A Conference on the Aging Farm Community: Using Current Health and Safety Status

描述（由申请人提供）：发布一份总结美国老年农民健康和安全状况的文件，并为未来在研究、健康相关实践、预防教育和推广以及公共政策方面的行动提出具体的针对性建议。该项目采用的方法已被证明在编制目标受众的当前健康和安全状况说明，以便在根据该状况制定未来行动计划时使用。会议规划委员会利用其集体知识和文献检索，就与生产农业社区中老年农民的健康和安全状况有关的各种主题制定了一份专家名单。每一位被选中的专家被邀请做一个正式的介绍，并以书面论文的形式支持被邀请参加会议的参与者。在为期两天半的会议中，专家报告被分成几组，参与者（包括实践农民）将利用这些报告作为讨论的材料，结合他们的专业背景和工作经验，就目前老龄化农场社区的健康和安全状况达成共识。小组讨论使用名义小组程序和主持人来指导讨论，并使所有参与者都有机会为形成共识作出贡献。这一共识地位被用作制定一项行动计划的基础，其中包括可采取的具体步骤，以填补和解决老龄化农场社区在健康和安全方面的空白和需求。在会议报告和小组讨论之后，首席研究员将编写一份文件草案，分发给会议规划委员会，供其审查和评论。这些编辑产生的文件将分发给所有与会者，供他们在出版前进行最后审查和评论。产生的文件成为会议的会议记录以及关于会议结果的公开声明。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): To publish a document that summarizes the health and safety status of aging farmers in the United States and makes specific targeted recommendations for future action in research, health related practices, prevention education and outreach, and public policy. This project uses a methodology that has proven useful in developing statements of current health and safety status of a target audience to use in developing a future action plan based upon that status. The conference planning committee uses its collective knowledge as well as a literature search to develop a list of experts on various topics relating to the health and safety status of the older farmers in the production agriculture community. Each expert selected is invited to make a formal presentation that is supported by a written paper to the invited participants to the conference. Over the 2 1/2 days of the conference, the expert presentations are divided into groupings of presentations that participants, including practicing farmers, will then use as material for discussions that incorporates their professional background and work experiences to arrive at a consensus of the current health and safety status of the aging farm community. The group discussions use the Nominal Group process and facilitators to guide discussions and allow all participants an opportunity to contribute to the formulation of the consensus. This consensus status is used as a basis to develop an action plan that includes concrete steps that could be taken to fill gaps in and address the needs of the aging farm community related to health and safety. Following the conference presentations and group discussions, the Principal Investigator will compile a draft document for circulation to the conference planning committee for review and comment. The document arising from these edits will be circulated to all conference participants for a final review and comment before publication. The resulting document becomes the proceedings of the conference as well as a public statement on the outcomes of the conference.