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{"title":"Fishers and First Responders: Oil Spill Safety Workshop Design and Evaluation.","authors":"Frances Sentilles, Louise O R Machado, Mercy Neal, Luiza Monteiro Barros, Tiala Santana Santos, Mariana Nascimento Carvalho, José Erivaldo Gonçalves, Marciane Nunes Cardoso, Verônica Moitinho Sena, Jaquayla Devon Hodges, Rita Franco Rêgo","doi":"10.1080/1059924X.2025.2452301","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1059924X.2025.2452301","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This paper describes the design and evaluation of a workshop created to develop safer disaster response strategies for fishing communities, using the 2019 Northeast Brazil Oil Spill as a starting point for community-engaged education.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The 3-day pilot workshop included presentations, structured discussions, and interactive activities with small-scale fishers (SSFs), university researchers, and representatives of local government agencies. The workshop was evaluated through a mixed-method approach that considered qualitative data from discussion groups, collectively built products, and content retention. Evaluation methods were designed to contribute to participant learning while collecting information to improve the workshop's design.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The workshop succeeded in identifying harm reduction strategies for SSFs in the face of chemical spills, as well as in connecting them with government agencies that can provide support. Feedback from facilitators and participants was largely positive, emphasizing the accessibility of the event, participant enthusiasm, and the importance of the content for SSFs' safety. In evaluating content retention, nearly all content was understood and could be explained effectively by the SSF participants. Products of the workshop that the community can refer to in the future include community-produced videos about safety in encounters with petrochemicals and two flowcharts that outline disaster response strategies.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Community education and participatory frameworks support rich learning experiences around community health, with benefits for researchers and SSF participants. This workshop built on experiences from the 2019 oil spill to develop safer chemical spill response strategies that consider resource availability in the target community. Future events could build from this base to prepare for other kinds of disasters, like floods and storms. This event aims to reduce harm to SSFs, but government and professional first responder support remains essential to ensure safe disaster response due to a lack of safe, accessible protocols for such events.</p>","PeriodicalId":49172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agromedicine","volume":" ","pages":"330-340"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143014798","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":"Ensuring Safety at Sea: A Call to Action for Small-Scale Fishing Communities in Developing Countries.","authors":"Ganeshan Nishanthan, Wickamasinghege Kaushalya Prabodhani Wickramasinghe, Mohamed Haneefa Rihan","doi":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2433253","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2433253","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agromedicine","volume":" ","pages":"201-203"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142711543","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":"Using Land-Based Simulation to Perform Crew Overboard Recovery Training and Research.","authors":"Amanda Wickman, Vanessa Casanova, Jeffrey Levin","doi":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2433251","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2433251","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agromedicine","volume":" ","pages":"204-206"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142741085","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":"The Sixth International Fishing Industry Safety and Health Conference (IFISH 6): Safety, Health, and Wellbeing in a Changing World.","authors":"Jennifer M Lincoln, K C Elliott, Julie Sorensen, Florence Poulain","doi":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2446259","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2446259","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agromedicine","volume":" ","pages":"191-192"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142957086","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":"Making Safety an Easy Catch: PFD Use Among Commercial Fishermen in New England.","authors":"Pamela J Milkovich, Amanda B Roome, Daniel Orchard, Julie A Sorensen","doi":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2433244","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2433244","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This brief highlights the development and administration of Lifejackets for Lobstermen and its successor, Lifejackets for Fishermen. These programs provide education about, physical access to, and monetary incentives for personal floatation devices (PFDs). Preliminary data shows that commercial fishermen in New England have increased their PFD wear rates significantly since the launch of these programs in 2019.</p>","PeriodicalId":49172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agromedicine","volume":" ","pages":"210-213"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142733923","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":"Incorporating occupational health and safety into One Health approaches to aquaculture.","authors":"Lissandra Souto Cavalli","doi":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2446256","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2446256","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>One Health approaches emphasize intersections between animal health, environmental well-being and human health. Unfortunately, one health approaches rarely explicitly encompass occupational health and safety. This short report provides a concise introduction to the One Health principle, highlighting its potential relevance to improving occupational health and safety in aquaculture. It draws on recent risk assessment research on mass mortality events in marine salmon aquaculture and Norwegian calls for the implementation of holistic risk assessment approaches within aquaculture that encompass attention to occupational, environmental and animal health to illustrate how such one health approaches can help to improve aquaculture OHS. This report draws on reflections contained in a keynote address to IFISH6 in January 2024.</p>","PeriodicalId":49172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agromedicine","volume":" ","pages":"214-220"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142886301","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":"Health and Safety in U.S. Chesapeake Bay Oyster Aquaculture: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Caitlin A Ceryes, Elizabeth Nussbaumer, Emma E Moynihan, E R H Moore, David C Love, Jacqueline Agnew, Roni Neff, Jillian Fry","doi":"10.1080/1059924X.2025.2462321","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1059924X.2025.2462321","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Aquaculture seafood production exists on every inhabited continent. Small-scale, bivalve shellfish farming is a growing industry on the East Coast of the United States. Aquaculture workers in the US experience high injury and illness rates relative to the average worker, and many small-scale aquaculture operations are exempted from national injury and illness reporting requirements. Given current evidence of occupational safety and health (OSH) risks, planned industry expansion, and limited systematic OSH data collection from small aquaculture farms, it is critical to understand challenges and opportunities to promote worker safety and health on these operations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted in-depth interviews with nine oyster producers in Maryland (<i>n</i> = 8) and Virginia (<i>n</i> = 1) to document their perspectives on occupational safety and health (OSH) issues.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Respondents reported various hazards and safety interventions spanning the hierarchy of controls. Many desired better access to safety training and interventions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study contributes to global efforts to improve safety and health in the fast-growing aquaculture sector. Like other developing aquaculture industries, Chesapeake Bay shellfish aquaculture producers face significant OSH challenges, with limited safety resources and guidance. Governmental industry development support should include funding for robust and industry-inclusive OSH surveillance and interventions, concentrating on the most effective hazard control measures, including elimination, substitution, and engineering controls.</p>","PeriodicalId":49172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agromedicine","volume":" ","pages":"360-375"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11995307/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143494374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of Occupational Hazards and Role of Life-Saving Gadgets Among Small-Scale Motorised Fishers on India's Southernmost Coasts.","authors":"Sabu Mariadason, Preethi Vp, Shinoj Parappurathu","doi":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2449434","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2449434","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Marine fishing ranks among the most hazardous occupations globally, with risks intensifying for small-sized vessels venturing deeper into the sea due to the scarcity of near-shore fish and high market demand. This study identifies various occupational hazards and the use of safety equipment among small-scale motorized fishers using traditional fishing methods in the southernmost coastal regions of India.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The primary data were collected from 253 artisanal small-scale motorized fishers through a multi-stage stratified random sampling method. For this purpose, a structured interview schedule, comprising both closed and open-ended questions was employed. The Relative Importance Index (RII) was utilized to compare fishers' perceived impact across various occupational hazard categories, while the frequency distribution of the adoption of life-saving gadgets across various adoption categories was analyzed based on the adoption rate to assess the usage patterns of available life-saving devices.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings indicate environmental, psychological, and vessel-related hazards have the greatest impact on fishers, with specific hazards including \"cyclones\", \"collisions\", \"capsizing\", \"high currents\", \"lack of visibility\", \"fatigue\", \"stress\", \"anxiety\", and \"insomnia\". Despite awareness of safety measures, the usage of life jackets and life buoys remains low among fishers. Fishers in motorized crafts benefit from modern communication and navigation tools to mitigate sea-related uncertainties (Mobile phone - 84.19%, GPS - 87.75%, VHF radio - 67.98%, AIS - 20.16%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study highlights the urgent need for strict enforcement of safety measures during the registration and renewal processes for fishing vessels. Enhancing safety in this sector necessitates increased safety awareness, comprehensive training, and regular annual inspections.</p>","PeriodicalId":49172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agromedicine","volume":"30 2","pages":"395-406"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143639826","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":"Reports on Work-Related Injury and Diseases in Brazilian Aquaculture from Industry Participants.","authors":"Gabriela Lenz, Cíntia Torres, Felipe de Assis Ribeiro, Alexsandro Vargas de Ávila, Kelly Cristina Tagliari de Brito, Benito Guimarães de Brito, Andréa Ferretto da Rocha, Lissandra Souto Cavalli","doi":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2446248","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1059924X.2024.2446248","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Aquaculture is a significant sector in Brazil, ranking as the second-largest aquaculture producer in the Latin American and Caribbean region. Despite its importance, the industry poses various risks to workers' health and safety. This study investigates the diseases and injuries prevalent in Brazilian aquaculture through a survey of stakeholders. Through an online questionnaire distributed from March 2021 to April 2022, the study collected data on work-related illnesses and injuries in aquaculture. Among the 38 valid responses, the majority of injuries occurred among male workers aged between 21 and 35 years-old. Common injuries included falls, animal-related incidents, cuts, punctures, and electrical shocks. Notably, two fatalities were reported, emphasizing the importance of safety measures in aquaculture operations. The findings underscore the need for preventive measures and worker and farmer awareness initiatives to mitigate risks in aquaculture. Moreover, the study emphasizes the collective responsibility of employers, authorities, government agencies, and workers in ensuring a safe work environment in aquaculture.</p>","PeriodicalId":49172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agromedicine","volume":" ","pages":"407-415"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142923759","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":"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}