3138.0: Monday, October 22, 2001: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

Improving the Safety and Health of Migrant and Farm Workers

This session will explore the special issues facing migrant and farm workers.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Participants will learn about: on-the-farm injuries, traumatic injuries among children of migrant workers, ways to improve health and safety for worekrs who migrate.
Presider(s):Maggie Robbins
2:30 PMImproving health and safety for workers who migrate
Barry S. Levy, MD, MPH
2:50 PMOn-the-Farm Injuries in Trauma Registry Hospitals in Iowa (1997-1998)
Tracy Young, MS, James Torner, MS, PhD, Dick Harmon, EMT-P, Tim Peterson, MD, Craig Zwerling, MD, PhD, MPH
3:10 PMThe Impact of Globalization on the Composition of the U.S. Farm Labor Pool and its Implication for Occupational Safety and Health
Sherry Baron, Sherry Baron, Andrea Steege, MS
3:30 PMTraumatic injuries among children of migrant and seasonal farmworkers
Harlan E. Amandus, David Strauss, Lynda D. Mull
Sponsor:Occupational Health and Safety
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Injury Control and Emergency Health Services; Public Health Nursing; Social Work; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA