Screening events to reduce farmers' hazardous exposures

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-64

  Jenkins, Paul L ^a   Stack, Suzanne G ^b   Earle Richardson, Giulia B ^b   Scofield, Sharon M ^b   May, John J ^b  

^a BASSETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BASSETT HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazard abatement; Health screenings; Hearing; Personal protective equipment; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947708439     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Bandura, A. 1977. Social Learning Theory. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
2. Becker, M. H. 1974. The health belief model and personal health behavior. Health Education Monographs 2(4). Thorofare, N.J.: Charles B. Slack.
3. Beckett, W. S., D. Chamberlain, E. Hallman, J. May, S. A. Hwang, M. Gomez, S. Eberly, C. Cox, and A. Stark. 2000. Hearing conservation for farmers: Source apportionment of occupational and environmental factors contributing to hearing loss. J. Occup. Environ. Med. 42(8): 806-813.
4. Buchan, V. V., and S. J. Hewitt. 1993. 15-month follow-up evaluation of farm safety day camps in Fruita and Montrose. Unpublished report. Fort Collins, Colo.: High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, Colorado State University.
5. DeLemos, C. D., R. P. Atkinson, S. L. Croopnick, D. A. Wentworth, and P. T. Akins. 2003. How effective are "community" stroke screening programs at improving stroke knowledge and prevention practices? Results of a 3-month follow-up study. Stroke 34(12): e247. Available at: http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/34/12/e247. Accessed 16 January 2006.
6. Dennis, J., and J. May. 1995. Occupational noise exposure in dairy farming. In Human Sustainability in Agriculture: Health, Safety, Environment, 363-367. H. McDuffie and J. Dosman, eds. Chelsea, Mich.: Lewis Publishers.
7. Depczynski, J., R. C. Franklin, K. Challinor, W. Williams, and L. J. Fragar. 2005. Farm noise emissions during common agricultural activities. J. Agric. Safety and Health 11(3): 325-334.
8. DeRoo, L. A., and R. H. Rautiainen. 2000. A systematic review of farm safety interventions. American J. Preventive Med. 18(4 suppl.): 51-62.
9. Franks, J. R., C. Themann, and C. Sherris. 1994. The NIOSH compendium of hearing protection devices. DHHS-NIOSH Pub. No. 94-130. Cincinnati, Ohio: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
10. Green, L. W., and M. W. Kreuter. 2005. Health Promotion Planning: An Educational Ecological Approach. 4th ed. New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill.
11. Greenlee, R. T., J. Zentner, B. Kieke Jr., J. Elliott, and B. Marlenga. 2005. Farm health surveillance in the Marshfield Epidemiologic Study Area: A pilot study. J. Agric. Safety and Health 11(2): 211-218.
12. Harel, Y., M. D. Overpeck, D. H. Jones, P. C. Scheidt, P. E. Bijur, A. C. Trumble, and J. Anderson. 1994. The effects of recall on estimating annual nonfatal injury rates for children and adolescents. American J. Public Health 84(4): 599-605.
13. Hwang, S. A., M. I. Gomez, A. D. Stark, T. L. St. John, C. I. Pantea, E. M. Hallman, J. J. May, and S. M. Scofield. 2000. Safety awareness among New York farmers. American J. Ind. Med. 38(1): 71-81.
14. Jansson, B. R. 1988. Safety education and training of Swedish farmer-loggers. J. Soc. Occup. Med. 38(4): 113-117.
15. Jenkins, P, G. Earle-Richardson, D. T. Slingerland, and J. May. 2002. Time-dependent memory decay. American J. Ind. Med. 41(2): 98-101.
16. Jones, W. G., J. W. Dennis, J. J. May, M. P. Whitmer, P. D. Siegel, W. G. Sorenson, D. Schwegler-Berry, and G. J. Kullman. 1995. Dust control during bedding chopping. Applied Occup. Environ. Hygiene 10(5): 467-475.
17. Kullman, G. J., P. S. Thorne, P. F. Waldron, J. J. Marx, B. Ault, D. M. Lewis, P. D. Siegel, S. A. Olenchock, and J. A. Merchant. 1998. Organic dust exposures from work in dairy barns. American Ind. Hygiene Assoc. J. 59(6): 403-413.
18. Landsittel, D. P., D. J. Murphy, N. E. Kiernan, D. L. Hard, and C. Kassab. 2001. Evaluation of the effectiveness of educational interventions in the Pennsylvania Central Region Farm Safety Pilot Project. American J. Ind. Med. 40(2): 145-152.
19. Legault, M. L., and D. J. Murphy. 2000. Evaluation of the Agricultural Safety and Health Best Management Practices Manual. J. Agric. Safety and Health 6(2): 141-153.
20. Marvel, L., D. Pratt, M. Hill, and P. Jenkins. 1992. Safety practices and personal protective equipment usage in a random sample of New York farmers. Presented at the National Rural Health Association annual meeting. Kansas City, Mo.: NRHA.
21. May, J.J. 2000. Occupational hearing loss. American J. Ind. Med. 37(1): 112-120.
22. May, J. J., D. S. Pratt, L. Stallones, P. R. Morey, S. A. Olenchock, I. W. Deep, and G. A. Bennett. 1989. A study of dust generated during silo opening and its physiologic effects on workers. In Principles of Health and Safety in Agricultural, 76-79. J. A. Dosman and D. W. Cockcroft, eds. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press.
23. Merchant, J. A., A. M. Stromquist, K. M. Kelly, C. Zwerling, S. J. Reynolds, and L. F. Burmeister. 2002. Chronic disease and injury in an agricultural county: The Keokuk County Rural Health Cohort Study. J. Rural Health 18(4): 521-35.
24. Muller-Wening, D., and H. Repp. 1989. Investigation on the protective value of breathing masks in farmers lung using an inhalation provocation test. Chest 95(1): 100-105.
25. NCHS. 2004. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001-2002 data release: Respiratory health and disease section of the SP questionnaire. Hyattsville, Md.: National Center for Health Statistics. Available at: www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhanes/nhanes_01_02/rdq_b_frq.pdf. Accessed 16 January 2006.
26. Ness, K. K., J. G. Gurney, and G. H. Ice. 2003. Screening, education, and associated behavioral responses to reduce risk for falls among people over age 65 years attending a community health fair. Physical Therapy 83(7): 631-637.
27. Reed, D. 1994. Notes from the files: Agricultural injury prevention: A farm-church partnership. Applied Occup. Environ. Hygiene 9(2): 93-97.
28. Schenker, M. B., M. R. Orenstein, and S. J. Samuels. 2002. Use of protective equipment among California farmers. American J. Ind. Med. 42(5): 455-464.
29. Sigsgaard, T., C. Hjort, Ø. Omland, M. R. Miller, and O. F. Pedersen. 1997. Respiratory health and allergy among young farmers and non-farming rural males in Denmark: The SUS study. J. Agromedicine 4(1-2): 63-78.
30. Sprince, N. L., C. Zwerling, C. F. Lynch, P. S. Whitten, K. Thu, N. Logsden-Sackett, L. F. Burmeister, D. P. Sandler, and M. C. Alavanja. 2003. Risk factors for agricultural injury: A case-control analysis of Iowa farmers in the Agricultural Health Study. J. Agric. Safety and Health 9(1): 5-18.
31. Stark, A., S. A. Hwang, E. M. Hallman, and J. J. May. 1998. New York State Farm Family Health and Hazard Surveillance Project: Final Report. Collaboration of NYSDOH, Cornell University, and NYCAMH. Albany, N.Y.: New York State Department of Health.
32. Wilkinson, T. L., R. T. Schuler, and C. A. Skjolaas. 1993. The effect of safety training and experience on youth tractor operators. Paper No. 93-6. Summer Conference of the National Institute for Farm Safety.