Nurture: Newsletter of the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety: Summer 2018

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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 (NCCRAHS) 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) "Operating a mower" latest addition to our guidelines - A new resource from the Center can help parents and supervising adults ensure the safety of young people. "Operating a Lawn Mower" is the newest addition to a series of Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines. 2) Protect the future of agriculture: Child injury prevention workshop set for August 14-15, Marshfield, Wisconsin - The workshop is designed for farm organizations, insurance professionals, health care providers, Extension, agribusiness, public health officials and media. 3) New York Times visits Children's Center - New York Times reporter Jack Healy came to the Center to interview director Barbara Lee while reporting on the role of children working in agriculture. His article, "On Family Farms, Little Hands Steer Big Machines," was published January 29, 2018. 4) Children's Center, Progressive Agriculture discuss collaborations - Brian Kuhl, interim CEO of Progressive Agriculture Safety Days, visited Marshfield in April to meet with the Center's farm safety/health scientists and staff. Their first collaboration will be at the 2018 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days, July 10-12, near Marshfield, where the two organizations will partner to offer interactive activities for older children and teens, with prizes available for completing activities. 5) Rural health informatics and ag safety - A new version of AgInjuryNews.org is scheduled for release in June. The site will include more options for searching and filtering, data visualization and customizable email delivery of reports. 6) Pilot project surveys young farmers about mental health - A pilot project has been awarded, "Identifying the sources of stress and prevalence of self-reported symptoms of anxiety and depression among young farmers and ranchers," from the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (CS-CASH). The online survey has been sent to Farm Bureau Young Farmer & Rancher program coordinators in Wisconsin, Kansas, Iowa and North Dakota. 7) Meeting needs of the Plain community - Josie Rudolphi, Ph.D., is serving on a committee that organized and facilitated the recent Plain Community Farm Safety Event in Clark County, Wisconsin. A total, 385 people from the Plain community attended, including youth from eight Mennonite schools. 8) CASN in-person meeting June 25 - The annual Childhood Agricultural Safety Network (CASN) meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 25, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, co-located with the International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health (ISASH) conference. All CASN members are invited, as well as any ISASH members interested in child agricultural injury prevention. 9) NFMC/NCCRAHS Year in Review online - "In their boots" is the theme of the National Farm Medicine Center/National Children's Center 2017 Year in Review, reflecting the Farm Center's approach to research with agricultural populations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• 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:
  21
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051710
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• 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/60193/cdc_60193_DS1.pdf
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