Mora Dana C, Sandberg Joanne C, Howard Timothy D, Hsu Fang-Chi, Quandt Sara A, Arcury Thomas A
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA.
Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2021 Oct;23(5):1026-1034. doi: 10.1007/s10903-020-01136-w. Epub 2021 Jan 19.
It is important to understand genetics within the context of health. This paper assesses (a) genetic knowledge among Mexican-born farmworker and non-farmworker adults; (b) their interpersonal and device sources of genetic knowledge; and (c) the association between their genetic knowledge and the sources of this genetic knowledge.Interviews were conducted with Mexican-born farmworkers (100) and non-farmworkers (100) in North Carolina. Participants answered 15 questions to assess genetic knowledge, and sources from which they had seen or heard about genes and genetics.Results show limited knowledge of genetics, with farmworkers and non-farmworkers providing a similar level of correct responses (6.6 versus 7.3), but with farmworkers providing more incorrect responses (4.0 versus 2.7). Important sources of genetic information for farmworkers were promotoras (47%), compared to teachers (49%) for non-farmworkers.This study demonstrates a need for increased dissemination of genetic information to Mexican-origin farmworkers and non-farmworkers.
在健康背景下理解遗传学很重要。本文评估了：（a）墨西哥出生的农场工人和非农场工人成年人的遗传知识；（b）他们遗传知识的人际和设备来源；以及（c）他们的遗传知识与该遗传知识来源之间的关联。对北卡罗来纳州墨西哥出生的100名农场工人和100名非农场工人进行了访谈。参与者回答了15个问题以评估遗传知识，以及他们看到或听说基因和遗传学的来源。结果显示遗传学知识有限，农场工人和非农场工人给出的正确回答水平相似（分别为6.6和7.3），但农场工人给出的错误回答更多（分别为4.0和2.7）。农场工人遗传信息的重要来源是社区健康工作者（47%），而非农场工人是教师（49%）。本研究表明有必要加强向墨西哥裔农场工人和非农场工人传播遗传信息。
