanish
Seguro Medico: Vocabulario que debes aprender (1-page vocabulary list)
By: Legal Aid of North Carolina - Farmworker Unit - 2016
Languages: Spanish
The Affordable Care Act and You: A Guide for H2A Workers (fact sheet)
By: Farmworker Justice - 2015
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
Migrant Clinicians Network (Extensive database of patient education materials)
By: MCN Resources/Patient Education - 2016
Languages: Multiple
National Center for Farmworker Health: Health Education (Extensive database of patient education materials)
By: NCFH - 2016
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

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