Occupational Health Programs

[Guest guest]

Hi . I don’t know if any of the folks from the

NIOSH funded agricultural centers have contacted you, but these centers would

be good resources for you.

For instance, I know the Northeast Center

for Agricultural and Occupational Health has done some very interesting

interventions with blueberry rakes (used to harvest wild blueberries) and apple

buckets. Their efforts have involved broad coalitions of stakeholders from the farmworker

to the grower to the clinician. http://www.nycamh.com/

The Pacific Northwest

Center for Agricultural

Safety and Health has been very involved in bringing about policy and regulatory

changes and assisting with the implementation of these changes. Specifically, the

Cholinesterase Monitoring Program in Washington

State is an excellent

example of an impressive policy change that is and will address the behaviors

of those who influence the work environment. http://depts.washington.edu/pnash/

The National Children’s Center for Rural Agricultural

Health and Safety has an interesting project that targets those who hire adolescent

farmworkers http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/nccrahs/

I am sure there are other examples from within these centers

and from the other NIOSH Ag centers as well as others out there who are doing

good work.

Also, MCN is involved with numerous environmental and

occupational health projects focusing on changing behaviors of clinicians who

serve farmworkes as well as more direct EOH interventions with farmworkers and promotoras. If you are interested

finding out more about MCN’s activities, let me know and I’d be happy

to further discuss our projects and results.

I think the list serve would welcome hearing about what you

find out.

Amy

Amy K. Liebman, MPA

Director of Environmental and Occupational Health

Initiatives

Migrant Clinicians Network

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From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of mashicuna

Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008

4:10 PM

Subject: [ ]

Occupational Health Programs

Hello everyone,

I am looking for literature on the design, development,

implementation, and evaluation of existing farmworker occupational

health programs. Any information, literature, or leads would be

helpful. I am particularly curious about whether any programs have

aimed to change not only at the occupational health and safety

behaviors of farmworkers, but also the behaviors of the people who

influence the work environment (ie: growers, supervisors, crew

leaders, policy makers, etc).

Also, I am looking for any occupational health studies that utilize an

eco-social perspective (from Social Medicine) to analyze the causes of

disproportionate occupational morbidity among farmworkers in the

United States.

Thank you for your help,

Dipboye