Agricultural Health Study Phase 5

在农业健康研究(AHS)合同的第五阶段，承包商应作为队列维护和后续研究所有研究活动的协调中心。他们将负责处理研究的日常操作，安排定期和临时会议，维护安全的数据记录，并更新队列成员的联系信息。承包商应根据需要将数据链接到州癌症登记处、死亡率档案、其他类型的记录(例如，联邦医疗保险、美国肾脏数据系统、美国国税局、驾照、LexisNexis)。承包商应开展与群体和利益相关者的沟通活动，维护和更新研究网站，并制定年度时事通讯的布局。他们还应促进合规文件的准备，并管理研究的财务预算。合同的总体目标是继续跟踪和更新这一纵向队列，以研究农业风险。

In the fifth phase of the Agricultural Health Study (AHS) contract, the Contractor shall serve as the coordinating center for all study activities of cohort maintenance and follow-up. They will be responsible for handling the daily operations of the study, scheduling regular and ad hoc meetings, maintaining secure data records, and updating cohort member contact information. The Contractor shall conduct data linkages to state cancer registries, mortality files, other types of records as needed (e.g. Medicare, United States Renal Data System, Internal Revenue Service, Drivers’ Licenses, LexisNexis). The Contractor shall conduct communication activities to the cohort and stakeholders, maintain and update the study’s website, and develop the layout of an annual newsletter. They shall also facilitate preparation of compliance documents and manage the study’s financial budgets. The overall objective of the contract is to continue to follow and update this longitudinal cohort for the purposes of studying agricultural exposures.