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、教育和预防卓越中心的提案，中西部上游农业安全与健康中心（UMASH）在五个著名机构之间建立了正式合作；明尼苏达大学公共卫生学院、明尼苏达大学兽医学院、马什菲尔德诊所的国家农场医学中心、明尼苏达州卫生部和威斯康星大学。这些机构为解决农业中现有的和新出现的职业健康和安全问题提供了独特和互补的资源。UMASH最初将侧重于与畜牧业生产有关的健康和安全问题。申请中心主题为一个新的中心将

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