What is the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety Doing?

 
• FOCUSING ITS ATTENTION ON AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AND SAFETY. The UC Davis Center brings together multidisciplinary experts from the Schools of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, and Agriculture and Environmental Sciences to focus attention and research on the problems of health and safety in Western agriculture. These efforts help leverage increased resources and much-needed attention of state and national agencies to improve the health and safety of western farmers and farmworkers.
  
  
• DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE OUTREACH PROGRAMS. Innovative and effective outreach programs of the Center have been developed and implemented to improve health among pesticide applicators, farmers, children and other farm family members, and farm workers.
  
  
• DESIGNING SAFER EQUIPMENT AND WORK PRACTICES. Agricultural engineering programs supported by the Center are designing safer and more ergonomic farm equipment to reduce traumatic and cumulative trauma injuries.
  
  
• IDENTIFYING RISK FACTORS. Researchers in the School of Medicine are identifiying risk factors for acute and chronic illnesses due to toxic exposures so that effective prevention efforts can be targeted to those individuals at highest risk.
  
  
• CREATING BETTER COMMUNICATION. The UC Davis Center is a forum for agricultural health and safety communication. The Center continues to develop innovative and effective means of communication including electronic media, newsletters, conferences, focused talks and courses, as well as investigator meetings, advisory panels and interactions among the agricultural community. Please feel free to browse our home page for more information on the latest developments in agricultural health and safety.