United States and Canada:
General Farm Health & Safety Organizations
AgriSafe Network
A national membership organization, representing rurally-based hospitals,
health clinics, and county health departments that provide preventive
occupational health services for the farming community. One of the few
organizations focusing exclusively on the provision of health and safety
services to farmers and their families.
Canadian Agricultural
Safety Association
Established in response to a need for a national farm safety networking
and coordinating agency to address problems of illness, injuries and accidental
death in farmers, their families and agricultural workers. Since then,
its mission has been to improve the health and safety conditions of those
that live, and or, work on Canadian farms.
Center for Food Security and Public Health
The CFSPH is a CDC Center for Public Health Preparedness and is the only Center to focus on veterinary medicine and zoonotic diseases. Located at Iowa State University,
the CFSPH has worked to increase awareness of bioterrorism, agroterrorism and foreign animal diseases among veterinarians, farmers, medical personnel and the general public.
Farm Safety Association,
Inc. (Ontario, Canada)
Established in 1973 under Section 123 of the Workers Compensation Act
of Ontario for the purpose of promoting safety and providing safety education
to farm employers.
Illinois
Network for Agricultural Safety and Health
(University of Illinois)
Addresses agricultural safety and health issues in Illinois by promoting
and improving intervention efforts. INASH is a forum that brings together
diverse segments of the agricultural community. We develop, coordinate,
and implement strategies to reduce the frequency and severity of injuries
and illnesses associated with agriculture.
Institute of Agricultural
Rural and Environmental Health (Saskatchewan, Canada)
Delivers service, education, prevention, and research activities in four
components: Agricultural, rural, environmental, occupational health
Iowa
AgrAbility Program (Easter Seals FaRM Program and Iowa State University
Extension)
A program that helps farm families affected by disabilities to adapt their
homes and farms.
The program can help any family member with a disability to:
• modify tools, equipment, and machinery,
• make home and farm buildings more accessible, and
• find services that meet specific needs
Iowa State University Websites:
ISU Homepage
ISU Extension
Homepage
ISU
Extension Distribution Center Online Store
National Education
Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS)
Is dedicated to preventing illnesses, injuries, and deaths among farmers
and ranchers, agricultural and horticultural workers, their families,
and their employees. NECAS offers safety education and proactive programs
to help prevent incidents that affect your agribusiness safety and welfare.
NIOSH
Agricultural Centers
Established as part of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
/ NIOSH Agricultural Health and Safety Initiative in 1990. The nine Centers
were established by cooperative agreement to conduct research, education,
and prevention projects to address the nation’s pressing agricultural
health and safety problems. Geographically, the Centers are distributed
throughout the nation (including the Great
Plains Center for Agricultural Health in Iowa )to be responsive to
the agricultural health and safety issues unique to the different regions.
Rural Family
Medicine
Presents information and resources for rural practitioners and physicians.
Contains a collection of websites helpful to these groups and has search
capabilities
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