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and with health professionals. An important study of protective clothing and its
performance resulted in changes in use patterns and reduced exposure of workers
to pesticides and in the design of effective protective clothing. A demonstrated ef-
fective training technique is the fluorescent-tracer technique to identify exposure.
The center used diverse communication methods to reach specific audiences: His-
panic children, parents, and farm workers (page 537 of Appendix 2-10 in NIOSH,
2006a).
Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, and Education
The Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention and Educa-
tion (SW Center, http://swcenter.uthct.edu ) is at the University of Texas Health
Center at Tyler, Texas (UTHCT), and funds projects in three core categories:
research, intervention and prevention, and outreach and education. Project direc-
tors are based in various institutions in the five states served by the SW Center:
Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. In partnership with
clinics, the SW Center tried to build capacity and prevent animal-caused injuries.
It focused on cattle handling among tribal members, as well as the general farm
population. Special populations included farm women, children, and the Navajo.
It also looked at injuries of Vietnamese shrimpers. The diffusion process focused
on social marketing techniques.
Midwest Center for Agricultural Disease and Injury
Research, Education, and Prevention
The Midwest Center for Agricultural Disease and Injury Research, Education,
and Prevention ( (http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/nfmc/projects/) ) is housed in the
National Farm Medicine Center at Marshfield Clinic, in Wisconsin. The center
has conducted research on back pain, fatality risks from livestock manure storage
facilities, safety guidelines for children's agricultural tasks, women's reproductive
health, and agricultural zoonoses and various evaluation studies. It serves a region
that includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. NIOSH
funding for the Midwest Center ended in 2002, and information about the center
was not provided in the evidence package.
Great Lakes Center for Agricultural Safety and Health
The Great Lakes Center for Agricultural Safety and Health ( http://www.
ag.ohio-state.edu/~agsafety/ ) serves Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The center is based at Ohio State Uni-