Source: NCSU COLLEGE OF AG & LIFE SCIENCES, 5/13/21


To educate North Carolina farmworkers about vaccination, and especially COVID-19 vaccination, NC State Extension is offering a new program called Get Informed and Decide or, in Spanish, Me Informo y Decido.

The program is part of Cooperative Extension efforts nationwide to deliver education that advances adult immunization in rural communities, and new federal funding is helping enhance the program.

Training Educates About 600 Farmworkers So Far
In creating Me Informo y Decido, the NC State Extension Farmworker Health and Safety Program team drew from its experience in educating farmworkers about preventing the spread of COVID-19 and in distributing personal protective equipment, or PPE.
Cintia Aguilar, Latino programs manager with NC State Extension, led the team in developing a new educational tool that includes COVID-19 prevention and vaccine education.

“Using existing capacity, we developed Me Informo y Decido with the objective of facilitating a space for reflection, dialogue and education about COVID-19 prevention and vaccination for agricultural workers,” Aguilar said. “The project is designed to help agricultural workers make decisions based on reliable and trustworthy information.”

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