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Six UC Davis research projects that focus on reducing illnesses and injuries in agriculture are featured in the Journal for Agricultural Safety and Health.
The projects, conducted by researchers affiliated with UC Davis' Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, reflect the "r2p" emphasis of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: translate research into practice. The national institute sponsors the campus center. The articles appear in the journal's Vol. 14, No. 2, published in July.
"Lessons learned from moving research findings into practical application in agriculture need to be understood, shared and expanded," said Marc Schenker, director of the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, and a public health physician. "This special issue of the Journal of Agricultural Health and Safety adds to our collective knowledge in this area, and provides a valuable basis for expanding and transferring this knowledge."
Schenker noted that agricultural work involves large and diverse populations, with wide ranges in income, education, age and experience. Agricultural health and safety efforts need to address this diversity, he said.
Issues addressed by the six research articles include:
- providing teenage agricultural workers with health and safety information;
- agricultural dust and pulmonary health;
- concentrated animal-feeding operations;
- stooped labor and back disorders;
- community participation in health and safety research; and
- a health survey of California agricultural workers.
The Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, is a subscriber-only publication. Journalists can obtain copies of specific articles by contacting the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety at agcenter@ucdavis.edu or (530) 752-4050.
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