| Forst, L. (2004) Effectiveness of community health workers for promoting use of safety eyewear by Latino farm workers. Study arm: Introduction of safety information | |
| Country | US |
| Aim | To evaluate The Community Health Worker “promotor de salud” (CHW) model as a tool for reducing eye injuries in Latino farm workers. |
| Target population | Occupation: Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities |
| Industry: A—Agriculture, forestry and fishing | |
| Setting: 030 Farming and forestry | |
| Firm size: 50–249 (medium) | |
| Study design | CBA with comparison conditions: Alternative type of intervention |
| Unit of analysis: Group/organizational level | |
| Sample size: Latino farm workers: 298 intervention farms and 149 control farms. Used observations of safety (use of eyewear table IV) = 447. Block assignment was done at the level of “farm.” | |
| Type of intervention | 1.1.1 Safety campaign, by use of various means |
| Evaluation design | Duration of intervention: 16 weeks |
| Duration of follow‐up: 2 = Short‐term (≤12 months) | |
| Type of outcome measure: Risk or behavior | |
| Study quality | Low quality |