Trial reportInternational journal of audiology2018
Efficacy of technology-based interventions to increase the use of hearing protections among adolescent farmworkers.
Trial report in International journal of audiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Smartphone Apps in the Context of Tinnitus: Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Pooled it
- Efficacy of hearing conservation education programs for youth and young adults: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2018Pooled it
- Health Education Intervention on Hearing Health Risk Behaviors in College Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Community-based program to increase use of hearing conservation practices among farm and rural youth: a cluster randomized trial of effectiveness.BMC public health · 2020Trial
- Hearing Loss Prevention Training for Spanish-Speaking Farmworkers: Protocol for a Community-Engaged Hybrid Type 1 Pilot Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Interventions to prevent noise-induced hearing loss in farmworkers: a scoping review.International journal of audiology · 2025Article
- Hearing Difficulties Among Farmworkers in the México-US Southwest Border Region.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2024Article
- Community Health Workers' Role in Addressing Farmworker Health Disparities.Journal of agromedicine · 2022Article
- A Test of Social Cognitive Theory to Increase Hearing Protection Use in Swine Buildings.Journal of agricultural safety and health · 2022Article
- Feasibility of a mHealth Approach to Nutrition Counseling in an Appalachian State.Journal of personalized medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveAdolescent farmworkers are exposed to loud noise during farm activities. We present a prospective study that evaluated the efficacy of low-cost, technology-based intervention approaches in high schools to enhance the use of hearing protection among adolescent farmworkers.
designSix high schools in Iowa that agreed to participate in the study were divided into three equal groups through cluster-randomisation with each group receiving one of the three formats of hearing protection intervention: (a) classroom training, (b) classroom training coupled with smartphone app training and (c) computer training. Participants completed baseline (pre-training) and six-week post-intervention surveys for assessing hearing protection knowledge, attitudes and behaviour. STUDY SAMPLE: Seventy participants from six schools were initially enrolled but 50 completed both pre- and post-intervention surveys.
resultsIn most cases, all three groups showed significant improvement in hearing protection knowledge, attitude and frequency of use from pre- to post-intervention. However, changes between groups were statistically non-significant.
conclusionsAlthough all three formats led to improvements on hearing protection knowledge, attitude and behaviour, the findings of the study, perhaps due to the small sample size, did not allow us to detect whether technology-based hearing protection interventions were more effective than the traditional face-to-face training for adolescent farmworkers.
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