Journal article
Association of Category of Cattle Exposure with Tuberculosis Knowledge among Dairy Workers in Bailey County, Texas
Journal of agromedicine, Vol.26(3), pp.313-322
05/25/2020
DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2020.1765931
PMCID: PMC7928191
PMID: 32449645
Abstract
To determine the knowledge of tuberculosis (TB) among dairy workers in Bailey County, Texas.
A cross-sectional study design was used to collect 225 survey responses concerning knowledge of TB among dairy workers on 10 dairy farms in Bailey County, Texas. Subjects used iPad tablets to log responses to 15 demographic questions and a 17-item TB knowledge quiz, measured by: (1) TB characteristics, (2) TB transmission, (3) TB symptoms, (4) TB diagnosis, (5) TB treatment, and (6) bovine TB. A proxy for exposure, dairy workers were classified into categories of cattle exposure - high, medium, and low.
Relative to the medium/low group, workers in the high group tended to be younger (32.6 (SD 11.0)), Guatemalan (52.6%), K'iche' speaking (37.8%), males (89.1%) with less years living in the U.S. (10.8 [SD 12.5]) and lower levels of formal education completed (59.6% with no formal/elementary level). Overall, the average score was 7.1 (SD 4.9) out of 17 (41.8% out of 100.0%). Relative to one another, the medium/low group (8.0 (SD 4.6) out of 17) scored better than the high group (6.7 [SD 5.1] out of 17). No significant associations were found between the category of exposure and TB knowledge score.
Deficiencies in TB knowledge were identified in all categories of exposure. TB training on dairy farms should include all measured tested in this study and should be administered to all workers regardless of the category of exposure.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Association of Category of Cattle Exposure with Tuberculosis Knowledge among Dairy Workers in Bailey County, Texas
- Creators
- Anabel Rodriguez - Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences , San Antonio, Texas, USADavid I Douphrate - Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences , San Antonio, Texas, USADavid Gimeno Ruiz De Porras - School of Public Health in San Antonio, Human Genetics & Environmental Science, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston , Texas, USAAdriana Perez - Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health in Austin , Austin, Texas, USARobert Hagevoort - Department of Agricultural Science Center at Clovis, New Mexico State University, College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences , Clovis, New MexicoMatthew Nonnenmann - College of Public Health Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, The University of Iowa , Iowa City, Iowa, USALeeroy Cienega - Department of Industrial Hygiene and Safety, Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos, New Mexico
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of agromedicine, Vol.26(3), pp.313-322
- DOI
- 10.1080/1059924X.2020.1765931
- PMID
- 32449645
- PMCID
- PMC7928191
- NLM abbreviation
- J Agromedicine
- ISSN
- 1059-924X
- eISSN
- 1545-0813
- Publisher
- England
- Grant note
- P30 ES005605 / NIEHS NIH HHS T42 OH008421 / NIOSH CDC HHS T42OH008421 / ACL HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/25/2020
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984066344802771
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