Developing Culturally Sensitive Materials for AIDS Education Specifically Targeted to Migrant Farmworkers

Abstract

Abstract Migrant farmworkers are an isolated and hard to reach population who are at considerable risk for contracting AIDS. Latins comprise the largest segment of the migrant farmworker population and account for eight percent of the total population in the United States. While Hispanics comprise a relatively small percentage of the total population, they account for 15 percent of the male cases of AIDS and 20 percent of the female cases of AIDS in this country. These people are sequestered from mainstream America by distance, economic status, language, and cultural factors. AIDS education efforts targeted to migrant workers and their families must pay special attention to cultural and special idiosyncrasies of Hispanic farmworkers because they are socially and culturally different from Hispanic people in urban areas of the United States. These programs also must take into account the fact that migrant farm work dictates an itinerate lifestyle for the workers and their families. Educational programs in s...