1. Translation & Dissemination of
PACIFIC NORTHWEST AGRICULTURAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER fishing • farming • forestry
Promoting Safe and Sustainable Agricultural Workplaces and Communities
Translation & Dissemination of
Practical Solutions for Pesticide Safety & Heat-Related Illness Research:
Evaluation & Impact
ISASH June 2016
K Galvin, P Palmández, M Harrington, P Sampson, R Bibabdi, J Spector, R Fenske
University of Washington, School of Public Health
I am going to talk about the results from a study that evaluated Large audience presentations used to disseminate research results
You can say this was a study that studied the dissemination of study results.
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2. Background Definitions
Experts: Ag workers with the day-to-day operational expertise – orchard managers and pesticide handlers.
Expert Working Group (EWG): Participatory collaboration between experts & research team members.
Practical Solution: work practice, tool, or facility that makes work easier and serves as a safety measure.
What is a practical solution? A practical solution is a work practice, tool, or facility that makes work easier for pesticide handlers; it is also a safety measure. The solutions in this guide were found or developed with the help of handlers, managers, and safety educators in Washington state. We identified these solutions as practical if they were Useful • Compatible with work activities • Convenient for handlers and management • Adaptable and affordable for other workplaces.
Pesticide Safety – It for pesticide handler
HRI – ag workers which can include handlers.

3. Background This guide is ‘pure gold’!
Practical Solutions for Pesticide Safety guide
Experts said the solutions needed to be
Practical
Farm based
Farmer speaking
to farmer
Source material for our Presentations was from
Our PSPS guide.
When we discussed with the EWG ideas for novel pesticide safety solutions, they told us
- practical
Talking with the EWG –
Farmers make things that they need on the farm. You’ll find many novel idea’s on farms. -
This guide is ‘pure gold’!
--- NW Safety Professional

4. Farmer speaking to farmer
Practical
Farm based
Point out 3 items
The idea came from farmers/handlers
Evidence to support use
Instructions for set up and use
Farmer speaking to farmer
Research Finding

5. Dissemination Method Large Audience Presentations
Pesticide handlers & orchard managers
Venues:
- Large pest control company workshop
- WA State Ag Safety Day
50 Minutes
Spanish & English
Topics
- Year 1 Pesticide Safety
- Year 2 Pesticide Safety & HRI
Source material for our Presentations was from
Our PSPS guide.
When we discussed with the EWG ideas for novel pesticide safety solutions, they told us
- practical
Talking with the EWG –
Farmers make things that they need on the farm. You’ll find many novel idea’s on farms. -

6. Evaluation Translation messages & an r2p product
Presentations included:
Solutions from the Practical Solutions for Pesticide Safety guide
Pesticide & HRI safety messages based on specific research outcomes
- 4 pesticide safety
- 1 HRI safety
Source material for our Presentations was from
Our PSPS guide.
When we discussed with the EWG ideas for novel pesticide safety solutions, they told us
- practical
Talking with the EWG –
Farmers make things that they need on the farm. You’ll find many novel idea’s on farms. -

7. Messages
Splash to the eyes was the most common cause of pesticide poisonings for handlers
WA State Dept. of Health 2010
Pre-marking measuring cups helps to understand oz. & gal.
PNASH 2012
Decontaminating application equipment may increase risk of exposure
Hoffman et al. 2009
A scrub brush is better than a pressure washer for decontaminating equipment
A worker is more likely to drink water if it is clear Lam et al. 2013
Source material for our Presentations was from
Our PSPS guide.
When we discussed with the EWG ideas for novel pesticide safety solutions, they told us
- practical
Talking with the EWG –
Farmers make things that they need on the farm. You’ll find many novel idea’s on farms. -

8. Presentations Large audience presentations:
Evaluation Methods
Large audience presentations:
Pre & post-test with ARS or clickers
3 – 6 month follow-up with audience:
Phone interviews

9. Evaluation Metrics

10. Dissemination: translation
Year 1 – Knowledge gained

11. Dissemination: translation
Year 1 - Knowledge retained

12. Workers are more likely to drink water if it is clear
Dissemination: translation
Year 2 – Knowledge gained
Workers are more likely to drink water if it is clear

13. Dissemination: translation
Year 2 – Knowledge retained

14. Dissemination: translation Knowledge retained
Marke sure water appears clean.

15. Follow-up phone interviews

16. Conclusions Large audience presentations:
1. Workplace changes and individual actions may be better metrics than knowledge factors for assessing translation
Presenter: can control the message, but not the audience’s reception and ability to take action.
Knowledge factors may not be the best metrics, but are easier to quantify
Workplace changes and individual actions may be better, but, are harder to quantify
2. The translational value of some research may be a motivator for safety change or action.
3. Messages that come from the population receiving the results may be easier to remember

17. “Safety is the work of changing minds.
And it is not done overnight.”
~ Project participant