National consultation leads to Agrivita Research to Practice Plan for Canada

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• Personal Author:
  Asselin J ; Dosman JA ; MacLeod MLP
• Description:
  A gap exists between research development and its implementation in agricultural health and safety. In order to fill this gap, the goal of this project was to consult agricultural stakeholders across Canada in order to identify the health and safety priorities in research and knowledge translation, and then to propose an approach to bridge the gap. Between April and August 2007, "A National Stakeholder Consultation on Health and Safety Research and its Effective Translation to the Agricultural Sector" was initiated by the Canadian Centre for Heath and Safety in Agriculture. The experiences and opinions of stakeholders across Canada were gathered through focus groups with over 150 participants in seven Canadian provinces and a survey of 289 individuals across Canada. Stakeholders identified a range of health and safety research priorities. Chemical exposure, stress, and farm safety issues were immediate concerns and issues surrounding labor and trained workers, whereas health problems and environmental issues were long-term concerns. Results identified research and knowledge translation priorities, which provided elements for a proposed program aiming at bridging the gap existing between research development and its translation into practice. A request for a knowledge translation/transfer mechanism, where all agricultural stakeholders from researchers to end users are involved in the process, was identified. Findings from the national consultation were used to develop a business plan entitled "Agrivita Research to Practice Program: A Partnership Plan for Health and Safety and its Effective Transfer to the Agricultural Sector in Canada." The plan provides for a coordinated and integrated approach in Canada, conceptually drawing on the American experience established by The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Environmental Pollution Farmers Hazardous Substances Health Promotion Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Applied Research Author Keywords: Agriculture Environmental-exposure Environmental-factors Environmental-hazards Health Health-hazards Health-programs Injuries Injury-prevention Knowledge Translation Occupational-exposure Risk-analysis Safety Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-practices Safety-programs Statistical-analysis Training Work-analysis Work-environment Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices Worker-health Worker-motivation Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  179-184
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038727
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2009 Apr; 14(2):179-184
• Contact Point Address:
  Johanne Asselin, Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan, 103 Hospital Drive, RUH Box 120, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0W8
• Email:
  johanne.asselin@usask.ca
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Performing Organization:
  Marshfield Clinic
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20090831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:77c5b827fa528dda426464d6dd08295da144f22ccb627340576516b83270c6183df5f7ca2fc11c60ba0e591f6c5f1c8f8c0be283ae5d3c9c2a50e3426ef959d6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192335/cdc_192335_DS1.pdf
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