Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center

描述（由申请人提供）：太平洋西北农业安全和健康中心服务于西北生产者，工人和他们的家人在阿拉斯加，爱达荷州，俄勒冈州，和华盛顿。该中心的工作范围包括西北地区所有三大农业产业部门：农业，林业和渔业。该中心特别关注劳动密集型农业，重点关注雇用的农场工人、其他少数民族工人、妇女和儿童等人口。该中心的总体目标是预防或减少农业生产者、工人及其家庭的疾病和伤害。我们将通过以下方式实现这一目标：1）开展对社区有直接价值的创新性实验室和实地研究; 2）开发、实施和评估有效的干预项目和教育计划; 3）将研究成果转化为对本地区和全国的生产者、工人、医疗保健提供者、非政府组织和政府机构有用的产品; 4）与其他区域中心合作，制定旨在减少农业生产者、工人及其家庭伤害和疾病的国家方案和政策。PNASH中心是致力于农业社区健康和福祉的重要国家基础设施的一部分。该中心反映了一套跨学科、多机构和地域多样化的举措。该中心的主题是“促进安全和可持续的农业工作场所和社区。“我们的目标是强调需要在可持续农业的概念内明确承认工人的健康和安全。我们认为，对可持续农业工作场所的需求超出了农业生产的范围，并延伸到作为农业经济基础的农村社区。我们中心的一致性大大增强了我们在整个西北地区发展的许多伙伴关系。我们期待着在未来五年与这些伙伴合作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center serves Northwest producers, workers and their families in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The center's scope of work includes all three major agricultural industry sectors in the Northwest: farming, forestry, and fishing. The center has a special focus on labor-intensive agriculture, and emphasis on populations such as hired farm laborers, other ethnic minority workers, women, and children. The Center's overall aim is to prevent or reduce illness and injury among agricultural producers, workers, and their families. We will achieve this aim in the following ways: 1) conduct innovative laboratory-based and field-based research of direct value to the community; 2) develop, implement and evaluate effective intervention projects and educational programs; 3) translate research findings into useful products for producers, workers, health care providers, nongovernmental organizations, and government agencies in our region and throughout the nation; 4) work collaboratively with other regional centers to formulate national programs and policies designed to reduce injury and illness among agricultural producers, workers, and their families. The PNASH Center is part of a vital national infrastructure dedicated to the health and well being of agricultural communities. The Center reflects a cross-disciplinary, multi-institutional and geographically diverse set of initiatives. The theme of the Center is "Promoting safe and sustainable agricultural workplaces and communities." It is our goal to highlight the need for an explicit recognition of the health and safety or workers within the concept of sustainable agriculture. In our view, the need for sustainable agricultural workplaces extends beyond the boundaries of agricultural production, and into the rural communities that are the foundation of the agricultural economy. The coherence of our Center is greatly enhanced by the many partnerships that we have developed throughout the Northwest region. We look forward to working with these partners over the next five years.