Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health - annual report - 9/30/2014 - 9/29/2015

Details

• Personal Author:
  Anthony, T. Renée
• Description:
  The Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health (GPCAH) at The University of Iowa is a nationally recognized resource with an established record of developing and implementing programs of research, intervention, translation, education, and outreach to prevent occupational injury and illness among agricultural workers and their families. The Center addresses the health and safety needs of agricultural workers in the Midwestern states of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota. These states constitute America's most agriculturally intensive region. The overall goals of the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health are to: 1. Conduct multidisciplinary research targeting national priorities for agricultural health and safety. 2. Develop and evaluate educational, outreach, and intervention programs to prevent disease, injury, and hazardous exposures among agricultural workers. 3. Serve as a national resource for delivery of agricultural health knowledge and expertise to industrial hygienists, epidemiologists, ergonomists, veterinarians, and physicians to enhance the national capacity to meet the agricultural health and safety needs. 4. Provide agricultural health and safety technical assistance and consultation to health and safety professionals, community-based agricultural health organizations, and agricultural producers. 5. Maintain and strengthen linkages with health professionals in academic institutions, state and federal agencies, and international organizations to promote agricultural health and safety efforts. Agricultural workers experience high rates of fatal and nonfatal occupational injury and illness when compared to other employed groups. As the region's most well-established agricultural health and safety resource, GPCAH activities are highly relevant to agricultural workers and their families, health department officials, community organizations, public health scientists, physicians, and researchers committed to protecting the health and safety of all persons engaged in agricultural work. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Education Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Agricultural Centers Agricultural Chemicals Agricultural Machinery Agricultural Processes Agricultural Products Agricultural Safety Agricultural Workers Disease Prevention Diseases Injuries Injury Prevention Occupational Safety Programs Safety Education Safety Programs Safety Research

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• Publisher:
  The University of Iowa
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Annual Report
• 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:
  1-20
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049347
• Citation:
  Iowa City, IA: The University of Iowa, 2015 Sep; :1-20
• Contact Point Address:
  T. Renee Anthony, Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health (GPCAH), Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, 145 North Riverside Drive, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52240
• Email:
  renee-anthony@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa, Iowa City
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health - annual report - 9/30/2014 - 9/29/2015
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203814/cdc_203814_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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