NFSHW 2021: Food in the Field
Summary: With 18+ hour workdays, the stress of the weather, dealing with markets and policies, and limited nutritious, one-handed dining options, it is easy to put healthy eating on theRead More
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NFSHW 2021: Zoonotic Disease and Pregnancy: A Deeper Dive
Summary: Zoonotic Diseases are transmitted between farm animals and humans and can pose additional risks to those who are pregnant. Farmers and farmworkers have higher levels of risk for contractingRead More
Webinar: Say What? Protecting Your Hearing (Invest in Your Health: Train the Trainer Series)
Summary: This Invest in Your Health: Train the Trainer course is designed for teachers, extension staff, 4H and FFA leaders, and others who work with young adults. The young agRead More
Webinar: Forging Partnerships and Finding Resources to Promote Worker Health
Summary: As COVID-19 vaccination requirements continue changing across the country, access to vaccines and testing remains vital for the health of our agricultural communities. Many local Health Departments have mobileRead More
Webinar: What to Expect While Expecting- For Female Producers & Farmworkers in Ag
Summary: Pregnancy and fertility are often not considered when women assume farm tasks. Pesticide and other chemical exposures, zoonotic diseases and heavy lifting particularly during childbearing years, present challenges. Objectives:Read More
National Public Health Week
During the first full week of April each year, the American Public Health Association brings together communities across the United States to observe National Public Health Week as a timeRead More
Webinar: Ag Worker Health and Avian Influenza
Summary: Avian Influenza is a disease caused by viruses that can infect birds and people. Avian influenza viruses are routinely present in wild bird species and can be transmitted toRead More
Webinar: Women and Heat Stress
Summary: People who work outdoors are more likely to become dehydrated and experience heat-related illness or heat stress. Although illness from exposure to heat is preventable, thousands become sick from occupational heat exposure every year, and some cases are fatal. Agriculture is an industry where workers have suffered heat-related illnesses. Specific groups within the agriculturalRead More
Webinar: More than Milk: Strong Bones and Injury Prevention for Aging Women in Ag
Summary: Do farmers or ranchers really retire? Generational family operations frequently include the aging parents, the living legends of agriculture. Farmers and ranchers self-identify good health with the ability to work. The normal aging process slows down one’s ability to engage in meaningful activities physically and mentally, essentially to continue working. Swirl in the postmenopausalRead More
Webinar: Culture is Our Wellness [La Cultura Cura]
Culture is our Wellness Summary: The science of medicine has been part of every culture around the world. However, the contemporary allopathic medical model represents only part of our understandingRead More
Webinar: Talking About Ticks- Lyme Disease
Summary: As people spend more time outdoors, so do many insects and pests. Among them are ticks, which are small bloodsucking insects. The deer tick (also known as the black-leggedRead More
Webinar: Exploring Health and Safety for Black Farmers: Racism, Land Access, Mental Health, and Resources
Summary: The number of Black farmers in the United States has declined over the last century. One hundred years ago, farmers identifying as Black or mixed race made up aboutRead More
