The Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health is located in the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa. The Center was founded in 1990 and is a nationally recognized resource with an established record of developing and implementing programs of research, intervention, translation, education, and outreach to prevent occupational injury and illness among agricultural workers and their families.

The Center addresses the health and safety needs of agricultural workers in the Midwestern states of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin.   These states constitute America’s most agriculturally intensive region. Great_plaines_map_330 

GPCAH States