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Agricultural Centers

 

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The Centers for Agricultural Disease and Injury Research, Education, and Prevention represent a major NIOSH effort to protect the health and safety of agricultural workers and their families. The NIOSH Agricultural Centers were established as part of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) / NIOSH Agricultural Health and Safety Initiative in 1990. The Centers were established by cooperative agreement to conduct research, education, and prevention projects to address the nation’s pressing agricultural health and safety problems.  Geographically, the Centers are distributed throughout the nation to be responsive to the agricultural health and safety issues unique to the different regions.

Agricultural Center Sites


National Agricultural Tractor Safety Initiative External Link: http://depts.washington.edu/trsafety/

Pacific Northwest, Washington External Link: http://depts.washington.edu/pnash/

Western, California External Link: http://agcenter.ucdavis.edu/

High Plains Intermountain, Colorado External Link: http://www.hicahs.colostate.edu/

Southwest, Texas External Link: http://www.swagcenter.org/

Great Plains, Iowa External Link: http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/gpcah/

National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety
External Link http://marshfieldclinic.org/NCCRAHS/

Southeast, Kentucky External Link: http://www.mc.uky.edu/scahip/

Northeast, New York External Link: http://www.nycamh.com/

Great Lakes, Ohio External Link: http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~agsafety/

Southern Coastal, North Carolina External Link: http://www.ncagromedicine.org/scac.htm

Agricultural Center Program Objectives

  • Develop and conduct research related to the prevention of occupational disease and injury of agricultural workers and their families.

  • Develop and implement model educational outreach, and intervention programs promoting agricultural health and safety for agricultural workers and their families.

  • Develop and evaluate control technologies to prevent illness and injuries among agricultural workers and their families.

  • Develop and implement model programs for the prevention of illness and injury among agricultural workers and their families.

  • Evaluate agricultural injury and disease prevention and educational materials and programs implemented by the Center.

  • Provide consultation and/or training to researchers, health and safety professionals, graduate/professional students, and agricultural extension agents and others in a position to improve the health and safety of agricultural workers.

  • Develop linkages and communication with other governmental and non-governmental bodies involved in agricultural health and safety with special emphasis on communications with other CDC/NIOSH sponsored agricultural health and safety programs.

Newsletters and Reports

Ag Connections

AgConnections - Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, and Education
External link: http://www.swagcenter.org/resourcesnewsletters.asp

Related Topics

Agriculture

Related Resources

Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Research at NIOSH (The National Academies Press)
External link: http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12088

Page last updated: October 6, 2008
Page last reviewed: October 6, 2008
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Division of Respiratory Disease Studies


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