Farmers' concerns: a qualitative assessment to plan rural medical education

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• Personal Author:
  Anderson BT ; Downey LH ; Johnson GJ ; Wheat JR ; Wiggins OS ; Wofford AS
• Description:
  CONTEXT: Limited research suggests that translational approaches are needed to decrease the distance, physical and cultural, between farmers and health care. PURPOSE: This study seeks to identify special concerns of farmers in Alabama and explore the need for a medical education program tailored to prepare physicians to address those concerns. METHODS: We conducted 2 focus groups with 20 farmers from diverse communities, backgrounds, and farming operations. The sessions were audio-recorded, transcribed, coded, and analyzed for determined patterns. FINDINGS: The following categories were developed as areas of importance to farmers: the need for physicians to understand the culture of farming, occupational exposures in farming, and recommendations for improving the health of farmers. CONCLUSION: Findings suggest that to adequately serve farmers, medical students interested in entering practice in rural areas should have or develop a relevant and adequate understanding of farming practices. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Education Farmers Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Promotion Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Agricultural Medicine Employee-exposure Employee-health Farmers' Health Care Health-care Health-programs Health-services Medical-sciences Medical Education Participatory Research Rural Health Sociological-factors Teaching Training Work-environment

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• ISSN:
  0890-765X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; Mississippi ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  115-121
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041237
• Citation:
  J Rural Health 2012 Spring; 28(2):115-121
• Contact Point Address:
  John R. Wheat, MD, The University of Alabama, Department of Community and Rural Medicine, Box 870327, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0327
• Email:
  jwheat@cchs.ua.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  The Journal of Rural Health
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b222d4487bc178dc8e9ced8dfb71127230bc0dd18b5d6c1d88d7c6b70f5058e903964d079e45e80bdecc4c69a76713ad6a5c22ed7ffaf4d14d203bd4b18ac542
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193842/cdc_193842_DS1.pdf
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