Wellbeing

Community Health Interventions with Yakima Ag Workers "El Proyecto Bienestar"

El Proyecto Bienestar (EPB) or, Well Being Project, is a long-standing community health intervention effort guided by a Yakima Valley community advisory board. The partnership is comprised of: The University of Washington; Northwest Communities Education Center/Radio KDNA; Heritage University; and Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic.

Sustainable Harvest Project

This stakeholder driven project aimed to reduce un-permitted harvesting of special forest products (SFPs) in the Forks, Washington area and increase the overall health of the environment and the workers. In a one-year effort, the Sustainable Harvest project brought together harvesters, public and private landowners, and local city and tribal government representatives.

Aggravating Factors of Asthma in a Rural Environment (AFARE)

This community-based project characterized ambient triggers of asthma in the rural setting by following 50 (children and adults) asthmatic community participants, mapping their exacerbations and comparing these with known agricultural exposures. 
 
Communities living in rural agricultural settings may be exposed to an array of biological (e.g. organic dust from animal and crop products, bacteria, fungi, endotoxins) and non-biological particles and gases (e.g. pesticides, hydrogen sulfide and ammonia).
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