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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 nations 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.
AgConnections:
Agricultural Safety & Health Newsletter
Western
Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (WCAHS) Newsletter
Links to Centers:
Great
Plains Center for Agricultural Health |
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/GPCAH
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Located
at the University of Iowa's Institute for Rural and
Environmental Health in Iowa City, IA, the Great Plains
Center for Agricultural Health is a comprehensive facility
to study and respond to the health and safety issues
associated with the practice of agriculture. Serving
the states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, the
Center is dedicated to one central goal: finding ways
to protect and promote the health and safety of farmers,
farm workers, their families and their neighbors. The
Center conducts multidisciplinary research, develops
and evaluates novel disease and injury prevention models,
trains health professionals, provides technical assistance
and maintains linkages with agricultural health and
safety professionals in the region. |
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The
Great Lakes Center for Agricultural Safety and Health |
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~agsafety/ |
The
goal of the Great Lakes Center for Agricultural Safety
and Health is to promote agricultural safety and health
for farm, forestry and fishery employers, workers, families
and their communities in the Great Lakes region. The
Great Lakes Center serves the states of: Illinois (IL),
Indiana (IN), Kentucky (KY), Michigan (MI), Ohio (OH),
Pennsylvania (PA),
Wisconsin (WI) and West Virginia (WV). The Great Lakes
Center is based at The Ohio State University (OSU).
The Administration team within the Center is a strong
collaborative effort between the College of Food, Agriculture
and Environmental Science (CFAES) and the OSU School
of Public Health in the OSU College of Medicine and
Public Health. The Center currently has the following
agricultural safety and health focus areas: Ergonomics;
Pesticide Exposure and Health Effects Assessment; Acute
Unintentional Injury; Virtual Reality Simulation of
Hazardous Agricultural Jobs and Agricultural Safety
and Health Education and Outreach. |
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High
Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health
and Safety |
http://www.hicahs.colostate.edu
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The
High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health
and Safety (HI-CAHS) is dedicated to the improvement
of the health, safety, and well being of the residents
of Colorado, the High Plains, and the Rocky Mountain
Region. The mission HI-CAHS is to reduce and ideally
eliminate accidents, injuries, diseases and deaths resulting
from agricultural operations through education, intervention
and research. Located on the Colorado State University
campus in Fort Collins, CO, HI-CAHS is a multi-disciplinary
organization with input from a variety of areas including
engineering, industrial hygiene, education, toxicology,
social work, epidemiology, environmental health, and
agricultural sciences. |
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Midwest
Center for Agricultural Disease and Injury Research,
Education, and Prevention |
http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/nfmc/projects |
The
Midwest Center for Agricultural Disease and Injury Research,
Education and Prevention conducts innovative research
to improve the occupational health and safety of agricultural
workers and their families. The center is housed in
the National Farm Medicine Center at Marshfield Clinic,
one of the largest group practices in the nation. The
Midwest Agricultural Center has conducted research on
back pain, fatality risks from livestock manure storage
facilities, safety guidelines for children's agricultural
tasks, women's reproductive health, agricultural zoonoses
and various evaluation studies. It serves a region including
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. |
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Northeast
Center for Agricultural and Occupational Health |
http://www.nycamh.com
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The
Northeast Center for Agricultural and Occupational Health
(NEC) is located at the New York Center for Agricultural
Medicine and Health (NYCAMH) Fly Creek, NY.
NEC serves a thirteen-state region from Maine through
Virginia, promotes farm health and safety research,
education and prevention activities, and partners with
other NIOSH centers, state and federal agencies, land
grant universities, medical centers and farm groups |
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Pacific
Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center |
http://depts.washington.edu/pnash
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The
Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health (PNASH)
Center works closely with employers, workers, health
professionals, and government agencies to identify hazards
and implement solutions that will prevent or reduce
work place injuries and illnesses in Northwest farming,
fishing, and forestry. Most of PNASH's research energies
are in the field, where they explore health concerns
such as injuries, noise and vibration risks, chemical
exposures, skin disease, and respiratory disorders.
PNASH is committed to injury and illness prevention,
which directs their efforts to improve risk communication
and the development of practical interventions. PNASH
operates in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska to
meet with agricultural communities, conduct professional
education and present the findings of their research. |
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Southeast
Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention |
http://www.mc.uky.edu/scahip
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The
mission of the Southeast Center for Agricultural Health
and Injury Prevention is to develop and sustain an innovative
program of research, education and health services to
prevent work-related illness, injury, and to improve
the safety and health of agricultural workers and their
families in the region it serves: Kentucky, Virginia,
Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. |
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Southern
Coastal Agromedicine Center |
http://www.ncagromedicine.org/scac.htm
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The
Southern Coastal Agromedicine Center is located at the
North Carolina Agromedicine Institute and is focused
on agricultural disease and injury research, education
and prevention. The center serves North Carolina, Alabama,
South Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia,
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and addresses agricultural
health and safety concerns arising from regional commonalities:
climate, crop and animal operations, timber and commercial
fishing practices, migrant labor stream and poverty
in rural areas. The NC Agromedicine Institute, based
at East Carolina University, is a collaborative Institute
of East Carolina University, North Carolina Agriculture
and Technical State University, and North Carolina State
University. |
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Southwest
Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention and
Education |
http://swcenter.uthct.edu
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The
Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention
and Education (SW Center) is part of a program initiative
of the National Institution of Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH) to conduct research, intervention, prevention,
education, and outreach projects designed to reduce
occupational injuries and diseases among agricultural
workers and their families. The Southwest Center is
located at the University of Texas Health Center at
Tyler, Texas (UTHCT) and currently funds projects in
three core areas of investigation: Research, Intervention/Prevention,
and Outreach/Education. Project Directors are located
at various institutions within the five states (Arkansas,
Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) served by
the SW Center. |
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Western
Center for Agricultural Health and Safety |
http://agcenter.ucdavis.edu
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The
Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety is
one of nine agricultural health and safety centers established
in the United States by the Centers for Disease Control
for the purpose of protecting and improving the health
and safety of the nation's farmers, farmworkers, and
consumers. The Center is affiliated with the UC Davis
Medical School and the Department of Epidemiology &
Preventive Medicine. |
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