The projects undertaken by the PNASH Center span a variety of subjects and research disciplines. During project development, we select topics that:
- Address hazards that are the most serious, affect the greatest number of workers, and where that research will make a difference.
- Meet the needs of Northwest employers, workers, and service providers. We have established a process that engage constituencies from agricultural, health, and safety to help us establish research priorities.
PNASH Research Priorities:
National Occupational Research Agenda for Farming, Fishing and Forestry
Occupational Research Agenda for Northwest Farming (pdf)
Occupational Research Agenda for Northwest Forestlands (pdf)
Key:
active
projects
forestry projects
fishing projects
PNASH Reports:
To learn more about project investigators visit our PEOPLE page.
Page Contents:
Chemical Exposure
Risk
Factors for Cholinesterase Depression among Pesticide Handlers
Enhancements to Cholinesterase Monitoring: Oxime Reactivation and OP-ChE Adducts
Pilot: Inhibition of Cholinesterase by Pharmacological and Dietary Agents
Risk Factors for Cholinesterase Depression Among Pesticide Handlers
Introducing a Cholinesterase Test Kit into Clinical Practice
Pesticide Exposure Pathways in Agricultural Communities
Communication of Pesticide Health Risks Health Care Providers for Children of Agricultural Families (2004-2007)
Communication of Pesticide Health Risks Producers, Workers and their Families (2005-2007)
Workplace Determinants of Take-Home Pesticide Exposure
Salivary Biomonitoring for Organophosphorus Pesticide Exposure in Children
Children's Exposure to Lead and Arsenic in Orchard Soils
Pilot: Farm Exposures to Deposited Arsenic and Lead on Vashon Island
Pilot: Human Exposure to OP Pesticides: The Role of Oxidative Stress
Hearing and Noise Exposure
Musculoskeletal and Traumatic Injury
Identification and Prevention of Injuries in Northwest Orchards
Feasibility: Wildland Firefighter Injuries in Idaho and Montana
Neurological Effects
Neurobehavioral Assessment of Pesticide Exposure in Children
Neurological Effects of Organophosphorus Insecticides in Farmworkers
Respiratory
"Pilot:
Characterization of Bioaerosols in Washington Dairy Barns (NIOSH/CDC,
2008)
Feasibility: Assessment of Farmers' Exposure to Smoke from Agricultural Burning
Hazard Evaluations
Pilot: Safety and Health of Immigrant Forest
Workers on the Olympic Peninsula
(NIOSH/CDC, 2007-2009)
Assessment of Job-related Exposures for
Diarrheal Illness in Farmworker Families
Pilot: Agricultural Work and Injuries in Teenagers
A Hazard Evaluation in the Apple Warehouse Industry
Hazard Priority Ranking in Farming, Fishing, and Forestry
Occupational Skin Disorders in Region X Farming, Fishing, and Forestry
Prevention of Agricultural Injuries Resulting from Ladder Falls
Social and Economic Foundations
Sustainable Harvest Project
(Laura Jane Musser Foundation, 2008-2009)
Pilot: Farm Families and the Employment, Training, and Supervision of Children
Agricultural Safety and Health Decision-Making in Farming Families
The Implications of the Jones Act on Health and Safety in the Commercial Fishing Industry
Pilot: Older Farmers: Factors Influencing Their Retirement Decisions
Pilot: Perception of Risk among Female Workers in the Fruit Packing Industry: A Biocultural Approach
Research and Health Care Tools
Optical Assessment of Dermal Exposure and Absorption
Development of a PNASH Evaluation Component in Conjunction with NIOSH Ag Centers
Feasibility: Diagnosis of Mental Illness among Farm Workers with a Range of Literacy
Fluorescent Tracer Evaluation to Reduce Applicator Exposure
Icon-Based Occupational History
Pilot: Methods for Accessing Pesticide/Nitrate Environmental Exposure Databases
A Pilot Application of Cholinesterase Monitoring of Pesticide Applicators in Washington State
Pilot: Validation of an Asthma Questionnaire in Spanish
Community Partnership Research/Interventions
Interventions to Minimize Worker and Family Pesticide Exposures
Idaho Partnership for Hispanic Health
Community Health Interventions with Yakima Ag Workers “El Proyecto Bienestar” (2003-2007)
Educational Interventions
Pilot:
Skills Retention in Commercial Fishing Training (NIOSH/CDC,
2008)
Interventions
to Minimize Worker and Family Pesticide Exposures
Reality Tales: Storytelling to Translate
Agricultural Health and Safety Research
Pilot: Skills Retention in Commercial Fishing Safety Training
An Incentive Intervention Program to Encourage Ergonomic Behavior in Latino Farm Workers
Animal Handling and Safety: Developing a Marker for Program Evaluation
Pilot: Evaluation of the WPS Train-the-Trainer Program
Use of Theater to Introduce Health and Safety Information in Hispanic Communities
Outreach and Professional Education
Nurse Murf/Enferma Elena (NIOSH 2006-2011)
National Tractor Safety Initiative
(NIOSH/CDC, 2005-2008)
Pesticide
Effects: Integration into Health Care Provider Curricula
Introducing a Cholinesterase (ChE) Test Kit into Clinical Practice (NIOSH/CDC 2006-2011)
Agricultural Health and Safety Communication and Education Program
Fluorescent Tracer Component for Hands-on Pesticide Handler Training (2004-2007)
Development of Agricultural Health and Safety Fact Sheet Publications