Graduate Project

Environmental and Occupational Health Risks of Adolescent Migrant Farmworkers: A Learning Module Developed Using the Integrated Instructional Design Model

ABSTRACT ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RISKS OF ADOLESCENT MIGRANT FARMWORKERS: A LEARNING MODULE DEVELOPED USING THE INTEGRATED INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN MODEL by Laura Yvette Moreno Master of Science in Instructional Design and Technology California State University, Chico Summer 2011 Agriculture ranks among the most hazardous industries, yet national and state laws continue to provide less protection for adolescent farmworkers than they provide for youth in other kinds of jobs. Hardworking youth labor under more dangerous conditions than their contemporaries working in nonagricultural settings. Adolescent bodies are in a developmental state with potentially greater susceptibility to hazards than mature bodies. In response to the dangerous health concerns surrounding migrant adolescent farmworkers, a course module was developed using the Integrated Instructional Design Model to help educate health clinicians on the environmental and occupational health concerns associated with migrant adolescent farmworkers. This project was designed and developed to evaluate a single evidence-based online training module, A Vulnerable Population. The module introduced primary migrant health clinicians to the environmental and occupational health hazards faced by migrant adolescent farmworkers. This project consisted of a prototype of one online course module targeting migrant health clinicians. The end result was the instructional courseware, media, and its full content. The course was implemented and offered to four clinicians and policy advisors identified as serving immigrant and underserved communities, who then assessed the prototype. This project can be used in a number of professional settings, specifically public health initiatives to teach not only migrant health clinicians, but also promotores and promotoras, community members who promote health education, leadership, peer education, support, and resources. It would also be an effective tool in the instructional design field. Public health initiatives and the instructional design process will collaborate to show how that strategy can be used in a wide variety of projects.

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