Increasing the number of trained health and safety professionals in agricultural medicine: evaluation of the "Building Capacity" program, 2007-2013

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• Personal Author:
  Donham KJ ; Rudolphi JM
• Description:
  The University of Iowa began training health care professionals to care for farmers' occupational health needs since 1974. In order to geographically expand this training to practicing health and safety professionals, the "Building Capacity: A National Resource of Agricultural Medicine Professionals" program was developed and launched in 2006. The model began in 1987 as a program of Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health. In 2006, with funding from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health (GPCAH), the program was expanded beyond the Iowa borders. The principal component of the program, the 40-hour course, Agricultural Medicine: Occupational and Environmental Health for Rural Health Professionals-the Core Course (AMCC) is now being offered to health and safety professionals in nine states in the United States, in Australia, and a modified version presented in Turkey. An initial paper evaluated the first phase of the program, years 2007-2010. This paper compares the first phase (2007-2010) with the second phase (2011-2013), which has involved over 500 health and safety professionals. This paper also describes evaluation of the course and changes resulting from the evaluation. Finally, this paper describes best practices for operating this program and makes recommendations for future courses, as well as other trainings within the field. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Delivery Of Health Care Farmers Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Agriculture Health Health-care-personnel Health-programs Medical-care Medical-services Medicine Occupational Safety Safety-programs Training

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• 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:
  21-30
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045646
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2015 Jan; 20(1):21-30
• Contact Point Address:
  Josie M. Rudolphi, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, 100 CPHB, S312, Iowa City, IA 52242
• Email:
  Josie-rudolphi@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa, Iowa City
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:61481dbeb76093ceff31bb5bcff6df7336cad31e46292b7bb30fce9a528dea80d2e99ba365ad1598d7eb359f62aea3e83893816b071f691f22ddd04a9c5dab0d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200992/cdc_200992_DS1.pdf
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