Nurture: Newsletter of the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety: Fall 2017

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety ; Marshfield Clinic ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  "The National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety strives to enhance the health and safety of all children exposed to hazards associated with agricultural work and rural environments." This issue includes the following articles. 1) In the news: a) CHS grant to support guidelines' completion. CHS Foundation has pledged an additional $25,000 to support completion of the final 30 Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines. All 50 guidelines should be done by spring 2018; b) Mini-grant to fund safety training for aspiring farmers. The National Children's Center federal award continues annual funding for mini-grants that support small-scale projects and pilot studies addressing prevention of childhood agricultural disease and injury. Since 2002, 56 projects have been funded inamounts up to $20,000. One grant was announced for FY 2018. 2) Spheres of influence: Journal of Agromedicine turns old concept into new approach for agricultural safety and health. Who is most influential in the agricultural safety and health behavior of adults and children: Farm owners? Insurers? Lawmakers? Bankers? Physicians? CEOs? The Journal of Agromedicine examines the complex interplay of behavior and change agents in its current issue: "Socio-ecological approaches for improving agricultural safety and health." 3) Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines. The updated and interactive Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines continue to gain traction following their public debut June 26 at the International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health meeting in Logan, Utah. "These guidelines help parents and supervisors determine if a youth is able to safely perform various farm tasks." 4) National FFA Convention to feature safety zone. The National Children's Center is preparing to join safety and health colleagues from across the country Oct. 25-28 at the 90th National FFA Convention in Indianapolis. The Center will promote the new and interactive Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines and a grain safety curriculum developed in conjunction with the Grain Handling Safety Coalition. 5) Farming as medicine. Exposure to dairy farms early in life may dramatically reduce the frequency and severity of respiratory illnesses, allergies and chronic skin rashes among young children according to collaborative research involving the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and the National Farm Medicine Center at Marshfield Clinic Research Institute (MCRI). 6) CASN update Childhood Agricultural Safety Network. Approximately 40 organizations participated in the Childhood Agricultural Safety Network (CASN) annual meeting, held June 25 in Logan Utah, during the International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health conference. The National Children's Center continues to keep CASN members updated by providing child agricultural injury notifications and other news via email. The CASN group continues to grow and diversify, and welcomes new members. 7) AgInjuryNews.org goes international. Originally a repository for U.S. child trauma news reports, then expanded to include all ages, AgInjuryNews.org will soon be entering international articles from Europe, Australia, Canada and Argentina. Plans call for user registration from any country as part of ongoing improvement and redesign of the database.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Adolescent Agriculture Communications Media Computers Education Family Farmers Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Software Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Accident-rates Accident-statistics Adolescents Agricultural-chemicals Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-processes Agricultural-products Agricultural-workers Children Computer-models Families Injuries Injury-prevention Motor-vehicles Photography Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-practices Safety-programs Safety-research Tractors Training Work-environment Work-operations Work-organization Work-performance Work-practices Worker-health

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• Series:
  Nuture
• Publisher:
  Marshfield Clinic
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• 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:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050563
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/50115/cdc_50115_DS1.pdf
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