Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, & Education

Details

• Personal Author:
  Levin, Jeffrey L.
• Description:
  Innovative Approaches to Address Workers in Special Agricultural Populations was selected as the unifying theme for the scope of work proposed and awarded. The leadership team for the SW Ag Center (Center) including internal and external advisors, brought broad multi-disciplinary perspective to the Center's work resulting in strategic relationships with forestry/logging, dairy, poultry, and commercial fishing industry leaders in the region. Board members, PIs and staff participated in five in-person meetings and two virtual meetings over the past five years. In addition, the Center convened ad hoc committees and regional advisory groups for logging/ forestry, livestock handling safety, and tractor and machinery safety to identify needs as well as conduct projects, products and workshops to address those needs. Center-wide collaboration resulted in a strategic plan, produced in the format of the NORA AFF strategic plan, reflecting regional issues and priorities in support of the national agenda. The Center collaborated with other NIOSH Ag Centers to sponsor New Paths: Health and Safety in Western Agriculture Conference (P-NASH & Western), expand an on-line reference manual for health center clinicians (NYCAHM), coordinate an agricultural occupational medicine residency training (Great Plains), conduct the National Tractor Safety Initiative (HI-CAHS and SE Center), implement regional data collection for the 4-H Safety CD (HI-CAHS), and contribute to the Agriculture Centers Evaluation project (HI-CAHS). The SW Ag Center awarded fourteen feasibility/pilot studies during the funding cycle. They addressed diverse agricultural workers, including immigrant migrant farmworkers, older farmers and ranchers, poultry workers, tractor operators, crawfish farmers, dairy workers, Vietnamese shrimp fishermen, and agricultural aviators. Topics addressed include pesticide exposures, producer disability, bioaerosols, tractor safety, animal handling, ergonomics, aquaculture, agroterrorism, and social networking. By design, Occupational Medicine residents led three studies to provide research experience to understand work risks among agricultural populations. Others were submitted in response to general announcements or specific stakeholder requests. Three feasibility studies provided preliminary data for successful R01 proposals; One study led a NIOSH funded K01 award; Three manuscripts were accepted for publication by peer reviewed journals; Three Master's theses were produced and successfully defended; At least five abstracts were accepted for presentation at professional conferences; Two posters abstracts were accepted for presentation at professional conferences, one received "Best Student Poster" designation; One bilingual training DVD was created and widely disseminated. Outreach activities were conducted through partnerships in each state in the region and targeted women, youth, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, and health/advocacy organizations. Thousands of AFF workers received safety and health information through over 50 Center produced presentations, educational posters and exhibits. Intensive workshops were coordinated for youth tractor safety certification (n=160), pesticide safety (n=130 promotores =), livestock safety (n=35), and effective methods for reporting children's agricultural injuries (n=12 journalists). Over 6000 Center-produced educational products were disseminated throughout the region and nationally. In addition, quarterly Cultivation newsletters and Monthly Safety Blasts (starting May 2009) were routinely distributed electronically to about 1000 partners. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Centers Agricultural Workers Farm Workers Information Dissemination Injury Prevention Risk Management Surveillance Programs
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Final Cooperative Agreement Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-132
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057281
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U50-OH-007541, 2012 Sep; :1-132
• Contact Point Address:
  Jeffrey L. Levin, MD, MSPH, Center Director, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Department of Occupational Health Sciences, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, Texas 75708-3154
• Email:
  Jeffrey.levin@uthct.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Health Center at Tyler
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• 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/218929/cdc_218929_DS1.pdf
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