The Northeast Center for Agricultural Health

描述（由申请人提供）：纽约农业医学与健康中心（NYCAMH）与来自宾夕法尼亚州立大学（PSU）、康奈尔大学（CD）、纽约州立大学-奥尔巴尼、哈佛大学（H）和康涅狄格州（UConn）的研究人员合作，提议再为东北农业健康中心提供五年的支持。东北中心（NEC）的目标保持不变：1）关注东北地区流行病学确定的高风险问题; 2）解决已知或怀疑面临风险增加的人群; 3）接触整个东北地区的资源; 4）与NIOSH和其他国家资源积极合作; 5）认真评估所有教育和预防项目。为了实现这些目标，NEC将特别注重强调社区重要投入和依赖人体工程学重新设计和工程修改的活动。位于NYCAMH的行政核心提供服务于整个地区的可行性项目和推广。行政核心还向需要这些服务的中心项目提供项目设计和统计支助。项目/中心评价将报告给外部委员会、NIOSH和联合中心评价工作（目标4、5）。一个研究核心计划两个探索性的-1）听力损失在农场青年（H）和2）细胞因子水平和农民（纽约州立大学）-和三个R 01项目。现在建议继续开展以下工作：3）安全拖拉机操作（PSU）和一项新的五年努力，将利用紧急医疗服务报告建立一个4）纽约州范围内的农业伤害监测系统（NYCAMH）。后来的补充申请将提出5）比较两种干预措施对幼儿园工作人员的肌肉骨骼疾病（康州大学）。这些项目涉及目标1、2和3。研究活动的总经费占直接费用总额的32%。三项预防（占总预算的28%）提案包括：1）NAGCAT的有效性; 2）基于社区的移民干预（康涅狄格大学）和相关的“东北社区干预网络”（NYCAMH）;以及3）减少伤害的损失控制方法（CU）。这些方案涉及目标1、2、3和4。三个翻译项目（占总预算的27%）-1）翻车保护的社会营销（NYCAMH）; 2）人体工程学苹果桶的营销（NYCAMH）和3）粪便设施的安全进入（PSU）。这些项目都是国家教育委员会上一个周期的成功研究举措，涉及目标1、2、3、4。除了拟议的社区小组网络外，还有六个项目严重依赖社区投入。六个项目致力于工程/人机工程学解决方案的重大东北问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH), in partnership with investigators from Penn State (PSU), Cornell (CD), SUNY- Albany, Harvard (H) and Connecticut (UConn), proposes another five years of support for the Northeast Center for Agricultural Health. The goals of the Northeast Center (NEC) remain unchanged: 1) Focus on issues epidemiologically identified as high risk in the northeast region; 2) Address populations known or suspected to be facing increased risk; 3) Reach out to resources throughout the Northeast; 4) Collaborate actively with NIOSH and other national resources; 5) Carefully evaluate all Education and Prevention projects. In pursuit of these goals, NEC will focus in particular upon activities that emphasize significant community input and that rely upon ergonomic re-design and engineering modification. The Administrative Core based at NYCAMH provides Feasibility Projects and Outreach that serve the entire region. The Administrative Core also provides project design and statistical support to center projects desiring these services. Project / center evaluation will be reported to an External Board, NIOSH and the joint centers evaluation effort (Goals 4, 5). A Research Core plans two exploratory -1) Hearing loss in farm youth (H) and 2) Cytokine levels and in farmers (SUNY) - and three R01 projects. Proposed now is continuation of work on: 3) Safe tractor operation (PSU) and a new five year effort that will use emergency medical services reports to build a 4) NY Statewide agricultural injury surveillance system (NYCAMH). A later supplementary application will propose a 5) Comparison of two interventions for musculoskeletal disease in nursery workers (UConn). These projects address Goals 1, 2 and 3. Total funding for research activities is 32% of total direct costs. Three Prevention (28% total budget) proposals include 1) Effectiveness of NAGCAT; 2) Community-based migrant intervention (UConn) and a related "Northeast Community Intervention Network" (NYCAMH); and examination of 3) Loss control methodology to reduce injuries (CU). These address Goals 1,2,3, and 4. Three Translation projects (27% total budget) -1) Social marketing of rollover protection (NYCAMH); 2) Marketing of an ergonomic apple bucket (NYCAMH) and 3) Safe entry of manure facilities (PSU).- These projects, all successful research initiatives from NEC's last cycle, address Goals 1,2,3, 4. In addition to the proposed network of community-based teams, six projects rely heavily on community input. Six projects are devoted to engineering / ergonomic solutions for significant Northeastern problems.