Surveillance for agricultural safety and health.

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• Personal Author:
  Halperin, William E.
• Description:
  A speech was presented at a conference dealing with agricultural safety and health, and specifically discussed the importance of surveillance. Central to the process of disease prevention was public health surveillance. The first step in public health surveillance was the recognition that a problem exists. Tracking the trends of a problem as its incidence increases was a related goal. The second step was defining the scope of a problem. The third was to conduct etiologic research to determine the cause. The fourth step was to design an intervention that will prevent transmission of an infectious agent, exposure to the chemical hazard, or in some way prevent the contact with causative agent. The fifth step involved a trial of the proposed intervention system in an experimental situation where a limited number of important factors are controlled. Sixth, field tests were conducted to determine whether what appeared in the laboratory to be successful is actually going to be successful in real life. Seventh, scarce preventive resources were targeted to maximize their effectiveness. The final step called for an evaluation of the effectiveness of the public health intervention.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Ceramics Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Health Preceptorship Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-worker Epidemiology Industrial-health-programs Mortality-data Mortality-surveys NIOSH-Author Occupational-safety-programs Risk-analysis Surveillance-programs Worker-health
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  67-72
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00214546
• Citation:
  Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural Safety and Health (FarmSafe 2000), April 30-May 3, 1991, Des Moines, Iowa. Myers ML, Herrick RF, Olenchock SA, Myers JR, Parker, John E., Hard DL, Wilson K, eds. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 92-105, 1992 Sep; :67-72
• Editor(s):
  Myers ML ; Herrick RF ; Olenchock SA ; Myers JR ; Parker, John E. ; Hard DL ; Wilson K
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural Safety and Health (FarmSafe 2000), April 30-May 3, 1991, Des Moines, Iowa
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180836/cdc_180836_DS1.pdf
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