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Agricultural Health and Safety Performance in Australia

Journal of Agromedicine, 2011
This study aimed to determine the proportion of Australian farming enterprises with systems and processes that meet current regulatory and industry standards for health and safety. Data from 683 farming enterprises were drawn from a nationally stratified random sample representing seven commodity sectors: beef cattle, cotton, dairy, horticulture, grain
Tony, Lower, Lyn, Fragar, John, Temperley   +2 more
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Agricultural Health and Safety: Incorporating the Worker Perspective

Journal of Agromedicine, 2010
This commentary offers a worker's perspective on agricultural health and safety and describes (1) the historical exemption of agriculture from regulatory oversight and barriers encountered due to lack of regulations and poor enforcement of the existing standards; (2) the effect of immigration status on worker protections; and (3) the basic desire for ...
Amy K, Liebman, Wilson, Augustave
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AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AND SAFETY IN AUSTRALIA

Australian Journal of Rural Health, 1996
ABSTRACT: Farm injury is a major problem for agriculture in Australia. Agriculture is subject to rates of work‐related deaths that are among the highest in Australia, while on‐farm injuries result in between 20 and 60 presentations to rural hospital emergency departments per 100 farms per annum.
Lyn Frager
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The Changing Face of Agricultural Health and Safety – Alternative Agriculture

Journal of Agromedicine, 2009
Alternative agriculture (defined as any production that is not commodity production) is an important growing area of agriculture. The produce ranges widely, from organic products, locally grown products, and exotic crops and animals. This conference included an overview of the evolving field of alternative agriculture plus descriptions of three ...
Kelley J, Donham, Beth, Larabee
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Iowa agricultural health and safety service project

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 1990
AbstractA model community‐based comprehensive agricultural occupational health and safety service program has been implemented in Iowa. The functional center of coordination is based in the College of Medicine at the University of Iowa. The community‐based hub of the service is the community hospital, where the majority of the direct client services ...
J, Gay, K J, Donham, S, Leonard
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Coalitions: Partnerships to Promote Agricultural Health and Safety

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 2002
Throughout the 1990s, a variety of partnerships and community-based organizations have been formed with the primary mission to promote agricultural safety and health. These groups are altruistic, creative, energetic, and provide critical perspectives for improving the safety and health of the agricultural workforce at the local, regional, and national ...
T, Palermo, J, Ehlers
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Agricultural Health and Safety: A Research Agenda for Agricultural Economists [PDF]

, 2006
Agriculture is a hazardous profession with large rates of work related injury and illness. Although economists have addressed these issues in general, there is need for additional economic analysis. Using prostate cancer as an example, this paper discusses economic research needed to analyze and understand agricultural health and safety issues.
Key, Ross, Burton, Robert O., Featherstone, Allen M., Key, Ross, Burton, Robert O., Featherstone, Allen M.   +5 more
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Issues in agricultural health and safety

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 1990
John J. May
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Anthropology in Agricultural Health and Safety Research and Intervention

Journal of Agromedicine, 2017
Thomas A. Arcury
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Medical Education for Agricultural Health and Safety

Journal of Agromedicine, 2002
John Ross Wheat, Kelley J Donham, William M Simpson   +2 more
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