# Addressing migrant and seasonal farmworker health disparities with information resources

> **NIH NIH G08** · EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $139,661

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
There are substantial inequities in pesticide exposure, other occupational hazards, and heat-related illness for
migrant and seasonal farmworkers compared to the general population. One strategy to address these
inequities is to ensure adequate health information resources are in place. This project seeks to use a three-
level approach to promote health literacy among migrant and seasonal farmworkers. One, the project will
identify and assess health information resources designed for farmworkers, identify gaps in available
resources, and promote the submission of promising and evidence-based resources to the National Library of
Medicine HealthReach database. Two, this project will increase health information literacy skills and
knowledge of NLM resources among NC’s farmworker health outreach workers and pilot the provision of
technology to enhance health education in combination with professional development opportunities. Three,
this project will provide wi-fi hot spots and access to the internet in combination with health literacy training at
farmworker youth programs and at migrant labor camps. A utilization-focused evaluation will assess both
process and outcome indicators. In summary, this project seeks to improve information resources, enhance
community health workers’ delivery of health information, and provide access to health information resources
to farmworkers and their families.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10166922
- **Project number:** 5G08LM013198-03
- **Recipient organization:** EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Joseph G. L Lee
- **Activity code:** G08 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $139,661
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-09-05 → 2022-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10166922

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10166922, Addressing migrant and seasonal farmworker health disparities with information resources (5G08LM013198-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10166922. Licensed CC0.

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