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Surveillance of Disease and Injury in Wisconsin Dairy Farmers and Workers
Monday, November 17, 2014
: 8:46 AM - 9:02 AM
Scott Sandberg, MPH
,
National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI
Stephen Waring, DVM, PhD
,
Division of Research, Essentia Institute of Rural Health, Duluth, MN
Bruce H. Alexander, PhD
,
Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Susan G. Gerberich, PhD
,
MCOHS/RIPRC/CVPC, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Matthew Keifer, MD, MPH
,
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
As changes occur in the technology and animal handling procedures in the dairy industry, injury patterns are apt to change. We report on an active surveillance process using a recurring survey of dairies in Wisconsin to identify changing injury and illness patterns in farmers and farmworkers in a dairy industry undergoing rapid change. This information will inform policy and intervention attempts. Our aim is to reduce the overall burden of injury and illness on this population. Population-based estimates of injury and illnesses incidence in dairy farm operators were attained using our extensive electronic health record. We then developed a survey instrument that was mailed to diaries to establish estimates of injury and illness among dairy farms. This survey also allowed us to identify high risk activities and conditions associated with production processes and worker characteristics. Moving ahead in the future we will be able to track major influences on the frequency of injury or illness in the dairy workforce, and its relationship to changes on the dairy.
Learning Areas:
Communication and informatics
Environmental health sciences
Epidemiology
Occupational health and safety
Social and behavioral sciences
Learning Objectives:
describe dairy farm owner and dairy farm worker populations; Design and surveillance instrument for continue surveillance of the dairy worker population; define the incidence and prevalence of certain injuries on the dairy
Keyword(s): Surveillance, Occupational Health and Safety
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have worked with numerous agricultural and environmental health organizations dealing with rural health issues. My background in environmental science, GIS as well as public health combined provide a solid bases to establish a population based surveillance instrument.
Any relevant financial relationships? Yes
| Name of Organization |
Clinical/Research Area |
Type of relationship |
| Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation |
National Farm Medicine Center |
Employment (includes retainer) |
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines,
and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed
in my presentation.
