Thursday, October 27, 2005
Schedule at a Glance

7:00 - 8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 8:15 am Welcome Address by James Merchant, MD, DrPH
Dean, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa
8:15 - 9:15 am Keynote Address by John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
"Occupational Safety and Health Challenges for the 21st Century"
9:15 - 10:00 am Plenary Session: Research to Practice
• Wayne T. Sanderson, PhD, CIH, Successful R2P Projects of NIOSH Ag Centers

• Kelley J. Donham, MS, DVM, DACVPM, Historical Perspectives of I-CASH in the Creation
of R2P Programs

• Robert A. Aherin, PhD, History of Cooperative Extension: Research toPractice
10:00 - 10:15 am Break
10:15 - 11:15 am

Plenary Session: Research to Practice (continued)
• Terry Y. Meek, BA, Implementing Research Findings into Practice for Migrant Farmworker Population
• Natalie C. Roy. MPH, Successful Integration of Research Findings into Public Health Practice
• Marilyn Adams, Success of a Non-Profit Organization in Research To Practice

11:15 - 12:00 pm Facilitated Discussion (Leader, Barbara C. Lee, RN, PhD):
How to Improve Research to Practice in Agricultural Safety and Health
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 - 2:20 pm Concurrent Breakout Session I (pick one topic)
Cultural Competency and Education for Service Providers
• Adolescent Risk Behaviors and Farm Stress
• Seniors, Women, and The Ag Health Study

2:30 - 3:30 pm Concurrent Breakout Session II (pick one topic)
Health Effects, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Pesticide Exposures
• Lessons Learned in Translating Depression Research to Practice
• Bridging the Gap . . .Examples of R2P for Farm Children’s Safety
3:45 - 5:00 pm Concurrent Breakout Session III (pick one topic)
• EPA Worker Protection Standard and Farmworker Pesticide Safety
• Concerns of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
• Injury Prevention

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