Abstract:
:The Keokuk County Rural Health Study (KCRHS) is a population-based, prospective study of health status and environmental exposures of a large stratified random sample of residents in one rural Iowa county. The study focuses on injury and respiratory disease and monitors health care delivery, geriatric health, mental health, and other health outcomes, as well as behavioral risk factors for disease and injury. Injury and disease prevalence is investigated in relation to occupational, agricultural, and other environmental exposures. The KCRHS enrolled 1004 families in Round 1 (1994 to 1998) and 1002 families in Round 2 (1999 to 2004). Participants range in age from newborn to 98 years of age and are about equally divided between males and females. The families live in farm, rural nonfarm, and town households, representing men, women, and children, the elderly, farmers, and nonfarmers. The KCRHS is currently in Round 3 (2006-2011). Although the sample is stratified by residence type, the entire county is, by definition, rural, because the largest town has fewer than 2500 residents. Using the Keokuk County Rural Health Study as an example, this paper describes the methodological challenges faced in conducting a large rural prospective population-based cohort study. Some of these challenges are inherent in any large cohort study; others are unique to rural cohort studies. Topics considered include planning the study, developing the protocol, sampling, recruiting and tracking subjects, data collection and management, sustaining funding, relating to the community, and sharing data.
journal_name
J Agromedicinejournal_title
Journal of agromedicineauthors
Stromquist AM,Merchant JA,Zwerling C,Burmeister LF,Sanderson WT,Kelly KMdoi
10.1080/10599240902897535subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-01-01 00:00:00pages
142-9issue
2eissn
1059-924Xissn
1545-0813pii
911114171journal_volume
14pub_type
杂志文章abstract:BACKGROUND:Economic stresses are a frequently cited reason for children doing farm work. OBJECTIVE:To explore the relationship between economic indicators and child agricultural work hours between January 2001 and October 2003. METHODS:This ecologic study design compares trends in aggregate child work hours with nati...
journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1300/J096v10n02_06
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Development of the Practical Solutions for Pesticide Safety guide used participatory research strategies to identify and evaluate solutions that reduce pesticide exposures for workers and their families and to disseminate these solutions. Project principles were (1) workplace chemicals belong in the workplace, and (2)...
journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
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更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2019.1567425
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2016.1211053
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:This longitudinal study measured the glyphosate and paraquat concentrations found in maternal and umbilical cord serum in 82 pregnant women who gave birth in three provinces of Thailand. METHODS:Through questionnaires and biological samples collected at childbirth, factors such as personal characteristics, ...
journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2017.1319315
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Despite international findings that farmers have better health outcomes than other occupation groups, Irish farmers are found to be a high-risk group for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Early detection of CVD through preventive health measurements, such as screening of high-risk groups, can contribute to a red...
journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2017.1318728
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10599240903260451
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2017.1318725
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2013.826607
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2017.1353469
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Longitudinal declines in pulmonary function are associated with individuals experiencing occupational exposure to organic dusts in combination with lifestyle factors such as cigarette smoking and with genetic factors, and interactions between these factors. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between ...
journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10599240902888518
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Associations between farming exposures and atopy can vary by timing of exposure and sex. We examined associations between adult atopy, sex, and farm living in a rural Canadian population. In 2010, we conducted a baseline survey of 11,982 households located in four agricultural regions of Saskatchewan, Canada. Of the 7...
journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2015.1042612
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Working with beef cattle in an open area or while on pasture has been shown to expose workers to a high risk of work-related injury. Prior research on this problem has been conducted using mail surveys, interviews, self-reporting of work practices and injury experiences, and summaries of published injury data, includi...
journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2015.1009664
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2018.1541036
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1300/J096v11n02_06
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2019.1593274
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2013.766145
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10599240802397875
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Limited research has characterized nonfatal injury/illness in Alaska's hazardous fishing industry. This study aimed to determine (a) the utility of linking datasets to conduct surveillance, and (b) injury/illness patterns during 2012-2016. Data were obtained from the Alaska Trauma Registry (ATR), Fishermen's Fund (FF)...
journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2020.1845893
更新日期:2020-11-04 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2012.713837
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2016.1211573
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2013.866917
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2014.894484
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Certified Safe Farm (CSF) is a multimodal safety and health program developed and assessed through multiple controlled intervention studies in Iowa. Although developed with the intent to be broadly applicable to agriculture, CSF has not been widely implemented outside the midwestern United States. This article describ...
journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2016.1180273
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Beekeepers are at particular risk of developing work-related musculoskeletal disorders, but many of the studies lack detailed exposure assessment. To evaluate the biomechanical overload exposure in a specific farming activity, a multitasking model has been developed through the characterization of 37 basic operational...
journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2016.1141132
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2015.1010068
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10599240801986165
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2016.1143431
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10599240801986157
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of agromedicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/1059924X.2018.1470049
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00