Agricultural health in The Gambia I: agricultural practices and developments

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• Personal Author:
  Culp K ; Donham, Kelley ; Fuortes L ; Jones M ; Kuye R ; Marquez S ; Rautiainen, Risto ; Sanderson, Wayne T.
• Description:
  This manuscript reports results of our study to characterize the historical developments of agricultural practices in The Gambia and related health risks of farm workers. It surveys the various factors that shape production agriculture in the country and examines the degrees to which hand tools, animal traction, motorized traction and manual labour all contribute to the inherent hazards of farm work. The principal objective of this study is to lay the ground work for detailed research of occupational health hazards in Gambian agriculture; and development of policies and programmes to promote the health of Gambian farmers. The authors of this paper assume the belief that one must first understand the industry and its people before effective policies and programmes can be developed. The study concludes by highlighting the need for the integration of epidemiological investigations in the country's agricultural research programme. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Animals Epidemiology Farmers Hazardous Substances Men Occupational Health Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Accidents Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Agricultural Practices Author Keywords: Agriculture Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Farm Labor Hand-tools Health-hazards Health And Safety Humans Injuries Manual-lifting Statistical-analysis The Gambia Traumatic-injuries

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• ISSN:
  1232-1966
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-12
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040605
• Citation:
  Ann Agric Environ Med 2006 Jun; 13(1):1-12
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. Kelley Donham, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Institute for Rural Environmental Health, 100 Oakdale Campus, 134 IREH, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
• Email:
  kelley-donham@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d425e3ebb7bcf3fef637f23b4bfab70da8c9144e1838e8fa08900226ea664c61685acaeeb9f58265c0966c0865d8d080abb134344be7fd44f414c1d3665269f0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193404/cdc_193404_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.53 MB ]