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{"title":"Fishing Can Be Safer.","authors":"Florence Poulain","doi":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2434076","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2434076","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agromedicine","volume":" ","pages":"196-197"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142957627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"\"When the Bills Keep on Coming:\" the Experiences of Seafood Processors During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Shannon Guillot-Wright, Laura Porterfield, Brenda Wilson, Lacy Davis","doi":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2421585","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2421585","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Essential workers were at increased risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, including seafood processors who are often rendered invisible within the public sphere. To examine the health and safety concerns of seafood processors, many who are low income or im/migrant workers on H-2B visas, our team conducted qualitative research with 44 participants. We found that in addition to high occupational health hazards that existed before the pandemic, COVID-19 increased workers' financial risks, which put them in more dangerous health and safety positions, since they needed to work through physical and mental health illness. These financial risks can be seen through the themes of paid sick leave, mental health, economic duress, and primary care access. We conclude with three recommendations to the H-2B visa worker program, which will not only decrease health disparities for im/migrant workers, but also increase health equity across seafood worker populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":49172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agromedicine","volume":" ","pages":"227-236"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142511399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Small Scale Fisheries and the Challenges of Occupational Safety and Health.","authors":"Jeremy M M Turner","doi":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2434074","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2434074","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agromedicine","volume":" ","pages":"198-200"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142733924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Safety and Accidents in Fishing: A Study of Causes and Risk Factors in the Norwegian Fishing Fleet.","authors":"Ingunn Marie Holmen, Trine Thorvaldsen, Cecilie Salomonsen, Signe Sønvisen","doi":"10.1080/1059924X.2025.2462300","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1059924X.2025.2462300","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The Norwegian government declared Vision Zero for serious injuries and fatalities for everyone working at sea in 2022. Occupational accident rates in the Norwegian fishing fleet are higher than those for other maritime industries, and measures must be based on a thorough knowledge of causes. This article aims to provide updated knowledge on causes and risk factors for occupational accidents in the Norwegian fishing fleet.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Three sources of data were used: 1) A database of fatal accidents updated by the research institute SINTEF Ocean and a registry of occupational injuries kept by the Norwegian Maritime Authority, 2) 40 accident investigation reports published by the Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority, and 3) interviews with 12 active fishers and representatives for key stakeholders involved in fishers' safety.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Analyses of occupational accidents indicated more than half of fatalities in the period 2000-2022 were due to vessel disasters and fisher overboard events. Most of those involved worked on vessels that were 6-10.99 m in length. Accident investigation reports published in the period 2013-2023 indicate many overboard accidents happened to fishers working alone and were caused by fishers being dragged overboard with equipment, fishers falling overboard, or ropes under tension suddenly snapping. The interviews revealed the fishers and key stakeholders were concerned about accidents. The underlying causes and risk factors they described were technological (vessel, fishing gear, and equipment), organizational (planning and decision-making, competence and training, working hours, and rest), and regulatory (control and inspections, requirements for safety management, and fisheries management and safety). Furthermore, the interviews indicated fisheries management may have a negative influence on safety and working conditions and need be considered to improve fishing safety.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Coastal fishers are overrepresented in fatal accidents, while most occupational accidents are reported from sea-going trawlers. Measures should target technological, organizational, and regulatory factors, as well as framework conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":49172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agromedicine","volume":" ","pages":"306-318"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143383883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Work Safety for Contractors in Norwegian Fish Farming.","authors":"Trond Kongsvik, Kristine Størkersen, Trine Thorvaldsen, Siri Holen","doi":"10.1080/1059924X.2025.2450057","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1059924X.2025.2450057","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Salmon fish farming has become a major industry in Norway, increasingly dependent on contracted maritime transport and different special services. The aim of the paper was to explore work safety for contractors in Norwegian fish farming. Previous research from other industries illustrates contractors are more susceptible to time and work pressure, have more hazardous jobs, and are more accident-prone, compared to fixed employees. This study investigated whether there are special safety challenges for contractors in Norwegian salmon farming.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study was based on a digitally distributed questionnaire survey, involving 979 employed by a fish farming company and 304 contractors. Descriptive analyses were performed on how contractors experienced interaction with the fish farming companies. Bivariate analyses (chi-square tests and t-test) were applied to explore differences related to injury and near-accident exposure and efficiency demands.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Related to work absence due to work-related injuries during the last 12 months, there was no significant difference between contractors (13,5%) and fixed employees (10,2%). A greater proportion of contractors (69,8%) than fixed employees (62,5%) reported that they had experienced near-accidents during the last 2 years. Of the contractors, 55% considered their work to be undervalued by the fish farming companies, 56% that the companies' efficiency demands led to breaking of procedures, and 66% that lack of cooperation was a threat to safety. A majority trust the companies to prioritize their safety (66%) and agree they can stop an operation if safety is threatened (87%). Compared to fixed employees, contractors reported higher efficiency demands and work pressure that could go at the expense of safety, even if the differences were small.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Both contractors and fixed employees report safety challenges, and contractors could be at even more risk. Contractors perform more hazardous work, report flaws in the interaction with fish farming companies, and report higher efficiency demands. The differences are still small/modest, and safety improvement measures should involve all employees. Fish farming companies should be aware of how they influence the framework conditions for contractors.</p>","PeriodicalId":49172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agromedicine","volume":"30 2","pages":"263-272"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143639829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adding Insult to Injury: The Impact of Musculoskeletal Pain on Fishermen's Sleep Patterns.","authors":"Julie A Sorensen, Paul Jenkins, Kimberly Gertz, Amanda Roome, Rebecca Weil, Judith Graham, Brian Quinn, Laurel Kincl, Jerry Dzugan, Leigh McCue-Weil","doi":"10.1080/1059924X.2025.2451625","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1059924X.2025.2451625","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Commercial fishing is one of the most dangerous industries in the United States, and although injuries have been a prominent focus for research, some health and safety risk factors such as sleep are understudied. In this paper, data from a multi-modal research study of sleep patterns, lifestyle factors, occupational exposures, medical histories, and health assessments in four U.S. fisheries are used to explore the connections between pain and sleep.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A mixture of randomized cluster sampling, study promotions, and dockside recruitment was utilized to gather a sufficient number of fishermen in the Alaska Salmon, Oregon Dungeness Crab, Massachusetts Scallop, and Massachusetts Lobster fisheries for the study. Fishermen were surveyed about sleep patterns, occupational exposures, and lifestyle factors. Surveyed fishermen were provided with free comprehensive health assessments by occupational health nurses and physicians or Advanced Practice Providers. Data were collected in REDCap and downloaded into SAS for analysis using a variety of analytic methods.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 262 surveys and 162 physical examinations were completed with captains and crew members in the four fisheries targeted for study. The average self-reported consecutive hours of sleep for fisheries workers that spend several days at sea (i.e. Crab, Scallop, and Salmon fisheries) were roughly 3.5 to 4.0 h in a 24-h period. Of particular note, the majority of fishermen, regardless of fishery, suffered from back pain, and roughly 40% of fishermen noted pain and discomfort significantly impede their ability to sleep.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study underscores the connections between musculoskeletal pain and sleep, providing yet further impetus for preventing musculoskeletal injuries among fishermen. Given the ties between existing sleep debt in the industry and the health and safety risks posed by repeated exposure to insufficient sleep, this study highlights the need for the prevention of these injuries and potentially better treatment options for fishermen who suffer from musculoskeletal disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":49172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agromedicine","volume":" ","pages":"286-296"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142967270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nationally Connected Network of Trainers Empowers Fishers as Medical First Responders: A Case Study in Collaboration and Capacity Building.","authors":"Ashleigh Palinkas, Amelia M Vaughan, Shannon Eldredge, Leann Cyr, Amanda Gladics","doi":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2434075","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2434075","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Immediate access to advanced medical care in the event of an emergency or injury is not equitable across socioeconomic, occupational, and environmental conditions. Research has shown that basic first aid techniques, when standardized and provided to the public, can significantly improve victim survival in a traumatic event. The Fishing First Aid & Safety Training (FFAST) considers these factors to provide accessible, low, or no cost training across coastal regions of the United States that is adapted specifically for commercial fisheries. The foundation for FFAST is rooted in the theory and practice of austere medicine, which is generally practiced where traditional medical infrastructure, resources, or facilities are absent. Austere medicine often requires decision-making with limited information and resources to optimize patient outcome. FFAST curriculum emphasizes regional adaptations to fit specific fishing audiences and hands-on training and skills practice. Training is delivered using in-person instruction by culturally competent instructors, embedded within fishing communities throughout the United States. To enhance training quality and sustain instructor capacity, we have established a nationally connected network of trainers who actively collaborate to build capacity to provide FFAST to the communities in their respective regions. We support the network through regular all-team meetings to exchange knowledge and report outcomes, and inter-regional train-the-trainer coordination so each partner benefits from best practices and lessons learned across the alliance. The collaborative network supports all partners to meet commercial fishing professional's growing demand for FFAST training.</p>","PeriodicalId":49172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agromedicine","volume":" ","pages":"221-226"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142717520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development of a Pesticide Labeling Literacy Scale for Thai Rice Farmers: Item Generation and Content Validity Testing.","authors":"Phiranut Saeneewong Na Ayuttaya, Nuttaporn Lawthong, Mark Gregory Robson, Wattasit Siriwong","doi":"10.1080/1059924X.2025.2468416","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1059924X.2025.2468416","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Occupational exposure to pesticides in rice cultivation poses health risks, exacerbated by factors contributing to the improper use of pesticides. One significant factor is the limited literacy skills of farmers, hindering their ability to read and comprehend pesticide labels. Research in this area is limited by the lack of an acceptable method for measuring pesticide labeling literacy.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study was to develop a valid and reliable questionnaire to assess pesticide labeling literacy in Thai rice farmers.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The scale development involved identifying components and dimensions of pesticide labeling, formulating question items, and designing the scale based on literature reviews and expert interviews. The content validity of items was evaluated by experts using the Content Validity Index (CVI) and Content Validity Ratio (CVR). After the pilot test, the difficulty, discrimination index, reliability and construct validity of the scale were examined using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was evaluated on 400 rice farmers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The pesticide labeling literacy scale was structured into five components: Access, Understanding, Awareness, Analysis, and Application. The CVI and CVR results fell within the acceptable range, confirming content validity. After refining the questionnaire based on the pilot test, a 40-item scale was derived, with items exhibiting suitable difficulty indices (0.28-0.76) and discrimination indices (0.20-0.70). The overall pesticide labeling literacy scale demonstrated acceptable internal consistency, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.896 The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) indicated that the scale was suitable for factor analysis. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) demonstrated that the model aligned well with the empirical data and exhibited acceptable fit indices for the proposed model. The final version of the scale comprised 35 questionnaire items.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The 35-item questionnaire is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing pesticide labeling literacy among Thai rice farmers. It encompassed five components: Access, Understanding, Awareness, Analysis, and Application This innovative scale has the potential to serve as an effective tool for evaluating the level of pesticide labeling literacy among Thai rice farmers.</p>","PeriodicalId":49172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agromedicine","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143587750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing the Understandability and Actionability of Education Materials for Agricultural Workers' Health.","authors":"Julianna Nieuwsma, Joseph G L Lee, Jamie E Bloss, Catherine E LePrevost, Israel M Mendez, Emery L Harwell, Leslie E Cofie","doi":"10.1080/1059924X.2025.2474130","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1059924X.2025.2474130","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Agricultural health and safety educators, including community health workers and Extension agents, represent an important community of practice, connecting agricultural workers (i.e. migrant and seasonal farmworkers) to health information and care. We sought to identify and evaluate existing education resources available to educators for use in health education and outreach with farmworkers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study used a systemized search process to identify health education materials in English and Spanish used in the United States. Two independent coders coded each material for its understandability and actionability using the Patient Educational Material Assessment Tool (PEMAT). We report descriptive statistics by type of material, topic, and publication date of the material.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified farmworker health education materials (<i>n</i> = 602) from across the United States. The average understandability score was 86%, and the average actionability score was 76%. Materials were most commonly print material in the format of handouts, brochures, and posters. Some topic areas (e.g. musculoskeletal injuries) had considerably more resources than others (e.g. green tobacco).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This research represents the first, to our knowledge, comprehensive assessment of health education materials for education and outreach to agricultural workers. While the average scores for understandability and actionability were high among materials, there is room to build a stronger set of resources in some topic areas and to modernize materials for electronic delivery. Using PEMAT tools can help the Extension and community health worker communities of practice improve the quality of materials they share with agricultural workers.</p>","PeriodicalId":49172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agromedicine","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143544086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Navigating the \"Valley of Death\": A Brief Report on How Incubators Can Nurture Transition of Research to Practice to Benefit Worker Wellbeing.","authors":"Pamela J Milkovich, Leigh McCue, Liane Hirabayashi, Andres Esteban Sandi Espejo, Lance Maben, Julie A Sorensen","doi":"10.1080/1059924X.2025.2474711","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2025.2474711","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Incubator and accelerator programs are important tools for innovators looking to take their ideas to scale. Unfortunately for agriculture, forestry, and fishing (AgFF) populations who are at high risk for occupational injuries and fatalities, few safety and health solutions have graduated from these programs. This brief report explores what it will take to develop an incubator process specific to AgFF safety and health innovations and ensure that those innovations are accessible to and adopted by workers.</p>","PeriodicalId":49172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agromedicine","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143544091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}