Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center

简介（由申请人提供）：太平洋西北农业安全与健康中心服务于阿拉斯加、爱达荷、俄勒冈和华盛顿的西北生产者、工人和他们的家庭。该中心的工作范围包括西北地区所有三个主要农业产业部门：农业、林业和渔业。该中心特别关注劳动密集型农业，重点关注农业雇工、其他少数民族工人、妇女和儿童等人群。该中心的总体目标是预防或减少农业生产者、工人及其家庭中的疾病和伤害。我们会以下列方式达致这个目标：1)进行创新的实验室及实地研究，对社会有直接的价值；2)制定、实施和评估有效的干预项目和教育计划；3)将研究成果转化为有用的产品，供本地区和全国各地的生产者、工人、保健提供者、非政府组织和政府机构使用；4)与其他区域中心合作，制定旨在减少农业生产者、工人及其家庭受伤和疾病的国家计划和政策。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。该中心反映了跨学科，多机构和地理多样化的举措。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概念中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界限，并延伸到作为农业经济基础的农村社区。我们在整个西北地区建立的许多伙伴关系大大增强了我们中心的一致性。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.