Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety Close-Out Report – January 2012

Details

• Personal Author:
  Schenker MB
• Description:
  Funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH), the Western Center for Agricultural Health & Safety (WCAHS) is situated on the University of California, Davis campus. The WCAHS is in its 21st year of multidisciplinary efforts to improve health and safety in Western agriculture (California, Arizona, Hawaii and Nevada) under the direction of its Founder and Director, Marc B. Schenker, MD, MPH. The WCAHS is the oldest, and one of nine, NIOSH Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF) Centers across the United States. The overall goal of the WCAHS is to improve the health and safety of farmers, farmworkers and their families and communities, with particular consideration of those issues unique to western agriculture, partnering with diverse stakeholders, conducting innovative multidisciplinary research, providing education that links into established health education networks, and demonstrating effective outreach and translation of all Center activities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Education Family Farmers Forestry Hunting Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Families Farm Workers Fishing Worker Health Worker Safety
• 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:
  Arizona ; California ; Hawaii ; Nevada ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  1-37
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068299
• 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-007550, 2012 Jan; :1-37
• Contact Point Address:
  Marc B. Schenker, MD, MPH, Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, Center for Health and the Environment, Bldg 3792, Room 129, Old Davis Road, Davis, CA 95616
• Email:
  mbschenker@ucdavis.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of California - Davis
• 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:
  urn:sha-512:084fbc44909e736241ae506005a2584fef6f4a479fe071a4dac482a08079657d0519b2659d6dbf3eef4a08da107dc3831909afed1b826a01f0d5e33010c3564d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219209/cdc_219209_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 937.11 KB ]