Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center

描述(由申请人提供)：这项关于建立一个新的农业疾病和伤害研究、教育和预防方面的卓越中心的提案，由上中西部农业安全和健康中心(UMASH)在五个著名机构之间建立正式的合作关系：明尼苏达大学公共卫生学院、明尼苏达大学兽医学院、马什菲尔德诊所国家农场医学中心、明尼苏达州卫生部和威斯康星大学。这些机构提供独特和免费的资源，以解决农业中现有的和新出现的职业健康和安全问题。UMASH最初将专注于与动物农业生产相关的健康和安全问题。申请一个新中心的一个中心主题是 是主要由社会、经济和动物健康考虑推动的生产做法与工作场所的健康和安全条件之间的相互关系。 该中心的总体目标是： 1.建立农业健康安全示范中心，建设能力并利用相关机构的专业知识。 2.制定全面方案，加强对农业生产中给工人和生产者造成健康和经济负担的安全和健康危害的认识和控制。 3.改善农业工人在发生不良接触或伤害时的健康管理。 4.更好地理解工人健康、动物健康和生产之间的关系 5.加强农业、公共卫生和卫生保健领域利益攸关方之间的沟通，以解决农业职业健康和安全方面存在的和新出现的问题

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal for a new Center of Excellence in Agricultural Disease and Injury Research, Education, and Prevention, the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH) builds formal collaborations among five prominent institutions; The University of Minnesota School of Public Health, University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, the National Farm Medicine Center of the Marshfield Clinic, the Minnesota Department of Health, and the University of Wisconsin. These institutions bring unique and complimentary resources to address existing and emerging occupational health and safety issues in agriculture. UMASH will initially focus on health and safety issues related to animal agriculture production. A central theme for the application for a new Center will be the interrelationship between the production practices, which are primarily driven by social, economic and animal health considerations, and the health and safety conditions in the workplace. The overall goals of the Center are to: 1. Establish an agriculture health and safety Center of excellence to build capacity and leverage the expertise of the institutions involved. 2. Develop holistic programs to improve the recognition and control of safety and health hazards in agriculture production that create a health and economic burden to workers and producers. 3. Improve management of agriculture worker health in the event of adverse exposures or injuries. 4. Develop a better understanding of the relationship between worker health, animal health and production 5. Improve communication between stakeholders in agriculture, public health, and health care to address existing and emerging issues in occupational health and safety in agriculture