National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety: 2001 Year in Review

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• Corporate Authors:
  Marshfield Clinic
• Description:
  The Year 2001 was immortalized by terrorism that changed our world. Our environment seems more precarious and vulnerable, while each day of life is more treasured and precious. Our nation, communities and colleagues have demonstrated remarkable courage, compassion, generosity and commitment toward securing a safer USA. This is an important era for people working in public health and injury prevention. This past year has also witnessed the persistence of fatal and nonfatal childhood injuries in rural and agricultural settings. News clippings report the unthinkable, such as "parents lose third child to drowning in farm pond" or "tragedy strikes when 4-year-old falls from tractor" or "teen worker suffocates in grain." These events are mirrored by data from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and multiple research studies that reveal the unique factors associated with agricultural disease and injury and their unwitting victims - children who deserve protection and supervision by adults. Each report that reaches our office generates responses among our staff that include investigative curiosity, provocative discussions, challenges to social norms, increased commitment to searching out effective prevention strategies and, occasionally, intense frustration. As long as rural and agricultural injury events persist, our staff will remain dedicated to their ultimate elimination. We are pleased to report highlights of the National Children's Center during 2001, including: The National Adolescent Farmworker Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Committee released its final report.; The 2001 Summit on Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention conducted extensive information gathering, convened an in-person meeting and posted its draft recommendations on the Internet, seeking stakeholder feedback.; We hosted the 2001 Stueland Symposium on ''Examining Rural Environments for the Health and Safety of Children."; The North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks continue to be used by farm families across the US and Canada and are the focus of NIOSH-funded evaluation research; The Children's Safety Network has expanded its expertise on rural youth violence, rural pedestrian motor vehicle safety and Web site capacity.; The consensus-development project, Safe Play Areas on Farms, has been initiated.; A Childhood Agricultural Safety Network of nine major organizations was organized to guide national-level child farm safety initiatives.; We added four new staff members: Rural Communications Specialist, Education Specialist, Agricultural Safety Network Coordinator and Research Specialist.; Staff maintained involvement and leadership roles in national organizations, including the American Public Health Association, the National Institute for Farm Safety and the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. We conclude the year pleased with our accomplishments, including many new collaborative efforts; excited about being fully staffed; committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for children and adolescents who live, visit and work in rural America; and extremely appreciative of your support for our work. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Agriculture Farmers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Adolescents Agricultural Industry Agricultural Safety Children Farm Workers Information Dissemination Injury Prevention Young Workers
• Publisher:
  Marshfield Clinic
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Annual Report
• 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:
  1-12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056964
• Citation:
  Marshfield, WI: Marshfield Clinic, 2002 Jan; :1-12
• Contact Point Address:
  Marshfield Clinic, National Farm Medicine Center, 1000 N Oak Ave, Marshfield, WI 54449-5777
• Email:
  nccrahs@mfldclin.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Performing Organization:
  Marshfield Medical Research & Education Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19970930
• Source Full Name:
  National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety: 2001 year in review
• End Date:
  20040630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:61b81e5b6b35f1a764d1851af6c384953e85fc45181b60785e09fa12f57fdc011fdfc8375b324d610d4088e427e237dda668402d6e2a48e629ac7fab19b9cf02
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214452/cdc_214452_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.40 MB ]