Nurture: Newsletter of the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety: Summer 2019

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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) "In the News" - 2020 vision for child ag injury prevention - The National Children's Center and its strategic partnerships are seen as the primary drivers that will facilitate future work on childhood agricultural injury prevention in this country, according to the "2020 Vision" report. AgInjuryNews.org is the newest addition to a series of Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines. 2) Delivering childcare in agricultural communities Children's Center outputs include just-published 'Road Map' - The National Children's Center and Migrant Clinicians Network developed the,"Road Map for Delivering Child Care in Agricultural Communities," with input from agricultural business owners, human resources directors, insurance providers, child care specialists and farm worker parents. The Road Map will help individuals and organizations identify challenges and assets within their local regions. 3) Dr. Marlenga announces retirement - Barbara Marlenga, Ph.D., deputy director of the National Children's Center since 1997, has announced her retirement effective May 15. Dr. Marlenga's research and scientific rigor made her a leader in childhood agricultural injury prevention. 4) Mini-grant trains aspiring farmers on child safety - A 2018 mini-grant from the National Children's Center enabled a non-profit organization based in California's Salinas Valley to weave child agricultural safety into its education and development program for aspiring farmers. Since 2001, the Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) has worked with primarily immigrant farm laborers on its 100 acres of certified organic farmland. Three workshops on children's agricultural safety. 5) AG INJURY NEWS: New online database puts sharper focus on U.S. ag injuries - A newly updated online tool is providing a clearer picture of injury in agriculture. AgInjuryNews.org enables users to search the largest database of publicly available U.S. agricultural injury and fatality reports, getting a near real-time snapshot of the distribution and nature of trauma incidents, both nationally and locally. 6) Farm Medicine announces new director; Dr. Lee to focus on Children's Center - Casper "Cap" Bendixsen, Ph.D., a research scientist specializing in social-cultural anthropology, has been named director of the National Farm Medicine Center. Bendixsen follows in the footsteps of Barbara Lee, Ph.D., who will continue her research program as the Dean Emanuel Endowed Chair, and as director of the National Children's Center.
• 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
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056326
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• 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
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• Download URL:
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