Childrens Agricultural Health FYI

[Guest guest]

Journalists sought for childhood agricultural safety and health workshop

" Children and Agriculture: Telling the Story, " is a national series of

workshops for journalists that focus on the complex and sometimes

controversial issues surrounding childhood safety and health in the

agricultural environment. The 2008 workshop is scheduled for June 5-6

in Texarkana, on the Texas-Arkansas border. Ten journalists

representing print and electronic media will be selected from

applicants. No fee will be charged. Stipends will be offered to help

defray travel and lodging expenses. Application deadline is April 30.

The 1 ½-day workshop is a story-generating event that gathers

farm-health researchers, child-safety advocates, medical

professionals, agricultural producers and journalists for field trips

and discussions. Dialogue with expert sources and knowledge gathered

firsthand on field trips will focus on the following topics:

* Leading causes of childhood injuries on farms (tractors, large

animals)

* Farmworker children (labor laws, daycare, takehome pesticides)

Field trips will include the unique Hope Migrant Complex and two

family farms with agritourism operations.

Do you know of a journalist who might be interested?

Contact workshop director

Heiberger (heiberger.scott@...)

National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety,

1-800-662-6900, press 7.

Journalists can contact Heiberger or learn more by going to

www.marshfieldclinic.org/nfmc. On the lefthand side, click " Education

and Training, " and " Journalists' Workshop. "

Previous workshops have been held in Marshfield, Wis.; stown,

N.Y.; Wenatchee, Wash.; and Harrodsburg, Ky. The workshop is a project

of the National Children's Center, which is a program of the National

Farm Medicine Center and Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation in

Marshfield, Wis. Funding is provided by the National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health. The co-host for this year's workshop

is the Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention and

Education located at the University of Texas Health Science Center at

Tyler.

--

L. Freeland, Manager

WESTERN CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL HEALTH & SAFETY

C.H.E. Old Road, South

University of California, 95616

(530) 752-5253/4050

(530) 752-5047 FAX

http://agcenter.ucdavis.edu

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