Resource Details

A Guide for Health Centers to Address Tobacco Use Among Agricultural Workers

Year Developed: 2024

Resource Type: Publication.

Primary Audience: Clinicians Enabling Staff Outreach Staff
Secondary Audience: Administrative Staff

Language(s): English, Spanish

Developed by: National Center for Farmworker Health (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: This guide provides information to help health centers address tobacco use among agricultural workers and it includes a bilingual educational door hanger for agricultural workers that health centers can use during their education and outreach efforts. The guide provides information to health center staff about the various methods of tobacco consumption, related health risks, and the benefits of quitting specific to agricultural workers. it also highlights cessation and tobacco use screening tools and strategies to motivate change, identify a patient's level of readiness to quit, conduct outreach, and build collaborative partnerships to address tobacco use. This guide and door hanger can be used to support agricultural worker patients in a health center setting or while conducting outreach.

Resource Details: The door hanger is available separately in Spanish and English: https://www.ncfh.org/uploads/3/8/6/8/38685499/how_using_tobacco_can_affect_you_and_your_family-c%C3%B3mo_el_uso_del_tabaco_puede_afectarle_a_usted_y_a_su_familia.pdf

Resource Topic: Special and Vulnerable Populations

Resource Subtopic: Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), Health Equity, Population Health, Community, Health, and Housing Partnerships.

Keywords: Agricultural Workers, Community Health Workers, Patient Education, Migrants, Outreach, Prevention, Smoking Cessation.