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TReND: Migrant Farm Workers Sampling Methodology

Meeting Agenda



Migrant Farmworkers Sampling Methodology Meeting
March 14, 2008

California Endowment
Los Angeles, CA

Purposes of the Meeting

  • Identify obstacles/barriers in achieving adequate sampling of migrant farmworkers in research.
  • Summarize effective methodologies to adequately sample migrant farmworkers.
  • Generate recommendations for carrying out robust research on migrant farmworkers.
  • Produce content for the meeting report and other deliverables.
7:45 – 8:15 AM Continental Breakfast
8:15 – 8:45 AM Welcome and Introduction to the Meeting
  • California Endowment – Mario Gutierrez
  • NCI /TReND – Pebbles Fagan
  • ETR Associates – Francisco O. Buchting
8:45 – 9:30 AM Demographic characteristics of migrant farmworkers communities
8:45 – 9:00 AM Overview by Alice Larson
9:00 – 9:30 AM Full group discussion
Definition of migrant and seasonal
9:45 – 10:00 AM Break
10:00 – 11:30 AM Review effective models/approaches to sample mobile/migratory or seasonal populations
10:00 – 10:15 AM Overview by Don Villarejo
10:15 – 11:30 AM Full group discussion
11:30 – 12:30 PM Cultural/social/environmental factors in conducting research in migrant farmworkers communities
11:30 – 11:45 PM Overview by Mark Shanker
11:45 – 12:30 PM Full group discussion
12:30 – 1:30 PM Working lunch – Why Research is needed in Policy?
Mario Gutierrez
1:30 – 2:00 PM State of knowledge on tobacco use in migrant farmworkers communities
1:30 – 1:45 PM Overview by Susan Gabbard
1:45 – 2:00 PM Full group discussion
2:00 – 2:15 PM Synthesis of discussions – Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati
Charge to workgroups – Francisco O. Buchting
2:15 – 4:30 PM Sampling methodological recommendations to the scientific community on enhancing migrant farmworkers research
  1. Provide recommendations to address barriers in conducting research on migrant farmworkers.


  2. Provide recommendations for best models/approaches to achieve adequate sampling of migrant farmworkers, pros and cons for each proposed method.


  3. Provide recommendations for longitudinal research, both in the US and transnational studies.


  4. Do methods need to be modified when it comes to conducting research on tobacco-use, issues to be considered?
4:30 – 5:15 PM Report from workgroups
4:30 – 4:45 PM Presentation from workgroup (1)
4:45 – 5:00 PM Presentation from workgroup (2)
5:00 – 5:15 PM Presentation from workgroup (3)
5:15 – 5:30 PM Next Steps
Francisco O. Buchting
5:30 PM Adjournment

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