SESSION IV. Surveillance of AgFF Injury, Illness and Economic Impacts
Chair: Risto Rautiainen, PhD, MS, CS-CASH, University of Nebraska
Surveillance involves ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data and timely dissemination of the findings to those who need to know. Understanding the changing nature of farming, populations at risk, exposures, risk factors, and characteristics of injuries is essential for successful prevention. Surveillance of farm-related injuries and illnesses is challenging, however. There is no single system that identifies these incidents comprehensively. The large number, small size, and geographic dispersal of farm operations, and the diversity of the populations at risk pose challenges. The goal of this panel is to discuss strategies to develop sustainable, cost-effective systems for the surveillance of injuries and illnesses in agriculture. The panelists will discuss innovative methods including analyses of ‘big and small data’ from existing administrative databases, automated online surveys, and media tracking services.
Monitoring Agricultural Injuries from Media Reports
Bryan Weichelt, PhD, National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety
Analyses of Agricultural Injury Data from Administrative Databases
Erika Scott, PhD, Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety
Injury and Illness Surveys to Self-employed Farmers and Ranchers
Risto Rautiainen, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Improving Fatality Surveillance for the US Fishing Industry
Samantha Case, MPH, NIOSH Western States Division
Bureau of Labor Statistics Injury Surveillance
Marika Litras, PhD, US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Enumeration Methodology
Alice Larson, PhD, Larson Assistance Services
Panel: Smart Surveillance – Developing Sustainable, Cost-effective Systems for the Surveillance of Injury and Illness in Agriculture.
Panelists composed of previous speakers