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Demeter – a Risk Mitigation Tool for Agriculture Workers J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Joshua Martin, Tyler Seward, Dino Mintas, Russell Wanke
The agriculture industry lacks novel techniques for analyzing risks facing its workers. Although injuries are common in this field, existing datasets and tools are insufficient for risk assessment ...
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Retrospective Risk Assessment of Injuries and Fatalities in the Forestry and Logging Workforce in the United States, 2003-2019 J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Heidi Knecht, Jo Anne G Balanay, Ricky Langley, Robin Tutor Marcom, Stephanie L. Richards
The objectives of this study on the forestry and logging workforce are to: 1) Analyze causes of injuries/fatalities to inform future intervention studies focused on risk mitigation, 2) determine wh...
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Counting Farm Injuries and Fatalities: An Assessment of Irish Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance Data Systems J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Mohammad Mohammadrezaei, David Meredith, John McNamara
Generation of reliable data underpins the effectiveness of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) surveillance systems. Despite the importance of understanding OHS data systems, there are few papers ...
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Journal of Agromedicine Special Issue on Surveillance J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 Erika Scott, Bryan P. Weichelt, Jennifer Lincoln
Published in Journal of Agromedicine (Vol. 29, No. 2, 2024)
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Salivary Cotinine Levels of Hired Latino Youth Tobacco Workers in North Carolina J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Taylor J. Arnold, Sara A. Quandt, Thomas A. Arcury, Jennifer W. Talton, Joanne C. Sandberg, Stephanie S. Daniel
Limited research has examined the health implications for youth working in United States tobacco production. Agricultural labor is hazardous, yet youth are legally permitted to be hired as farmwork...
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Child Farm Injuries are Never “Accidents” J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Barbara C. Lee
Published in Journal of Agromedicine (Vol. 29, No. 2, 2024)
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Global Patterns of Agricultural Machine and Equipment Injuries- A Systematic Literature Review J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Mian Muhammad Sajid Raza, Sihan Li, Salah F. Issa
Agriculture is the one of the hazardous industries in the world. Though there is significant investment in agricultural safety, machine injuries continue to be the leading cause of agriculture inju...
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Using State Agency Reports to Augment Ohio’s Agricultural Injury Surveillance Efforts J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 S. Dee Jepsen, Andrea Costin, Jed Bookman, Gail Kaye
Agriculture is a hazardous industry with undocumented injury events. Credible surveillance measures are critical for this industry, especially to guide injury prevention programs with targeted reco...
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Mixed-Methods Assessment of Farmworkers’ Perceptions of Workplace Compliance with Worker Protection Standards and Implications for Risk Perceptions and Protective Behaviors J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Carly Hyland, Lisa Meierotto, Rebecca L. Som Castellano, Cynthia L. Curl
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Worker Protection Standards is the primary set of legislation aimed at protecting farmworkers from occupational pesticide exposure in the United States. ...
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Promoting Farmer Appreciation in Kentucky through a Farmer Cultural Awareness Project J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 M. Susan Jones, Ann K. Ferrell, Catherine Malin, Dawn Garett-Wright, Ginny Willoughby
To address the perception among farmers of lack of appreciation and being devalued by the non-farming public.Oral history interviews were conducted to gather farmers’ viewpoints of what the non-fa...
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Outbreak of anthrax in livestock with human occupational exposures – Minnesota, 2023 J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Kelly Elizabeth Schenk, K. Cornille, J. Cater, A. R. Vieira, S. Holzbauer, M. Bye, J. Scheftel
In July 2023, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) was notified of possible occupational exposures to anthrax during an outbreak in animals. In consultation with the Centers for Disease Control...
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Agricultural Injury Surveillance in the United States and Canada: A Systematic Literature Review J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Sihan Li, Mian Muhammad Sajid Raza, Salah Issa
Agricultural injuries remain a major concern in North America, with a fatal injury rate of 19.5 deaths per 100,000 workers in the United States. Numerous research efforts have sought to compile and...
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Male Farm and Agricultural Worker Suicides in Kansas, 2016-2020 J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Sophia Ringering, Lauren Gracy, Danielle Sass
There is limited research on the factors that contribute to suicides among farm and agriculture workers. The purpose of this analysis was to examine the socio-demographic characteristics and circum...
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Tractors, Trees, and Rollover Protective Structures: A Cause for Concern J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Julie A. Sorensen, Pamela J. Milkovich, Farzaneh Khorsandi, Serap Gorucu, Bryan P. Weichelt, Erika Scott, Andrew Johnson
Injury and fatality events that are caused by tree work and tractor-related activities contribute to the already elevated rates of work-related injuries in the agriculture and logging sectors. This...
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Tractor Injuries in the Upper Midwestern United States: a retrospective analysis of four trauma centers J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Angela B. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Gilblom, Sheryl Sahr, Hilla I. Sang
The purpose of the present study was to characterize the incidence, injury characteristics, and outcomes of patients presented to four trauma facilities located in the upper Midwest with tractor-re...
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Occupational Injuries and Health Status Among Rural Tribal Non-Traditional Fishing Communities in the Coastal Region of Tamil Nadu, India J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Dhananjayan Venugopal, Ravichandran B, Panjakumar K, Mala A, Gopalakrishnan A, Jayaraman S, Rajeev KY, Arun S
This study evaluated the occupational injuries and health hazards associated with fishing as an occupation among non-traditional rural tribal fishing communities in the coastal region of Tamil Nadu...
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Data Driven Identification of Injury Risk Factors During Expansion on Irish Dairy Farms J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 John McNamara, Mohammad Mohammadrezaei, Brian Moran, Emma Dillon
This paper sought to determine risk factors of occupational injury in the Irish dairy farming sector and to estimate the roles of both dairying expansion and the discipline of agricultural extensio...
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Agricultural Worker Perspectives on Climate Hazards and Risk Reduction Strategies J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Molly Parker, Mary Jo Ybarra-Vega, Julie Postma
The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences of agricultural workers during periods of heat and wildfire smoke exposure and to support the development and implementation of protectiv...
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Journal of Agromedicine “Peer Reviewer of the Year” 2024: Cheryl Beseler J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Cheryl Beseler
Published in Journal of Agromedicine (Vol. 29, No. 1, 2024)
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Journal of Agromedicine “Leader in the Field” 2024: Stephen Reynolds J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Lorann Stallones
Published in Journal of Agromedicine (Vol. 29, No. 1, 2024)
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Journal of Agromedicine “Leader in the Field” 2024: Richard Fenske J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Matthew Keifer, Cynthia Curl
Published in Journal of Agromedicine (Vol. 29, No. 1, 2024)
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Recruitment of Row Crop Farmers into a Research Study to Assess Farm Hazards J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Victor A. Soupene, D. Erik Boonstra, Joseph E. Cavanaugh, Fredric Gerr, Marizen Ramirez, Adam F. Moskowitz, Carri Casteel
Farmers are at an elevated risk for injuries and are, therefore, highly sought after for research studies. However, their participation in research studies is low. We examine how characteristics of...
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“Death by a Thousand Cuts”: Agriculture Producer Resiliency in the Western United States J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Brenda Freeman, Michelle U. Grocke-Dewey, Lindsay Chichester, Katherine Breeding, Lorann Stallones, Monica Minter
Agricultural producers face a wide array of stress triggers, shocks, and long-term pressures such as drought, flooding, fire, government policies, financial insecurity, and physical injuries. Extan...
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The Application of Neoprene Diving Boots in Reduction of Feet Injuries in the Sowing Process Among the Rice Farmers in Thailand J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Kewarin Nitikorn, Densak Yogyorn, Amarin Kongtawelert, Chaiyanun Tangtong
Foot injuries have been a problem among Thai farmers for a long time. The sowing process is one of the high-risk processes because farmers have to walk in the field to spray rice seed without footw...
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Navigating Farm Stress: Traumatic and Resilient Dimensions of the Black Agrarian Frame J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Andrew R. Smolski, Michael D. Schulman
The current period of economic and social instability in the farm economy has generated renewed interest in the framing processes used by farmers to interpret and ascribe blame for the distress the...
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Presenteeism and Low Work Performance Among Fruit Farm Workers in Northeast Brazil J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Vitória B. Siqueira, Rita de Cássia P. Fernandes, Fernando M. Carvalho
The “decision” to go to work, or remain absent, when unwell undermines worker energy. I is therefore understandable that low work performance is one of the main consequences of the act of presentee...
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Patterns of Polydrug Use Classes Among a Subset of Latino Male Seasonal Workers in South Florida: A Latent Class Analysis J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Ariana L. Johnson, Kyle J. Self, Cho-Hee Shrader, Edda Rodriguez, Mariano Kanamori
Little is known about polydrug use among Latino seasonal farmworkers. This cross-sectional study with male Latino seasonal workers (LSWs) living in South Florida categorized distinct classes of dru...
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Mobile Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines to Migrant Farmworkers in Minnesota J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Jason Hoard, Christine M. Thomas, Margaret Eckerstorfer, Bethlehem Atoma, Andrew Adamek, Denise Quintanilla, Jonathan D. Kirsch
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted migrant farmworkers (MFWs). MFWs have experienced higher rates of infection and death than any other occupational group in the United States du...
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Pesticide Exposure or Pesticide Poisoning and the Risk of Depression in Agricultural Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Elisavet Frengidou, Petros Galanis, Chrisovalantis Malesios
Evidence suggests that farm workers represent a high-risk population for the development of depression. The aim of the study was to clarify the association between pesticide exposure/poisoning and ...
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Building Capacity Through the Northeast Agricultural Safety and Health Coalition J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Linda Fetzer, Pauline Boyer, Liane Hirabayashi
Land grant universities in the Northeast (e.g. Delaware, Maryland, New York) have seen changes in their faculty or Extension level positions: Agricultural safety specialist positions have been left...
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Falls from Trees in Coastal Karnataka: A Neglected Cause of Polytrauma in Lower-Middle-Income Countries of Similar Agroforestry J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Freston Marc Sirur, Reem Hunain, Nagaraj Kamath, A S Chethana, Vrinda Lath, Karthik Naik, Prabhakar Sastri
Falls are the second most common cause of injury associated with mortality worldwide and an important type of blunt trauma, which forms a significant percentage of traumatic accidents and emergency...
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Using Partnerships and Multiple Data Sources to Surveil Agricultural Injuries: Considerations and Recommendations J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Elizabeth A. Gilblom, Angela B. Johnson, Sheryl Sahr, Hilla I. Sang
This article describes an interprofessional collaboration between Sanford Health and North Dakota State University that strengthens agricultural injury surveillance in the upper Midwest by using mu...
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Injuries Among Hispanic/Latinx Agricultural Workers Seen in Illinois Hospitals J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Jared Walker, Dana Madigan, Lee S. Friedman, Linda Forst
Agriculture is a dangerous industry, with evidence indicating a disproportionate burden among Hispanic/Latinx workers. There is a need to expand the utilization of different data systems to improve...
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Understanding Stakeholder Dissemination Preferences for an Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Injury Surveillance System J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Cristina S. Hansen-Ruiz, Kevin Luschen, John Huber, Erika Scott
Researchers and epidemiologists are working to improve the capture of agriculture, forestry, and fishing (AgFF) injuries in a variety of ways. A critical component of any surveillance system is the...
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The Potential of AI and ChatGPT in Improving Agricultural Injury and Illness Surveillance Programming and Dissemination J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Bryan P. Weichelt, Matthew Pilz, Richard Burke, David Puthoff, Kang Namkoong
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides unprecedented opportunities to improve injury surveillance systems in many ways, including the curation and publication of information related to ag...
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Farmers’ Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Chronic Fatigue J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-03 Didier Dolbec, Philippe Dubreuil, Laetitia Larouche
The agricultural environment is known to be particularly harmful to farmers’ psychological health. To better understand how its impact is modulated, this study mainly focuses on the mediating role ...
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Exploratory Analysis of Farm Vehicle and Farm Labor Transportation-Related Crashes J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Madison Moore, Serap Gorucu, Nikolay Bliznyuk
The purpose of this study was to investigate characteristics associated with farm vehicle and farm labor transportation-related roadway crashes in the state of Florida. Agricultural roadway crashes...
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Use of Capture-Recapture Analysis to Estimate the Number of Agricultural Fatalities and Severe Agricultural Injuries in Indiana J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Nicole L. Becklinger
Conducting surveillance of agricultural injuries and fatalities in the United States has been an ongoing challenge, with many cases falling outside the criteria of national and local surveillance s...
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Safety and Injury of US-Certified Organic Crop Producers in the Southwest Region J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Francisco Soto Mas, Rachel Sebastian, Daisy Rosero, Laura Nervi, Vanessa Casanova, Steve Guldan
Literature on occupational risks among organic farmers is scarce. This study explored safety practices and non-fatal injuries among organic producers, and the role of sociodemographic, work, and fa...
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Non-Fatal Work-Related Farm Injuries Occurring to Michigan Adults and Youths J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Laurel Harduar Morano, Kenneth D. Rosenman
Farming is one of the top industries in Michigan and has the highest fatality rate. National sources of non-fatal farm injuries underestimate the burden, especially among children. In this paper, w...
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Severity of Agricultural Injuries and Its Economic Consequences in Border Belt of Gurdaspur District of Punjab, India J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Sumit Chopra, Pramod Kumar, Manoj Kumar
This study collected data related to agricultural injuries, analyzed their causes, and suggested possible remedial actions. Few studies from developing countries have investigated this important to...
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A Summary of Fatal Injury Surveillance Methods in Australian Agriculture and Their Impact on Safety Policies and Practices J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Kerri-Lynn Peachey, Richard C Franklin, Tony Lower
Agriculture is one of the most important and also hazardous industries in Australia. Having a sound knowledge and understanding of the circumstance of injury events is critical to developing eviden...
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Medically Attended Suicidality in Youth Who Live on Farms J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Jeffrey J. VanWormer, Richard L. Berg, Matthew Wieckhorst, Richard R. Burke, Bryan P. Weichelt
Suicides are increasing in U.S. youth, particularly in rural areas. The influence of farming, however, is unclear, as suicide rates are higher in individual adult farm workers, but lower in farming...
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Non-Fatal Agricultural Injuries and First Aid Self-Efficacy Among Greenhouse Workers in Turkey J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-16 Derya Adibellİ, Adem Sümen
This study aimed to see if there was a link between first aid self-efficacy and the frequency of occupational accidents and non-fatal agricultural injuries in greenhouse agriculture workers.This cr...
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Knowledge Shared by Alaska Native Commercial Salmon Set Gillnetters in Norton Sound to Reduce Marine Fatalities J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-19 Leann Fay Cyr, Mayugiaq Melanie Sagoonick
The goal of this exploratory pilot study was to reduce marine fatalities in Norton Sound using knowledge shared from Alaska Native salmon set gillnetters in Unalakleet, AK. The following objectives...
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Retention of Agricultural Workers Participating in a Renal Longitudinal Study J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-13 Ioana Albu, Lisa Elon, Nezahualcoyotl Xiuhtecutli, Linda McCauley, Roxana Chicas
The relationship between heat stress, chronic kidney diseases and acute kidney injury has been documented in cross-sectional studies with agricultural workers. However, only a few international stu...
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Factors Influencing Farmers’ Use of Adaptive and Maladaptive Coping Strategies J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Amanda J. Holmstrom, Jong In Lim, Yue Zhang, Gwyn Shelle
Chronic stress is associated with a variety of negative outcomes for farmers in the United States (U.S) and worldwide, who face near-constant exposure to internal (e.g. family conflict) and externa...
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Farmers Interpretation of Pesticides Pictograms and Their Adherence to Different Ergonomic Principles for Different Sizes J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-07-30 Gaurav Patel, Prabir Mukhopadhyay
The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of the size of pesticide pictograms on comprehensibility and their adherence to principles of familiarity, compatibility, and standardizati...
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Addressing Exoskeleton Implementation Challenges: Case Studies of Non-Acceptance in Agriculture J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Martina Jakob, Romain Balaguier, Hyunjin Park, Catherine Trask
The objective of this study was to detect success and failure factors for the implementation of passive exoskeletons in agriculture. Exoskeletons have been shown to reduce musculoskeletal loads dur...
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Rural and Agricultural Natural Disaster Stress and Recovery: A Comparison J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-07-02 Kristin K. Gaffney, Sharon Medcalf, Ellen Duysen, Christopher Wichman
This study used a novel survey instrument to evaluate the hypothesis that U.S. agricultural producers have significantly different stress and recovery experiences following acute-onset natural disa...
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Commercial Fishing Fatalities and Injuries Described by Linked Vessel Incidents J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Laurel Kincl, Solaiman Doza, Jasmine Nahorniak, Samantha Case, Amelia Vaughan, Viktor Bovbjerg
The Risk Information System for Commercial Fishing (RISC Fishing) merged information on fishermen and vessel incident types from various databases. This descriptive study examined linked fisherman ...
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Measuring Mental Health Service Preferences Amongst Illinois Dairy Producers J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Michael Barrowclough, Brianna Messman, Daniel Lannin, Maria Boerngen, Michelle Kibler
To mitigate mental health concerns of farmers, research is needed to investigate strategies that encourage help-seeking behavior in this population. This study attempts to identify those help-seeki...
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A Cross-Sectional Study of Farmer Health and Wellbeing in Norway: The HUNT Study (2017-2019) J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Natalie A. Steen, Steinar Krokstad, Magnhild Oust Torske
Obtain a broad impression of the health and wellbeing of working farmers in a representative population.A cross-sectional study using data from a large, general population-based survey, The HUNT St...
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Risks & Protective Factors for Depression & Suicide Among Hawai‘i Agricultural Producers J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-06-25 Thao N. Le, Wei Zhang, Emma Brown, Jim Crum, Alex Wong
Studies have consistently shown that agricultural producers in the continental United States have disproportionately high rates of depression and suicide as compared to other occupations. It is not...
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Improving Crew Overboard Recovery for Commercial Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-06-20 Jeffrey L. Levin, Amanda Wickman, Alex Nguyen, Tung Ho, Cynthia Ball, Harrison Ndetan, Ann Carruth
Occupational fatality rates in the commercial fishing industry in the United States remain more than 20 times higher than the national average. The burden of commercial fishing fatalities due to un...
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A Narrative Review of Fatigue in Agriculture and Its Impact on Injury and Fatality in Australia J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Jaimi-Lee Summers, Kerri-Lynn Peachey, Tony Lower
To identify current knowledge about the role of fatigue in occupational injury in the agricultural sector and briefly assess potential intervention approaches.Narrative review of peer reviewed lite...
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Latino Migrant Farmworker Youths’ Perceptions of Access to Care in the Southeast: A Qualitative Approach J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Fiorella L. Carlos Chavez, Bethany A. Moore, Jennifer G. Bohanek
This study explored Latino Migrant Farmworker (LMFW) youths’ perceptions regarding access to health care in the United States (U.S.). Twenty semi-structured audio-voice recorded interviews were con...
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COVID-19 Education and Resource Development for Punjabi-Speaking Sikh Farmworkers in California J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-05-26 Anuvir Singh, Harsimran Kaur, Neha Singh, Rajveer Sahota, Harleen Gill, Heather E. Riden, Kent E. Pinkerton
While the vast majority of farmworkers in California are Latinx, a small proportion of the farmworkers are Asian Indian who primarily speak Punjabi. To date, there are few COVID-19 resources develo...
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Measuring Gatekeeper Instructor Comfort to Inform Suicide Prevention Train-The-Trainer Recruitment & Training in Agricultural Communities J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Carolyn Oldham, Kristie Guffey, Kim Link, Shannon Sampson, Tyler McQueen, Anna Stanton
Farmers experience psychological distress and suicide at consistently higher rates than workers in other industries. A gatekeeper is an individual who has been trained to recognize warning symptoms...
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Sense of Meaning and Purpose Making Mitigates the Experience of Stress Among Hawaiʻi Farmers J. Agromed. (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Thao N. Le, Emma Brown, Wei Zhang
Farming is widely acknowledged as being extremely challenging and stressful, yet also potentially very meaningful as farming is an important element of any society and connected to our cultural her...