Prevention of occupational respiratory symptoms among certified safe farm intervention participants

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• Personal Author:
  Donham KJ ; Grafft L ; Kline A ; Lange JL ; Rautiainen RH
• Description:
  Certified Safe Farm (CSF) is a multifaceted intervention including clinical Occupational and wellness screening, education, and on-farm safety audits with set safety standards, and performance incentives. Five years of respiratory health outcomes are reported in 150 CSF intervention farmers and 158 matched controls. Standardized health interviews and occupational histories were analyzed with descriptive statistics to determine prevalence rates. There was a 100% response rate from the standardized telephone interviews, and respectively a 94% and 89 % response rate from the self-administered occupational health history questionnaire for the CSF intervention and the comparison population. The overall rate for occupational respiratory conditions was 17/100 person-years. At baseline there was no difference between the prevalence of respiratory symptoms between the CSF and control groups. However, over the course of the intervention, the CSF farmers increased their use of personal protective respiratory equipment at work, and experienced fewer episodes of acute symptoms of organic dust toxic syndrome (ODTS). The Certified Safe Farm intervention appeared to affect increased use of respiratory protection and decreased symptoms of ODTS. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Dust Education Farmers Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Author Keywords: Agriculture Hazard Health And Safety Health Services Health Surveys Medical Examinations Medical Screening Organic Dusts Pork Questionnaires Respiratory Disease Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory Protective Equipment Safety Practices Standards Swine Worker Health

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; Nebraska ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  40-51
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038575
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2011 Jan; 16(1):40-51
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. Kelley J. Donham, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, 100 Oakdale Campus, 132 IREH, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
• Email:
  kelley-donham@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:486b7c71494c5525e450b0399b19ff1095975deef00d23613e71520aae7594e324ab0d4431524b87f64ba087ea546023d947dbe811a3e37205f7c0be3504c4bf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192229/cdc_192229_DS1.pdf
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