Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health

Publications

Aerosol Science

  • Murphy M, Sanderson W, Vargo J: (2007) Airborne Antibiotic Concentrations in a Swine Feeding Operation. J Agric Saf Health 13(4):357-366.
  • O'Shaughnessy PT, Donham KJ, Peters TM, Taylor C, Altmaier R, Kelly KM: (2010) A Task-Specific Assessment of Swine Worker Exposure to Airborne Dust. J Occup Environ Hyg 7(1):7-13.
  • O'Shaughnessy P, Peters T, Donham K, Altmaier R, Taylor C, Kelly K: (2012) Assessment of Swine Worker Exposures to Dust and Endotoxin during Hog Load-Out and Power Washing. Ann Occ Hyg, 56(7), 843-851.
  • Peters TM, Anthony TR, Taylor C, Altmaier R, Anderson K, O’Shaughnessy PT: (2012) Distribution of particle and gas concentrations in swine gestation confined animal feeding operations. Ann Occup Hyg, 56(9), 1080-1090.
  • Pavalonis B, Anthony R, O’Shaughnessy P, Humann M, Merchant J, Moore G, Thorne P, Weisel C, Sanderson W: (2013) Indoor and outdoor particulate matter and endotoxin concentrations in an intensely agricultural county. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol, In Press.

Behavioral Health

  • Daly JM, Stromquist AM, Jogerst GJ: (2007) Self-reported Elder Domestic Partner Violence in One Rural Iowa County. J Emot Abuse. 7(4):115-134.
  • Hartz AJ, Daly JM, Kohatsu ND, Stromquist AM, Jogerst GJ, Kukoyi OA: (2007) Risk Factors for Insomnia in a Rural Population. Ann Epidemiol, 17(12):940-947.
  • Kohatsu ND, Tsai R, Young T, VanGilder R, Burmeister L, Stromquist AM, Merchant JA (2006) Sleep Duration and Body Mass Index in a Rural Population. Arch Intern Med, 166:1701-1705.
  • Peek-Asa C, Maxwell L, Stromquist A, Whitten P, Limbos A, Merchant J: (2007) Does Parental Physical Violence Reduce Children’s Standardized Test Score Performance? Ann Epidemiol, 17(11):847-853.
  • Rosmann MR, Stucker S: (2009) Behavioral Health Supports for Agricultural People. NARMH NOTES, 1(1): 9-10).
  • Tiesman HM, Peek-Asa C, Whitten P, Sprince NL, Zwerling C: (2006) Depressive Symptoms as a Risk Factor for Unintentional Injury: A Cohort Study in a Rural County. Inj Prev, 12:172-177.
  • Yang J, Peek-Asa C, Allareddy V, Zwerling C, Lundell J: (2006) Perceived Risk of Home Fire and Escape Plans in Rural Households. Am J Prev Med, 30(1):7-12.
  • Yang J, Peek-Asa C, Jones MP, Nordstrom DL, Taylor C, Young TL, Zwerling C: (2008) Smoke Alarms by Type and Battery Life in Rural Households: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Prev Med, 35(1):20-24.

Infectious Diseases

  • Harper A, Ferguson D, Leedom Larson K, et al: (2010) An Overview of Livestock-Associated MRSA in Agriculture: J Agromedicine 15(2):101-104.
  • Leedom-Larson, KR, Smith, TC, Donham, KJ: (2010) Self-Reported Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection in USA Pork Producers. Ann Agric Environ Med, 17: 331-334.
  • Leedom Larson, KR, Harper, AL, Hanson, BM, Male, MJ, Wardyn, SE, Dressler, AE, Wagstrom, EA, Tendolkar, S, Diekema,DJ, Donham, KJ, Smith, TC: (2011) Methicillin – Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Pork Production Shower Facilities. Appl Environ Microbiol, 77(2):696-8.
  • Myers KP, Olsen CW, Setterquist SF, Capuano AW, Donham KJ, Thacker EL, Merchant JA, Gray GC: (2006) Are Swine Workers in the United States at Increased Risk of Infection with Zoonotic Influenza Virus? Clin Infect Dis, 42(1):14-20.
  • O'Shaughnessy P, Donham K, Peters T, Taylor, C, Altmaier R, Kelly K: (2010) A Task-specific Assessment of Swine Worker Exposure to Airborne Dust. J Occup Environ Hyg 7(1):7-13.
  • Wardyn S, Forshey B, Smith T: (2012) High Prevalence of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin among Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Rural Iowa. Microb Drug Resist, 18(4): 427-433.
  • Leedom Larson KR, Wagstrom EA, Donham K, Harper A, Hanson BM, Male M, Smith TC: (2012) MRSA in Pork Production Shower Facilities: An Intervention to Reduce Occupational Exposure. J Agric Saf Health, 18(1): 5-9.

Injury

  • Anthony TR: (2012) Safety Tips for Ag Workers: Lessons Learned from Fatality Investigations. . ICASH—GPCAH Alive & Well 18(2).
  • Burgus S, Madsen M, Sanderson W, Rautiainen R: (2009) Behavior among Youth Operating and Riding on All-terrain Vehicles. J Agromedicine: 14(2):97-104.
  • Burgus S, Madsen M, Sanderson W, Rautiainen R: (2009) Youths operating and riding all-terrain vehicles: Implications for ATV safety education. J Agromedicine 14(2):97-104.
  • Choi S, Peek-Asa C, Sprince N, Rautiainen R, Flamme G, Whitten P, Zwerling C: (2006) Sleep Quantity and Quality as a Predictor of Injuries in a Rural Population. Am J Emerg Med 24(2):189-196.
  • Culp K, Kuye R, Donham K, Rautiainen R, Umbarger-Mackey M, Marquez S: (2007) Agriculture-related Injury and Illness in The Gambia: A Descriptive Survey of a Rural Nursing Service and are farmers. Clin Nurs Res, 16(3): 57-69.
  • Donham K, Rautiainen R, Lange J, Schneiders S: (2007) Injury and Illness Costs in the Certified Safe Farm Study. J Rural Health 23(4): 348-55.
  • Kaustell K, Mattila T, Rautiainen R: (2007) Safety Performance of Animal Confinement Floors – Slip, Trip and Fall Injuries in Finland. J Agric Saf Health 13(4): 395-406.
  • Kuye R, Donham K, Marquez S, Sanderson W, Fuortes L, Rautiainen R: (2006) Agricultural Health in the Gambia II: A Systematic Survey of Safety and Injuries in Production Agriculture. Ann Agric Environ Med 13(1):119-128.A
  • Madsen M, Fletcher H: (2010) “Iowa Work-related Injury Deaths Lowest Since 2001.” The University of Iowa, College of Public Health – Media Release (Feb 2).
  • Madsen MD, Donham KJ, L Grafft, A Thelin: (2006) Chapter 11: Acute Agricultural Injuries. In Agricultural Medicine: Rural Occupational and Environmental Health for the Health Professions. Donham KJ and A Thelin, editors.
  • Madsen MD: (2010) Fatal Grain Bin Engulfment Incidents in Press Clippings, GPCAH 9-states, 2007 to date. ICASH—GPCAH Alive & Well 16(2).
  • Peek-Asa C, Sprince N, Whitten P, Falb SR, Madsen MD, Zwerling C: (2007) Characteristics of Crashes with Farm Equipment that Increase Potential for Injury. J Rural Health 23(4): 339-347.
  • Petrea R, Madsen M: (2010) Farm Equipment-Motor Vehicle Crash Prevention Conference (FEMVCPC). J Agromedicine 15(2): 92-95.
  • Rautiainen R, Lehtola M, Day L, Salminen S, Schonstein E, Suutarinen J: (2008) Interventions for Preventing Injuries in the Agriculture Industry. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 23(1):CD006398.
  • Rautiainen RH, Grafft LJ, Kline AK et al: (2010) Certified Safe Farm: Identifying and Removing Hazards on the Farm. J Agric Saf Health 16(2):75-86.
  • Sanderson WT, Madsen MD: (2009) Fatalities Caused by Cattle – Four States, 2003-2008. MMWR 58(29):800-804.
  • Sanderson WT, Madsen MD, Rautiainen R, Kelly KM, Zwerling C, Taylor CD, Reynolds SJ, Stromquist AM, Burmeister LF, Merchant JA (2006) Tractor Overturn Concerns in Iowa: Perspectives from the Keokuk County Rural Health Study. J Agric Saf Health, 12(1):71-81.
  • Sanderson WT, Madsen MD, Rautiainen R, et al.: (2006) Tractor Overturn Concerns in Iowa: Perspectives from the Keokuk County Rural Health Study. J Agric Saf Health 12(1):71-81.
  • Tonelli S, Donham K, Leedom-Larson K, Sanderson W, Purschwitz M: (2009) Retrofitting Tractors with Rollover Protective Structures: Perspective of Equipment Dealers. J Agric Saf Health 15(4):365-375.
  • Yang J, O’Gara E, Cheng G, Kelly KM, Ramirez M, Burmeister LF, Merchant JA: (2012) At What Age Should Children Engage in Agricultural Tasks? J Rural Health, 28(4):372-379.

International

  • Culp K, Kuye R, Donham K, Rautiainen R, Umbarger-Mackey M, Marquez S: (2007) Agriculture-related Injury and Illness in The Gambia: A Descriptive Survey of a Rural Nursing Service and are farmers. Clin Nurs Res, 16(3): 57-69.
  • Kaustell K, Mattila T, Rautiainen R: (2007) Safety Performance of Animal Confinement Floors – Slip, Trip and Fall Injuries in Finland. J Agric Saf Health 13(4): 395-406.
  • Kuye R, Donham KJ, Marquez S, Sanderson W, Fuortes L, Rautiainen R, Jones M, Culp K: (2006) Agricultural Practices and Developments in the Gambia. Ann Agric Environ Med 13(1): 1-12.
  • Kuye R, Donham KJ, Marquez S, Sanderson W, Fuortes L, Rautiainen R, Jones M, Culp K: (2006) Agricultural Health in the GambiaII: A Systematic Survey of Safety and Injuries in Production Agriculture. Ann Agric Environ Med 13(1): 119-128.
  • Kuye R, Donham K, Marquez S, Sanderson W, Fuortes L, Rautiainen R, Jones M, Culp K: (2007) Pesticide Handling and Exposures among Cotton Farmers in the Gambia. J Agromedicine 12(3):57-69.

Methodology

  • Kuye R, Donham KJ, Marquez S, Sanderson W, Fuortes L, Rautiainen R, Jones M, Culp K: (2006) Agricultural Practices and Developments in the Gambia. Ann Agric Environ Med 13(1): 1-12.
  • Stromquist A, Merchant J, Zwerling C, Burmeister L, Sanderson W, Kelly K: (2009) Challenges of Conducting a Large Rural Prospective Population-Based Cohort Study: The Keokuk County Rural Health Study. J Agromedicine 14(2):142-149.

Noise and Hearing

  • Ciletti L, Flamme GA: (2008) Prevalence of hearing impairment by gender and audiometric configuration: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2004) and the Keokuk County Rural Health Study (1994-1998). J Am Acad Audiol, 19:672-685.
  • Humann M, Sanderson W, Flamme G, Kelly K, Moore G, Stromquist A, Merchant J: (2011) Noise Exposures of Rural Adolescents. J Rural Health 27(1):72-80, Jan 2011.

  • Humann, M, Sanderson WT, Gerr F, Kelly KM, Merchant JA: (2012) Effects of Common Agricultural Tasks on Measures of Hearing Loss. Am J Ind Med, 55(10):904-916.

Outreach and Education

  • Donham KJ: (2008) Introduction to the Conference “The Changing Face of Agricultural Health and Safety: Biofuels, Food Safety, and Alternative Agriculture.” J Agromedicine 13(4): 205-206.
  • Donham KJ: (2010) Planting the Seeds: The 2009 Midwest Rural Agriculture Safety and Health Forum (MRASH): J Agromedicine 15(2): 87-89.
  • Fisher E, Donham K: (2011) Agricultural Medicine Core Course: Building Capacity for Health and Safety professionals. J Agromedicine, 6(2): 106-116.
  • Shiller L, Donham K, Anderson T et al: (2010) Incorporating Occupational Health Interventions in a Community-Based Participatory Preventive Health Program for Farm Families: A Qualitative Study. J Agromedicine 15(2): 117-126.

Pesticides

  • Curwin B, Hein M, Sanderson W, Striley C, Heederik D, Kromhout H, Reynolds S, Alavanja M: (2007) Pesticide Dose Estimates for Children of Iowa Farmers and Non-Farmers. Environ Res 105(3):307-315.
  • Curwin B, Hein M, Sanderson W, Striley C, Heederik D, Kromhout H, Reynolds S, Alavanja M: (2007) Urinary Pesticide Concentrations Among Children, Mothers, and Fathers Living in Farm and Non-Farm Households in Iowa. Ann Occup Hyg 51(1):53-65.
  • Kuye R, Donham K, Marquez S, Sanderson W, Fuortes L, Rautiainen R, Jones M, Culp K: (2007) Pesticide Handling and Exposures among Cotton Farmers in the Gambia. J Agromedicine 12(3):57-69.
  • Reynolds SJ, Tadevosyan A, Fuortes L, Merchant JA, Stromquist AM, Burmeister LF, Taylor C, Kelly KM: (2007) Keokuk County Rural Health Study: Self-reported Use of Agricultural Chemicals and Protective Equipment, J Agromedicine 12(3):45-55.
  • Ruder A, Butler M, Sanderson W, Carreón T, Waters M, Zivkovich Z: (2009) The NIOSH Retrospective Pesticide Reference Database. J Agric Saf Health 15(2):143-156.
  • Starks SE, Gerr F, Kamel F, Lynch CF, Alavanja MC, Sandler DP, Hoppin JA: (2011) High Pesticide Exposure Events and Central Nervous System Function among Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. Int Arch Occup Environ Health [Online 7 September 2011].
  • Starks SE, Gerr F, Kamel F, Lynch CF, Alavanja MC, Sandler DP, Hoppin JA: (2012). Neurobehavioral Function and Organophosphate Insecticide Use among Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. Neurotoxicol Teratol 34(1):168-76.
  • Hoppin JA, Long S, Umbach DM, Lubin JH, Starks, SE, Gerr F, Thomas K, Hines CJ, Weichenthal S, Kamel F, Koutros A, Alavanja M, Beane Freeman LE< Sandler DP: (2012) Peripheral Nervous System Function and Organophosphate Pesticide Use among Licensed Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 22(6): 584-92.
  • Starks, SE, Hoppin, JA, Kamel F, Lynch CF, Jones MP, Alavanja MC, Sandler DP, Gerr F: (2012) Peripheral Nervous System Function and Organophosphate pesticide Use among Licensed Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. Environ Health Perspect 120(4) 515-20.

Musculoskeletal

  • Anton D, Gerr F, Merlino L, Rosecrance J: (2012) Normative Median and Ulnar Nerve Conduction Values among a Rural Aged Population, JASH (submitted).
  • Nonnenmann MW, Anton DC, Gerr FE, Merlino LA, Donham KJ: (2008) Musculoskeletal Symptoms of the Neck and Upper Extremities among Iowa Dairy Farmers. Am J Ind Med 51(6):443-51.
  • Douphrate DI, Fethke NB, Nonnenmann MW, Rosecrance JC, Reynolds SJ: (2012) Full Shift Arm Inclinometry among Dairy Parlor Workers: A Feasibility Study in a Challenging Work Environment. Appl Ergon, 43(3):604-613. (PMID: 22019358)

Books

  • Curwin B: (2006) Bringing Work Home: Take-home Pesticide Exposure among Farm Families. Utrecht, Netherlands: Utrecht University.
  • Donham K, Thelin A: (2006). Agricultural Medicine: Rural Occupational and Environmental Health for the Health Professions. Ames, IA: Blackwell Publishing.

Reports