THE AGRICULTURAL HEALTH STUDY - FIELD STATIONS

该合同涵盖本研究的第三阶段，即第12至16年的Ag Health研究。主要目标是通过计算机辅助电话访谈收集最新的暴露和非癌症结果数据，目标是约29,000名私人杀虫剂施用者及其20,000名配偶。次要目标包括：1)参加一年一度的州和国家咨询小组会议；2)完成第二阶段的计算机辅助电话采访，并要求完成约4500名商业申请者的饮食健康问卷和口腔细胞样本采集；3)与40,000多个登记成员家庭保持关于Ag健康研究的沟通；4)制定研究结果的情况说明书！5)每年邮寄一张季节贺卡；6)与登记处癌症发病率数据库、爱荷华州死亡率数据库、国家死亡指数、爱荷华州驾照数据库、爱荷华州农业和土地管理部认证的杀虫剂施用者数据库以及美国国税局进行年度链接；7)跟踪与爱荷华州队列成员的所有接触；8)开展涉及进一步收集口腔细胞样本以及验证自我报告的疾病诊断的子研究；9)为爱荷华州队列成员提供信息管理、报告、文件和质量控制；10)为涉及爱荷华州队列分组的最多四项可选研究中的任何一项提供支持；11)及时提交状态数据文件、进度报告、月度财务摘要和最终报告。

This contract covers Phase III of the Ag Health Study, years 12 through 16 for this study. The main objective is to collect updated exposure and non-cancer outcome data through a computer ¿assisted telephone interview targeted toward about 29,000 private pesticide applicators and 20,000 of their spouses. Secondary objectives include: 1) participating in annual state and national advisory panel meetings; 2) completing Phase II computer-assisted telephone interviews and requesting completion of dietary health questionnaires and buccal cell sample collection from about 4500 commercial applicators; 3) maintaining communication about the Ag Health Study with 40,000+ households of enrolled members; 4) developing fact sheets of study findings! progress; 5) annually mailing a season's greeting card; 6) conducting annual linkages to the Registry cancer incidence database, Iowa mortality database, National Death Index, Iowa driver's license database, certified pesticide applicator database of the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, and the Internal Revenue Service; 7) tracking all contacts with the Iowa cohort members; 8) conducting substudies involving further collection of buccal cell samples as well as validation of self-reported disease diagnoses; 9) providing information management, reporting, documentation, and quality control for Iowa cohort members; 10) providing support for any of up to four optional studies involving subgroups of the Iowa cohort; and 11) delivering in a timely manner a state data file, progress reports, monthly financial summaries, and a final report.