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Media campaigns promote driver safety for farmworkers

authors

James I. Grieshop, UC Davis
Myriam Grajales-Hall, UC Riverside
Lupe Ortiz, UC Davis

publication information

California Agriculture 52(1):11-15. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v052n01p11. January-February 1998.

abstract

During the peak harvest season from April to October, hundreds of thousands of San Joaquin Valley farmworkers commute from field to field and farm to farm, sometimes two or three times a day. Motor vehicle crashes — the largest documented cause of injuries and fatalities to farm workers — increase dramatically at this time. To educate farm-worker families about motor vehicle safety, we designed a program called ¡Maneje Seguro! (Drive Safely!). Its centerpiece was a game, La Loteria del Manejo Seguro, based on a bingo-like game popular in Mexico (known simply as La Loteria). We disseminated safe-driving information by featuring the game in weekly bilingual newspapers and Spanish radio and TV station. Assessments suggest that media campaigns had favorable impact on farmworker knowledge, awareness and, to some degree, driving behavior.

author affiliations

J. Grieshop is Specialist and Lecturer in Community Education Development in the Department of Human and Community Development, UC Davis; M. Grajales-Hall is Spanish Language Media Representative, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, UC Riverside; L. Ortiz was Postgraduate Researcher in the Department of Human and Community Development, UC Davis, located in Fresno;

author notes

The authors gratefully acknowledge the work, creativity, and contributions of Jenny Rodriguez and Martha Stiles to the early research on the issue of motor vehicle safety and farmworkers and the design and production work of La Loteria del Manejo Seguro.

Car seats for La Loteria were donated by Midas Muffler, Zenith Insurance, Agsafe and local businesses and individuals

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