R. Ungar, R. Rautiainen, B. Kross, K. Donham, J. Merchant
{"title":"Report on the University of Iowa International Workshop on Agricultural Health and Safety","authors":"R. Ungar, R. Rautiainen, B. Kross, K. Donham, J. Merchant","doi":"10.1300/J096V04N01_04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J096V04N01_04","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The University of Iowa organized an international workshop on agricultural health and safety which was held in Iowa City in conjunction with the Third NIOSH Agricultural Health and Safety Conference during the week of March 24, 1996. Workshop participants from eleven countries, six NIOSH Centers and The Fog erty International Center spent three days exchanging information regarding programs of research, intervention, training and education; and developing international cooperation and collaboration in these areas. Results of this workshop are discussed.","PeriodicalId":417302,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Health and Safety: Recent Advances","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128320699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Stromquist, J. Merchant, L. Burmeister, C. Zwerling, S. Reynolds
{"title":"The Keokuk County Rural Health Study: Methodology and Demographics","authors":"A. Stromquist, J. Merchant, L. Burmeister, C. Zwerling, S. Reynolds","doi":"10.1300/J096V04N03_08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J096V04N03_08","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY The Keokuk County Rural Health Study is a population-based, prospective study of environmental exposures and health status of a large randomly-selected sample of residents from each of three strata in one rural Iowa county. The study focuses on injury rates and respiratory disease; in addition, it monitors health care de-livery; geriatric, reproductive, and mental health; and other health outcomes. Injury and disease prevalence are investigated in relation to occupational, agricultural, and other environmental exposures. This paper describes the sampling method, the protocol, and the demographic profile of adult subjects of the first 400 households en-rolled in the study. Farmers were slightly younger than rural non-farmers and townspeople and more farmers had lived in the county all of their lives. Females were more highly educated than were males, and less than half as many female farmers had lived in the county all their lives than had male farmers. Net household income figures were complex and...","PeriodicalId":417302,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Health and Safety: Recent Advances","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126772642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lessons Learned and Hypotheses Generated from the W. K. Kellogg Agricultural Safety and Health Initiative Cluster Evaluation","authors":"R. Petrea","doi":"10.1300/J096V04N01_03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J096V04N01_03","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The W. K. Kellogg Agricultural Safety and Health (ASH) initiative represented a major effort by a philanthropic organization to address the continuing high prevalence of injuries and illnesses within the agricultural sector. A major emphasis within the initiative was an overall evaluation of the entire group. This overall evaluation discovered eighteen general “lessons learned” which represented common patterns and characteristics seen across all projects. The projects sought to further this evaluation process by offering specific research hypotheses, based upon the “lessons learned,'' as those lessons applied to their individual projects. These specific research hypotheses illustrated opportunities available for cooperative endeavors. This paper used experiences of the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service project as an example.","PeriodicalId":417302,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Health and Safety: Recent Advances","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120936438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Deborah D. Reinhart Ms, T. Bean, N. McCaslin, R. Nieto
{"title":"A Design for Tailgate Safety Training in Ohio","authors":"Deborah D. Reinhart Ms, T. Bean, N. McCaslin, R. Nieto","doi":"10.1300/J096V04N03_20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J096V04N03_20","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY This project will examine the effectiveness of short, frequent, (tailgate) safety training sessions for farm employees. Four measures will be made before and again after a year-long series of tailgate safety training sessions for agricultural employees. Instruments have been developed to measure safety attitudes and safety knowledge. Occupational accident history will be collected from Worker's Compensation files. Behaviors will be assessed by on-farm visits. Changes of those in the treatment group will be compared with changes of those in the comparison group to document effectiveness of the training.","PeriodicalId":417302,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Health and Safety: Recent Advances","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116555708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. E. L. Husting, C. R. Geiser, Kathleen F. Summerill Mph, Yolanda Cervantes Lvn, Ray Moltrum Bs, Carlos Ruiz, Mph Ana Maria Osorio
{"title":"Occupational Agricultural Injury Surveillance in California: Preliminary Results from the Nurses Using Rural Sentinel Events (NURSE) Project","authors":"M. E. L. Husting, C. R. Geiser, Kathleen F. Summerill Mph, Yolanda Cervantes Lvn, Ray Moltrum Bs, Carlos Ruiz, Mph Ana Maria Osorio","doi":"10.1300/J096V04N03_11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J096V04N03_11","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY The objective of the California Nurses Using Rural Sentinel Events (NURSE) is to prevent occupational agricultural injuries. This active surveillance and health education project obtains incident reports of injuries from sources in two California counties. Over 5000 of these reports are in a database, coded by cause and na-ture of injury using the International Classification of Dis-eases- 9-CM. From these, 35 illustrative incidents have been investi-gated and summarized in widely disseminated prevention strategy reports. Health and safety education outreach is provided by bi-lin-gual field staff several times monthly. The NURSE project has de-veloped valuable database and educational resources for research and promotion of safety in agriculture.","PeriodicalId":417302,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Health and Safety: Recent Advances","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114569689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Change in Cholinesterase Levels and Self-Reported Symptoms Over Two Years","authors":"D. Stueland, Barbara J. Ault Rn, P. Gunderson","doi":"10.1300/J096V04N01_19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J096V04N01_19","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In a continuing effort to explore the application and the reliability of self-reported symptoms and cholinesterase levels over time, 22 ginseng producers in central Wisconsin participated in two years of on-site testing. Each year, the participants reported on farming practices and health-seeking behavior and completed a 20-item questionnaire related to possible farm chemical exposure symptoms. Plasma and red cell cholinesterase were measured at the same time. No participant noted seizure symptoms. of the remaining 19 symptoms, the highest yearly correlations were the following: Have your relatives noted that you have trouble remembering (r = 0.82); have you had trouble falling asleep (r = 0.80); and are your fingers numb (r = 0.81). There were no significant changes in farming practices or health-seeking behavior. In 1994, 14 producers applied their own pesticides; nine did in 1995. Only nine (40.9%) of the participants were under a physician's care and three (13.6%) were under chiropractic care...","PeriodicalId":417302,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Health and Safety: Recent Advances","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126510068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. S. Reynolds, D. A. Merchant, Mph Craig Zwerling, A. Stromquist, L. Burmeister
{"title":"The Keokuk County Rural Health Study: Preliminary Results of Environmental Exposure Assessments","authors":"C. S. Reynolds, D. A. Merchant, Mph Craig Zwerling, A. Stromquist, L. Burmeister","doi":"10.1300/J096V04N01_08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J096V04N01_08","url":null,"abstract":"The Keokuk County Rural Health Study is a unique, population-based, prospective study of an agricultural community. The study is expected to continue for twenty years. The research includes systematic assessment of respiratory disease, injury, and other health outcomes in relation to agricultural, occupational, and environmental exposures. The aims of the environmental surveys are: (1) to conduct a systematic assessment of rural households in order to characterize the environmental exposures associated with the resi-dences and properties of the study subjects comparing farm, rural non-farm, and town households; and (2) to characterize occupational exposures associated with activities of the study subjects, particular-ly those related to farming and the rural environment. The environ-mental surveys consist of a combination of personal interviews, walk-through observations, and measurement of a selected number of environmental parameters. The focus of these assessments is on the environment and ope...","PeriodicalId":417302,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Health and Safety: Recent Advances","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130070714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rural Counties with Large Meatpacking Firms: Implications for Community Health","authors":"Judith C. Ruskin, K. Donham","doi":"10.1300/J096V04N03_07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J096V04N03_07","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY Rural meatpacking plants became common since refrigerated train cars provided a low-cost method for shipping meat to urban markets. A wave of industrial restructure in the 1970s and 1980s included reductions in hourly wages and job benefits accompanied by an accelerated line-speed. Local communities now struggle to provide adequate health and social services for their new working-poor populations. This investigation extends research on the impact of large meatpacking plants on rural Iowa counties. Demographics, measurements of population health status, and Medicaid utilization rates are compared across two groups of rural Iowa counties with meatpacking plants and the mean for rural counties without such plants. Analyses revealed significantly sharp increases in the rate of breast cancer mortality and the rate of participation in the Medicaid program from the mid-1980s to the early-1990s for rural counties with large meatpacking plants. Sudden introduction of a packing plant in the 1980s did not co...","PeriodicalId":417302,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Health and Safety: Recent Advances","volume":"100 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132270710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}