THE AGRICULTURAL HEALTH STUDY - FIELD STATIONS

本合同涵盖Ag Health研究的III期，本研究的第12年至第16年。主要目的是通过计算机辅助电话访谈收集最新的接触和非癌症结果数据，访谈对象是约29，000名私人农药施用者及其20，000名配偶。次要目的包括：1）参加年度州和国家咨询小组会议; 2）完成第二阶段计算机辅助电话访谈，并要求完成饮食健康问卷调查和从约4500个商业应用程序收集口腔细胞样本; 3）与40，000多个注册成员家庭保持关于Ag健康研究的沟通; 4）开发研究结果的情况说明书！进步; 5）每年邮寄一季的贺卡; 6）每年与登记癌症发病率数据库、爱荷华州死亡率数据库、国家死亡指数、爱荷华州驾驶执照数据库、爱荷华州农业和土地管理部的认证农药施用者数据库以及国税局进行联系; 7）跟踪与爱荷华州群组成员的所有联系人; 8）进行子研究，包括进一步收集颊细胞样品以及验证自我报告的疾病诊断; 9）为爱荷华州群组成员提供信息管理、报告、文件和质量控制; 10）为涉及爱荷华州队列的亚组的多达四项可选研究中的任何一项提供支持;以及11）及时交付州数据文件、进度报告、每月财务摘要和最终报告。

This contract covers Phase III of the Ag Health Study, years 12 through 16 for this study. The main objective is to collect updated exposure and non-cancer outcome data through a computer ¿assisted telephone interview targeted toward about 29,000 private pesticide applicators and 20,000 of their spouses. Secondary objectives include: 1) participating in annual state and national advisory panel meetings; 2) completing Phase II computer-assisted telephone interviews and requesting completion of dietary health questionnaires and buccal cell sample collection from about 4500 commercial applicators; 3) maintaining communication about the Ag Health Study with 40,000+ households of enrolled members; 4) developing fact sheets of study findings! progress; 5) annually mailing a season's greeting card; 6) conducting annual linkages to the Registry cancer incidence database, Iowa mortality database, National Death Index, Iowa driver's license database, certified pesticide applicator database of the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, and the Internal Revenue Service; 7) tracking all contacts with the Iowa cohort members; 8) conducting substudies involving further collection of buccal cell samples as well as validation of self-reported disease diagnoses; 9) providing information management, reporting, documentation, and quality control for Iowa cohort members; 10) providing support for any of up to four optional studies involving subgroups of the Iowa cohort; and 11) delivering in a timely manner a state data file, progress reports, monthly financial summaries, and a final report.