2008 WESTERN ARGICULTURAL CONFERENCE

简介（由申请人提供）：太平洋西北农业安全与健康中心（PNASH）与西部农业安全与健康中心（WCAHS）、高平原山间农业健康与安全中心（HICAHS）和西南农业健康、伤害预防和教育中心（SW中心）合作，将主办第五届西部农业健康与安全双年展会议。这次会议的主题是“新路径”，指的是西方农业实践发生的变化；农场工人群体，以及研究目标和方法。本次会议将于2008年11月初在华盛顿州Cle Elum的Suncadia Lodge举行。会议将召集150名与会者。这些人将是在美国西部从事或对农业安全和健康研究感兴趣的个人，并将从四个主办中心所服务的任何地区选出。这些人将包括学术研究人员、研究中心管理人员和主要工作人员、本科生或研究生、联邦和州机构研究和项目工作人员以及推广专家。这些小组将聚集在一起讨论新的问题，涉及西部各州的农场工人人口、西部农民、空气质量和农药的健康研究、合作项目，以及将研究成果付诸实践。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (PNASH), in collaboration with the Western Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (WCAHS), the High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (HICAHS), and the Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, and Education (SW Center) will host the 5th Biennial Health and Safety in Western Agriculture Conference. The theme of this conference, "New Paths", refers to the changes occurring in western agriculture practices; farmworker groups, and research aims and methodology. This conference will be held at the Suncadia Lodge in Cle Elum, WA in early November 2008. The conference will convene 150 participants. These will be individuals engaged or interested in agricultural safety and health research throughout the western United States, and will be drawn from any region served by the four host centers. These individuals will include academic researchers, research center administrators and key staff, undergraduate or graduate students, federal and state agency research and program staff, and extension specialists. These groups will come together to discuss new issues involving farmworker populations in the western states, the western farmer, health research for air quality and pesticides, collaborative projects, and, putting research results into practice.