Female farmworkers' perceptions of heat-related illness and pregnancy health.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Forestry services is a hazardous industry with high job-related injury, illness, and fatality rates. The Northwest workforce is largely Spanish-speaking, Latino, and immigrant, working in poor conditions with insufficient attention paid to safety and health. Institutional racism fundamentally shapes the stru...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Wilmsen C,Castro AB,Bush D,Harrington MJ

更新日期：2019-04-01 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

authors： van Doorn D,Richardson N,Osborne A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The topic of food safety in the U.S. frequently is the lead story in the news media and continues to be an important issue for biological scientists of all disciplines. The emotional and sensational aspects of food safety often cloud the facts as reported by journalists. Because we increasingly depend on foreign count...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Rushing JW

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data have shown that agriculture, forestry, and fishing as an occupational group have the third highest rate of work-related roadway crashes. Agriculture-related crashes have been explored in the Midwest and South; however, we know little about agricultur...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Scott E,Hirabayashi L,Jones N,Krupa N,Jenkins P

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data were compiled and analyzed on the estimated frequency and characteristics of deaths related to on-farm manure storage and handling facilities for the period of 1975 through 2004. Sources included published government reports, national and local media, on-line searches, published farm fatality reports, and prior l...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Beaver RL,Field WE

更新日期：2007-01-01 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

authors： Rennie DC,Lawson JA,Karunanayake CP,Pahwa P,Chen Y,Chu L,Dosman JA,Saskatchewan Rural Health Study Group.

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To obtain sustained injury surveillance data for youth on farms, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health developed the Childhood Agricultural Injury Survey (CAIS) in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The first CAIS collected data for youth less than 20 years in 1998 through a reg...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Hendricks KJ,Layne LA,Goldcamp EM,Myers JR

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study assesses nonintentional injury deaths of older farmers and the causal agents associated with these fatalities in Australia (2001-2015). It also explores approaches based on the hierarchy of risk controls to reduce fatalities and injuries in this cohort. METHODS:Data on farm-related incidents were...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Monaghan N,Lower T,Rolfe M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine the feasibility of field-based biomonitoring of heat-related illness (HRI) phenomena in Florida farmworkers. The authors determined feasibility through participant interviews regarding acceptability, data capture, recruitment and retention, and observed barriers an...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Mac VV,Tovar-Aguilar JA,Flocks J,Economos E,Hertzberg VS,McCauley LA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a medical student completing a required rural community medicine clerkship, I discovered my home community's concern for mental health of farmers. A local economic downturn affects everyone, but especially the farmers. One farmer had recently committed suicide. Leaning heavily on work presented at a Nebraska summit...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Tabereaux PB,Wheat JR

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACT The University of Iowa began training health care professionals to care for farmers' occupational health needs since 1974. In order to geographically expand this training to practicing health and safety professionals, the "Building Capacity: A National Resource of Agricultural Medicine Professionals" program ...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Rudolphi JM,Donham KJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immigrant and migrant youth who live and work in agricultural settings experience unique agricultural safety and health issues. Mobility, poverty, cultural differences, immigration status, language, education, housing, food security, regulatory standards and enforcement, and access to childcare and health care influen...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： McLaurin JA,Liebman AK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are approximately 4.2 million tractors on farms and ranches across the United States. The average age of tractors is over 25 years and some of the oldest models are the most popular. Older tractors are less safe than newer tractors, and many older tractors are operated by individuals with increased risk of being...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Murphy DJ,Myers J,McKenzie EA Jr,Cavaletto R,May J,Sorensen J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

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 h...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Stromquist AM,Merchant JA,Zwerling C,Burmeister LF,Sanderson WT,Kelly KM

更新日期：2009-01-01 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

authors： Pahwa P,Nakagawa K,Koehncke N,McDuffie HH

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skid steers or loaders are becoming prolific in U.S. agriculture - as are the injuries and fatalities related to their use. A review of incidents as queried in AgInjuryNews from 2016 to 2017 revealed an overrepresentation of youth being involved in these tragic incidents. This raises concerns over parental attitudes a...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Weichelt B,Bendixsen C

更新日期：2018-01-01 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

authors： Kongtip P,Nankongnab N,Phupancharoensuk R,Palarach C,Sujirarat D,Sangprasert S,Sermsuk M,Sawattrakool N,Woskie SR

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Agricultural employment is one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States. Workers' compensation coverage requirements for agricultural work vary from state to state, and experience modifier rates (E-mods) affecting insurance premiums sometimes vary drastically across state lines and according ...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Weichelt B,Pena AA,Joyce J,Keifer M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) is endemic in central Tunisia and is more prevalent in rural agricultural areas. The aim of this work was to determine ZCL prevalence among farmers and to test their availability to take ownership of the problem and participate actively to fight and address the disease. ...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Bellali H,Chemak F,Nouiri I,Ben Mansour D,Ghrab J,Chahed MK

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Farming within the Anabaptist (within this article defined as various religious groups that do not believe in infant baptism; Amish, Hutterites, Mennonites, and Brethren are included within the definition and usually practice selective use of technology) population creates a unique situation with regards to teaching f...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Burgus S,Rademaker A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly 750,000 youth work on farms across the United States. The U.S. Department of Labor's (U.S. DOL) Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Hazardous Occupations Orders for Agriculture (HOOA) applies to approximately 37% of these youth. The HOOA regulations had not been updated since their inception in the late 1960s and t...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Murphy DJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to inform efforts to reduce risk for musculoskeletal disorders among commercial lobstermen by characterizing and quantifying injuries that occur to people while harvesting lobsters commercially in the Northeast United States. This study aimed to estimate a denominator of exposure to lob...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Fulmer S,Buchholz B,Jenkins P,Scribani M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychosocial work environment for employed dairy and pig farmworkers in southern Sweden and to identify potential risk factors related to the psychosocial work environment for the development of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Thirty-seven workers on 10 dairy farms an...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Kolstrup C,Lundqvist P,Pinzke S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this project was to protect children while parents work in agriculture by improving off-farm services for children of migrant and seasonal farm workers. Large agricultural enterprises have policies forbidding children in the worksite. At the same time, their employees, who are trying to generate income, se...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Lee BC,Salzwedel MA,Chyou PH,Liebman AK

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the combined burden of heat and air quality exposure in Washington State agriculture by (1) characterizing the spatiotemporal pattern of heat and PM2.5 exposures during wildfire seasons; (2) describing the potential impact of these combined exposures on agricultural worker populations; and (3) id...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Austin E,Kasner E,Seto E,Spector J

更新日期：2020-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Hantaviruses are established causative agents of hemorrhagic fevers and renal diseases amongst other clinical manifestations in humans, with most diagnosis based on serological assays. The disease, which is rodent-borne, has been reported in numerous countries worldwide but information about the disease is scanty in t...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Adesiyun A,Dookeran S,Stewart-Johnson A,Rahaman S,Bissessar S,Thompson N

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this community-based study was to test effectiveness of a peer-education safety education program that included student-produced videos and photovoice, nested in a 7-week summer Migrant Education Program. The second aim was to evaluate psychometrics of an adapted safety survey from Westaby and Lee used ...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Kilanowski JF

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Safety pictograms are important graphic elements that are useful for rapidly conveying messages in workplaces. The purpose of this study was to investigate the comprehension of safety pictograms affixed to agricultural machinery among a group of Pakistani migrant farmworkers employed in Italy. Methods: Int...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Vigoroso L,Caffaro F,Micheletti Cremasco M,Bagagiolo G,Cavallo E

更新日期：2020-07-01 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

authors： Geng Q,Field WE,Salomon E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary patterns are closely linked to healthy child development, which in turn is a powerful determinant of lifelong health and well-being. As many early years children spend a large part of their day in childcare centers, educators can have a large influence on their healthy eating behaviors. In Saskatchewan, a numb...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Froehlich Chow A,Leis A,Humbert ML,Engler-Stringer R,Muhajarine N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00