Agriculture Reference
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Furthermore, we cannot determine whether the results of the report on children
in agriculture were used as the basis of intervention programs.
The CAIS database on youth farm injuries contains data from surveys con-
ducted in 1998, 2001, and 2004. Only basic information with regard to traumatic
injuries is available. Children are particularly vulnerable to risks and hazards when
performing complex agricultural tasks, considering their age, sociological and de-
velopmental status, and body size. These types of sociological and psychological
factors, among others, are rarely considered and would be important to understand.
Thus a more integrated and interdisciplinary approach is needed when dealing
with children in agriculture.
Migrants
The National Agricultural Workers Survey Occupational Health supplement
is currently under review. The document summarizes results of the survey, will be
shared with researchers and the ten Centers for Agricultural Disease and Injury
Research, Education, and Prevention, and will be available on NIOSH and DOL
Web sites. The National Center for Farmworker Health will assist in the dissemina-
tion of survey results by sharing data with migrant worker health clinics, HRSA,
the DOL, Migrant Health Promotion, the National Institutes of Health, and other
organizations. The document may be essential for disseminating the results of the
survey, but the survey was conducted in 1999, and the information will be dated
when it is published. No specific date for the completion of the document and
dissemination of the results was provided.
Educational materials for migrants and minority groups have been included in
the National Agriculture Safety Database (NASD) for the agriculture community
and for adaptation by agricultural safety specialists. The NASD contains many
cataloged educational materials and resources in English and Spanish from differ-
ent sources. Particularly highlighted is the inclusion in the database of a bilingual
NIOSH document: Simple Solutions: Ergonomics for Farm Workers . The accessibility
of this document for workers was not addressed, as many agricultural workers do
not read English or Spanish. Use of the standard approaches to dissemination of
information for agricultural workers is evident throughout the AFF Program and
neglects social and cultural differences in terms of preferred modes of communica-
tion, as well as literacy and language barriers.
Logging
Outputs related to logging include peer-reviewed publications, conferences,
testimony, government publications, and NIOSH Web sites. Three workshops
with proceedings were held between 1993 and 1997 to address helicopter logging
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