A Conference on the Aging Farm Community: Using Current Health and Safety Status

描述（由申请人提供）：发布一份文件，总结美国老年农民的健康和安全状况，并为研究，健康相关实践，预防教育和宣传以及公共政策的未来行动提出具体的有针对性的建议。该项目使用的方法已被证明有助于编写目标受众当前健康和安全状况的说明，以用于根据该状况制定未来行动计划。会议规划委员会利用其集体知识以及文献检索，就与农业生产社区老年农民的健康和安全状况有关的各种主题编制专家名单。每一位选定的专家都应邀向应邀与会者作正式介绍，并附上一份书面文件。在为期两天半的会议中，专家演讲分为几组，包括从业农民在内的与会者将使用这些演讲作为讨论材料，结合他们的专业背景和工作经验，就老龄化农场社区目前的健康和安全状况达成共识。小组讨论使用名义小组进程和主持人来指导讨论，并使所有参与者有机会为达成共识作出贡献。这一共识状态被用作制定行动计划的基础，该计划包括可以采取的具体步骤，以填补老龄化农场社区在健康和安全方面的空白并满足其需求。在会议报告和小组讨论之后，主要研究者将编写一份文件草案，分发给会议规划委员会审查和评论。编辑后的文件将分发给所有与会者，供最后审查和评论，然后出版。由此产生的文件成为会议记录以及关于会议成果的公开声明。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): To publish a document that summarizes the health and safety status of aging farmers in the United States and makes specific targeted recommendations for future action in research, health related practices, prevention education and outreach, and public policy. This project uses a methodology that has proven useful in developing statements of current health and safety status of a target audience to use in developing a future action plan based upon that status. The conference planning committee uses its collective knowledge as well as a literature search to develop a list of experts on various topics relating to the health and safety status of the older farmers in the production agriculture community. Each expert selected is invited to make a formal presentation that is supported by a written paper to the invited participants to the conference. Over the 2 1/2 days of the conference, the expert presentations are divided into groupings of presentations that participants, including practicing farmers, will then use as material for discussions that incorporates their professional background and work experiences to arrive at a consensus of the current health and safety status of the aging farm community. The group discussions use the Nominal Group process and facilitators to guide discussions and allow all participants an opportunity to contribute to the formulation of the consensus. This consensus status is used as a basis to develop an action plan that includes concrete steps that could be taken to fill gaps in and address the needs of the aging farm community related to health and safety. Following the conference presentations and group discussions, the Principal Investigator will compile a draft document for circulation to the conference planning committee for review and comment. The document arising from these edits will be circulated to all conference participants for a final review and comment before publication. The resulting document becomes the proceedings of the conference as well as a public statement on the outcomes of the conference.