Leadership and Funding: Changes Ahead for Agricultural Safety and Health

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• Personal Author:
  Lee BC ; Murphy DJ
• Description:
  For the last several decades, financial support for agricultural safety and health programs and professionals has primarily been covered by public dollars through federal and state government grant programs and appropriations. This federal and state funding provided a tremendous boost to farm safety and health professionals and program efforts for 30+ years and has provided the foundation and structure for current agricultural safety and health efforts and activities. However, there is reason to question long-term sustainability of a sufficient level of federal and state dollars for agricultural safety and health. Public funding for agricultural safety and health has never quite kept up to inflation, but even more ominous is that the entire agricultural safety and health program has been proposed for elimination each year by the White House budget beginning with the fiscal year 2012. It seems prudent, perhaps even imperative, for the agricultural safety and health community to find alternative support mechanisms. We suggest that now is a great time for agricultural businesses, services, and organizations to step up their financial support. Fortunately, several positive examples have recently surfaced within the agricultural community. As the agricultural industry continues to be a dominant enterprise in the United States, the integration of significant funding and the role of leadership from within the industry must continue to expand. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Economics Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Centers Agricultural Industry Agricultural Safety Author Keywords: Agriculture Community Based Costs Funding Leadership Occupational Safety And Health Occupational Safety Programs Partnership Professional Workers Safety Safety Research Services

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3-6
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055131
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2018 Jan; 23(1):3-6
• Contact Point Address:
  Dennis Murphy, Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, College of Agricultural Sciences, 221 Agricultural Engineering Building, University Park, PA 16802
• Email:
  djm13@psu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20250929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4584c17fa60caa5f7b5956f2cd481292182f75e65fd1ab74445d36ecd58766e6f72c2f1332a8057772ea4224bd225497a23b665d5821f45ee80fcca2e6aaf64b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217497/cdc_217497_DS1.pdf
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