Keokuk County Rural Health Study - Presentations (updated 6/03)
Curwin B. Farm Family Pesticide Take-Home Exposure Study. Seminar for Department of Occupational & Environmental Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. April 8, 2003.
Ettinger RL, Hand JS, Levy SM, Warren J, Merchant JA, Stromquist AM. Oral health perception of need in the Keokuk County Rural Health Study. Oral presentation at the International Association for Dental Research annual meeting. 1999 Mar 11; Vancouver, BC.
Flamme G, Mudipalli R, Reynolds S, Kelly K, Burmeister L, Stromquist A, Merchant J. Prevalence of hearing impairment and its association with farming and other selected risk factors in a Midwestern rural population. Oral presentation. American Academy of Audiology Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, April 17, 2002.
Kelly KM, Reynolds SR, Moore G, Stromquist AM, Merchant JA. Developing Age-based Standards for respirators. Oral presentation. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, New Orleans. 2001 Jun 6.
Merchant JA, Stromquist AM. Keokuk County Rural Health Study. Research Seminar, Institute for Rural and Environmental Health; 1996 Nov 12; Iowa City, IA.
Merchant J, Stromquist A, Kelly K, Jackson D, Reynolds S, Burmeister L. Keokuk County Rural Health Study: Respiratory symptoms among farm women. Platform presentation at NIOSH Agricultural Health & Safety Conference; 1997 Jul 15-17; Morgantown, WV.
Merchant JA. Respiratory disease in the Keokuk County Rural Health Study. Presented to the GPCAH External Advisory Committee. Institute for Rural and Environmental Health; 1997 Sep 5-6; Iowa City, IA.
Merchant JA. Challenges and opportunities for the future of rural public health. Address to plenary session of Fourth International Symposium, Rural Health and Safety in a Changing World. The Centre for Agricultural Medicine, University of Saskatchewan; 1998 Oct 19; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Merchant JA. Childhood asthma: Prevention and intervention strategies in rural communities. Oral presentation for the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center seminar. Department of Preventive Medicine & Environmental Health, The University of Iowa. 1999 Jun 6; Iowa City, IA.
Merchant JA. Rurality and Studying Rurality in the United States Context. Oral presentation at the conference, Defining ‘Rural’ and ‘Rurality’ for Health and Health Service Research. Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 23, 2002.
Merchant JA and Stromquist AM. Keokuk County Rural Health Study: An Overview. Oral presentation at meeting of The University of Iowa College of Public Health Council. Iowa City, IA, February 20, 2003.
Mudipalli VR. Prevalence of Hearing Loss and its Association with Selected Risk Factors Among Adults in a Rural Community. Poster presentation. Agricultural Safety and Health in a New Century, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, Cooperstown, NY. 2000 Apr 28-30.
Mudipalli VR, Reynolds SJ, Kelly KM, Burmeister LF, Stromquist AM, Zwerling C, Merchant JA. Characteristics of Hearing Loss Among Children in a Mid-western Rural Community of the United States. Poster presentation. Central States Agricultural Health and Safety Conference, Kansas City. 2000 Sept 20-22.
Naleway A, Sprince N, Stromquist A, Merchant J, Svendsen E. Respiratory health of rural and farm women in the Keokuk County Rural Health Study. Poster presented at American Thoracic Society Meeting, May 22, 2002.
Nordstrom D. Preliminary findings related to firearms in the Keokuk County Rural Health Study. Seminar in Occupational & Environmental Health. Department of Preventive Medicine & Environmental Health, The University of Iowa. 1999 Feb 16; Iowa City, IA
Nordstrom DL, Zwerling C. Risk factors for loaded firearms in rural homes. Poster presentation. Annual meeting of American Public Health Association, Chicago, IL. 1999 Nov 8.
Nordstrom DL, Zwerling C, Stromquist AM, Reynolds SJ, Taylor C. Comparison of Self-Reported and Expert-Observed Prevalence of Working Smoke Alarms in Rural Homes. Oral presentation. Agricultural Safety and Health in a New Century, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, Cooperstown, NY. 2000 Apr 30.
Nordstrom DL, Zwerling C, Stromquist AM. Alcohol and Mental Risk Factors for General Unintentional Injury. Oral presentation. Agricultural Safety and Health in a New Century, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, Cooperstown, NY. 2000 Apr 29.
Nordstrom D, Zwerling C, Stromquist AM. Frequency, Characteristics, and Child and Parent Risk Factors for Nonfatal Injury in Rural Children. Poster presentation. American College of Epidemiology, Atlanta, 2000 Sept 24-26.
Peek-Asa C, Zwerling C, Taylor C. Rural fire prevention study. Talk given to local AARP, Sigourney, IA, November 12, 2001.
Reynolds SJ, Merchant JA, Zwerling C, Stromquist AM, Burmeister LF, Taylor C, Kelly KM. Keokuk County Rural Health Study: Occupational noise exposure. Poster presentation at NIOSH Agricultural Health & Safety Conference; 1997 Jul 15-17; Morgantown, WV.
Reynolds SJ, Merchant JA, Zwerling C, Stromquist AM, Burmeister LF, Taylor C, Kelly KM. Keokuk County Rural Health Study (KCRHS): Description of farm tasks. Poster presentation at NIOSH Agricultural Health & Safety Conference; 1997 Jul 15-17; Morgantown, WV.
Reynolds SJ, Merchant JA, Zwerling C, Stromquist AM, Burmeister LF, Taylor C, Kelly KM. Keokuk County Rural Health Study: Description of pesticide use. Presentation at NIOSH Agricultural Health & Safety Conference; 1997 Jul 15-17; Morgantown, WV.
Reynolds SJ. Environmental exposures in the Keokuk County Rural Health Study. Presented to the GPCAH External Advisory Committee. Institute for Rural and Environmental Health; 1997 Sep 5-6; Iowa City, IA.
Reynolds SJ. Pesticide use in the Keokuk County Rural Health Study cohort, USA. Oral presentation at the International Symposium on Environmental Epidemiology in Central and Eastern Europe: Critical Issues for Improving Health; 1997 Sep 25; Smolenice, Slovak Republic.
Reynolds SJ, Svendsen ER, Taylor CD, Kelly DM. Direct Data Entry Using a Palm Computer in a Large Epidemiological and Environmental Study. Agricultural Safety and Health in a New Century, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, Cooperstown, NY. 2000 Apr 29.
Reynolds SJ, Svendsen ER, Taylor CD, Kelly DM. Direct Data Entry Using a Palm Computer in a Large Epidemiological and Environmental Study. Oral presentation. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Orlando, FL. 2000 May.
Reynolds SJ, Svendsen ER, Merchant JA, Taylor CD, Kelly KM, Stromquist AM, Burmeister LF. Home indoor environments in rural asthmatic children: Environmental assessment data from the Keokuk County Rural Health Study. AIHCE. 2000.
Reynolds SJ, Svendsen ER, Taylor CD, Kelly KM. Direct data entry using a palm top computer in a large epidemiological and environmental study. AIHCE. 2000
Stromquist AM. Keokuk County Rural Health Study. Oral presentation. I-CASH (Iowa Center for Agricultural Safety & Health) Annual Meeting; 1996 Nov 8; Des Moines, IA.
Stromquist AM, Merchant JA, Zwerling C, Reynolds SJ, Burmeister LF, Kelly KM. Keokuk County Rural Health Study: Mental health outcomes. Poster presentation at NIOSH Agricultural Health & Safety Conference; 1997 Jul 15-17; Morgantown, WV.
Stromquist AM, Merchant JA, Zwerling C, Reynolds SJ, Burmeister LF, Kelly KM. Keokuk County Rural Health Study: Methodology and demographics. Poster presentation at NIOSH Agricultural Health & Safety Conference; 1997 Jul 15-17; Morgantown, WV.
Stromquist AM. Methodology and demographics in the Keokuk County Rural Health Study. Presented to the GPCAH External Advisory Committee. Institute for Rural and Environmental Health; 1997 Sep 5-6 ;Iowa City, IA.
Stromquist AM, Merchant JA, Zwerling C, Reynolds S, Burmeister LF, Kelly KM. Depression and factors associated with depression in a rural cohort. Poster presentation for National Association for Rural Mental Health Annual Conference. 1998 Jul 19-21; Portland, ME.
Stromquist AM. Oral presentation to the KCRHS Community Advisory Committee on initial findings of the study. Community Advisory Committee meeting; 1998 Oct 13; Sigourney, IA.
Stromquist AM, Merchant JA, Zwerling C, Reynolds SJ, Burmeister LF, Kelley KM. Keokuk County Rural Health Study: Predictors of depression and suicidal ideation. Oral presentation at the Fourth International Symposium, Rural Health and Safety in a Changing World. The Centre for Agricultural Medicine, University of Saskatchewan; 1998 Oct 20; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Stromquist AM, Merchant JA, , Reynolds SJ, Zwerling C, Burmeister LF, Kelley KM. Keokuk County Rural Health Study: Description of the cohort. Oral presentation at the Fourth International Symposium, Rural Health and Safety in a Changing World. The Centre for Agricultural Medicine, University of Saskatchewan; 1998 Oct 22; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Stromquist AM. Child health outcomes in a rural cohort. Oral presentation during session on NIOSH-funded Childhood Agricultural Research Grants at Fourth International Symposium, Rural Health and Safety in a Changing World. The Centre for Agricultural Medicine, University of Saskatchewan; 1998 Oct 22; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Stromquist AM. Designing and presenting a poster session. Developed and conducted workshop for the International Women in Science and Engineering, The University of Iowa; 1998 Oct 29; Iowa City, IA.
Stromquist AM. Working in a Rural Community. Opening talk at the Inaugural Wallace Family National Conference on Gifted Education in Rural Schools. The Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development, College of Education, The University of Iowa. 1999 May 21; Iowa City, IA.
Stromquist AM, Zwerling C, Merchant JA, Qian F. Risk Behaviors of Adults in Round One of the Keokuk County Rural Health Study. Oral presentation. Agricultural Safety and Health in a New Century, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, Cooperstown, NY. 2000 Apr 30.
Stromquist AM, Zwerling C, Merchant JA, Qian F. Adolescent Risk Behaviors in Round One of the Keokuk County Rural Health Study. Oral presentation. Agricultural Safety and Health in a New Century, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, Cooperstown, NY. 2000 Apr 29.
Stromquist AM, Zwerling C, Merchant JA, Qian F. Risk behaviors of adults living in a rural Iowa county. Oral presentation. Nordic Meeting of Agricultural Occupational Health. Alnarp, Sweden. 2000 Oct 25.
Stromquist AM, Zwerling C, Merchant JA, Qian F. Risk behaviors of adolescents living in a rural Iowa county. Oral presentation. Nordic Meeting of Agricultural Occupational Health. Alnarp, Sweden. 2000 Sept 25.
Stromquist AM, Zwerling C, Merchant JA, Qian F. Factors associated with depressive symptoms in a rural cohort. Oral presentation. Nordic Meeting of Agricultural Occupational Health. Alnarp, Sweden. 2000 Sept 25.
Stromquist AM. The Keokuk County Rural Health Study: A progress report. Oral presentation. I-CASH (Iowa Center for Agricultural Safety & Health) Annual Meeting, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. 2000 Nov 9.
Stromquist AM. The pros and cons of community-based research. Oral presentation. Meeting of the Interdisciplinary Health Group, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. 2000 Nov 13.
Stromquist AM. Adolescent risk behaviors in round 1 of the Keokuk County Rural Health Study. Oral presentation. Meeting of the KCRHS Community Advisory Committee, Sigourney, IA. 2000 Nov 30.
Stromquist A, Park H, Reynolds S, Merchant J, Kelly K. Children’s agricultural tasks. Oral presentation at I-CASH Annual Meeting, Des Moines, IA, November 8, 2001.
Stromquist A, Merchant J, Burmeister L, Kelly K, Zwerling C. Factors associated with depression in a cohort of rural women. Oral presentation at National Rural Women’s Health Conference, Washington, D.C., September 19-21, 2002.
Stromquist AM. Keokuk County Rural Health Study: An Overview. Oral presentation at meeting of Community Health Partners. Iowa City, IA, October 9, 2002.
Stromquist AM. Factors Associated with Depression in a Cohort of Rural Women. Oral presentation at Midwest Agricultural Health and Safety Conference. Ames, IA, November 13, 2002.
Stromquist AM. Teen Depression and Suicide. Keynote address for the Teen Suicide Prevention Workshop, Winona County Health Department, Winona, MN, January 20, 2003. Repeated January 21, 2003.
Stromquist AM. Rural Women and Depression; Teen Depression and Suicide. Community talk sponsored by Winona County Health Department, Winona, MN, January 21, 2003.
Stromquist AM. Teen Depression and Suicide Ideation. Talk for class entitled Current Topics and Issues in Agricultural Health, The University of Iowa course # 175:210. Iowa City, IA, February 4, 2003.
Stromquist AM. Keokuk County Rural Health Study: Overview. Seminar for Department of Occupational & Environmental Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. February 25, 2003.
Stromquist AM. The Keokuk County Rural Health Study: What Have We Learned? Where Do We Go From Here? Oral presentation at Iowa Public Health Conference: Changing the Future. Ames, IA. March 26, 2003.
Stromquist AM. Testimony at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Listening Session: Aging Initiative: Protecting the Health of Older Americans. Iowa City, IA. April 15, 2003.
Susitaival P, Merchant JA, Hoylman-Henning B, Yeoman A, Stromquist A. Skin diseases and prick test results in rural Iowa. Oral presentation at the Fourth International Symposium, Rural Health and Safety in a Changing World. The Centre for Agricultural Medicine, University of Saskatchewan; 1998 Oct 18-22; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Svendsen ER, Reynolds SJ, Zwerling C, Burmeister LF, Stromquist AM, Taylor CD, Merchant JA. Plotting rural households where map details are insufficient. Oral presentation at the 3rd National Conference of GIS in Public Health. 1998 Aug 17-21; San Diego, CA.
Svendsen ER. An introduction to geospatial analysis applications in public and environmental health: the use of GPS/GIS in the Keokuk County Rural Health Study (KCRHS). Occupational & Environmental Health Seminar. The University of Iowa. 1998 Sept15. Iowa City, IA.
Svendsen ER. Environmental health: an international perspective. Lecture to International Health class. Department of Preventive Medicine & Environmental Health, The University of Iowa. 1998 Nov 9; Iowa City, IA.
Svendsen ER. An introduction to geospatial analysis applications in global public and environmental health. Lecture to International Health class. Department of Preventive Medicine & Environmental Health, The University of Iowa. 1998 Nov 18. Iowa City, IA.
Svendsen ER, Reynolds SJ, Taylor CD, Zwerling C, Burmeister LF, Stromquist AM, Kelly KM, Merchant JA. The Use of GPS in the Keokuk County Rural Health Study. Oral presentation. Agricultural Safety and Health in a New Century, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, Cooperstown, NY. 2000 Apr 30.
Svendsen ER, Reynolds SJ, Taylor CD, Stromquist AM, Kelly KM, Burmeister LF, Merchant JA. Home Indoor Environments in Rural Asthmatic Children: Environmental Assessment Data from the Keokuk County Rural Health Study. Poster presentation. Agricultural Safety and Health in a New Century, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, Cooperstown, NY. 2000 Apr 28-30.
Svendsen ER, Reynolds SJ, Taylor CD, Stromquist AM, Kelly KM, Burmeister LF, Merchant JA. Home Indoor Environments in Rural Asthmatic Children: Environmental Assessment Data from theKeokuk County Rural Health Study. Oral presentation. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Orlando, FL. 2000 May 24.
Svendsen ER, Reynolds SJ, Taylor CD, Stromquist AM, Kelly KM, Burmeister LF, Merchant JA. Home Indoor Environments in Rural Asthmatic Children: Environmental Assessment Data from the Keokuk County Rural Health Study. Oral presentation. National Environmental Health Association 64th Annual Education Conference and Exhibition, Denver, CO. 2000 Jun 18.
Svendsen ER, Reynolds SJ, Merchant JA, Taylor CD, Kelly KM, Burmeister LF. Home Indoor Environments in Rural Asthmatic Children. Poster presentation. Central States Agricultural Health and Safety Conference, Kansas City. 2000 Sept 20-22.
Svendsen ER. Biological Airborne Particulate Matter in House Dust and Effects on Health. Invited lecture presented at the Biological Airborne Particulate Matter Workshop hosted by Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. 2001 Jan.
Svendsen E, Reynolds S, Taylor C, Merchant J, Naleway A, Stromquist A, Thorne P. Home Environment and Childhood Asthma in a Rural Iowa County. Poster presented at American Thoracic Society Meeting, May 22, 2002.
Svendsen E, Reynolds S, Taylor C, Naleway A, Stromquist A, Thorne P, Merchant J. Environmental Exposures in Rural Iowa Homes with asthmatic children. Poster presented at American Thoracic Society Meeting, May 22, 2002.
Svendsen ER. Farming, Atopy, and Asthma in a Cohort of Iowa Children. Poster presented at the American Thoracic Society annual meeting. Seattle, WA. May 18, 2003.
Svendsen ER. Is There a Relationship Between Parental Atopy and Asthma in Rural Children? Poster presented at the American Thoracic Society annual meeting. Seattle, WA. May 21, 2003.
Tadevosyan A, Stromquist A, Fuortes L, Reynolds S, Whitten P, Jones M, Zwerling C. The association between use of farm chemicals and neurological and depression symptoms in a cohort of farmers. Poster presented at International Society of Exposure Analysis and International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Vancouver, British Columbia, August 11-15, 2002.
Taylor CD, Reynolds SJ. Comparison of light scattering photometer & gravimetric methods for measuring the concentrations of agricultural organic dusts. Poster presentation at NIOSH Agricultural Health & Safety Conference; 1997 Jul 15-17; Morgantown, WV.
Taylor CD, Reynolds SJ. Comparison of Direct Reading Device to Gravimetric Methods for Evaluating Organic Dust Aerosols in Enclosed Swine Production Buildings. Poster presentation. Central States Agricultural Health and Safety Conference, Kansas City. 2000 Sept 20-22.
Taylor C, Lewis M, Reynolds S, Zwerling C. The Keokuk County Rural Health Study: Household safety evaluations. Oral presentation at the Fourth International Symposium, Rural Health and Safety in a Changing World. The Centre for Agricultural Medicine, University of Saskatchewan; 1998 Oct 18-22; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Turvey CL, Stromquist AM, Rohland B, Kelly KM, Zwerling C, Merchant JA. Prevalence and Correlates of Suicidal Ideation in Rural Iowa. Poster presentation. Mental Health Conference, Iowa Association of Community Providers. Des Moines, IA. 1999 Oct 21.
Turvey CL, Stromquist AM, Zwerling C, Merchant JA. Prevalence and Correlates of Suicidal Ideation in a Rural Iowa County. Poster presentation. Agricultural Safety and Health in a New Century, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, Cooperstown, NY. 2000 Apr 28-30.
Von Essen S and LeVan TD. Association Between CD14 Gene Promoter Polymorphisms and Airway Disease in Non-Atopic Farmers. Oral presentation at the American Thoracic Society annual meeting, Seattle, WA. May 20, 2003.
Wright AL, Merchant JA, Stromquist AM, Kelly KM. Perinatal and Early Life Risk Factors for Childhood Asthma in a Rural Iowa Cohort. Poster presentation. A Public Health Response to Asthma—2000, CDC, Atlanta, GA. 2000 Feb 15-17.
Wright AL, Merchant JA, Stromquist AM, Kelly KM. Childhood Asthma and Tobacco Smoke Exposure in a Rural Cohort. Poster presentation. Agricultural Safety and Health in a New Century, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, Cooperstown, NY. 2000 Apr 28-30.
Wright AL, Merchant JA, Stromquist AM, Kelly KM. Respiratory Symptoms and Smoking Among Women in the Keokuk County Rural Health Study. Poster presentation. Agricultural Safety and Health in a New Century, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, Cooperstown, NY. 2000 Apr 28-30.
Wright AL, Merchant JA, Stromquist AM, Kelly KM. Perinatal and Early Life Risk Factors for Childhood Asthma in a Rural Iowa Cohort. Poster presentation. Society for Epidemiologic Research 2000, Seattle, WA. 2000 Jun 15-17.
Zwerling C. Injury in the Keokuk County Rural Health Study. Presented to the GPCAH External Advisory Committee. Institute for Rural and Environmental Health; 1997 Sep 5-6; Iowa City, IA.
Zwerling C, Merchant J, Nordstrom D, Burmeister L, Stromquist A, Kelly K. Risk Factors for Injury in Rural Iowa: Round One of the Keokuk County Rural Health Study. Poster presentation. Agricultural Safety and Health in a New Century, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, Cooperstown, NY. 2000 Apr 28-30.