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IOWA’S CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SAFETY AND HEALTH 2003 Annual Report Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health Department of Occupational and Environmental Health College of Public Health 100 Oakdale Campus, #124 IREH The University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242-5000 Telephone: 319-335-4438 FAX: 319-335-4225 www.public-health.uiowa.edu/icash I-CASH Staff 2003 Board of Directors Marilyn Adams Kelley Donham Farm Safety 4 Just Kids Director Roger Chapman Eileen Fisher Iowa Department of Public Health Associate Director Kelley Donham (Chairperson) LaMar Grafft The University of Iowa Brent Halling Rural Health and Safety Specialist Iowa Department of Agriculture Meggan Harrington and Land Stewardship Project Assistant Joyce Hornstein Carol Hodne Iowa State University Post Doctoral Research Fellow Steve Kerns Kay Mohling Producer Program Coordinator James Merchant Sara Schneiders The University of Iowa Certified Safe Farm Project Coordinator Corinne Peek-Asa The University of Iowa Jeris Peterson Sharing Help Awareness United Network Eldon Prybil Producer Tom Newton Iowa Department of Public Health Carolyn Sheridan AgriSafe Network Sam Steel National Education Center for Agricultural Safety Machelle Shaffer Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Vision Statement Wendy Wintersteen To make Iowa the world’s healthiest and safest agricul- Iowa State University tural environment in which to live and work through creative leadership and collaboration among I-CASH, 2003 Advisory Council its partners and Iowa’s agricultural community. Sarai Schnucker Beck Ecumenical Ministries of Iowa Mission Statement Joan Deutmeyer The Mission of I-CASH is to enhance the health and safety AgriHealth Regional Medical Center of Iowa’s agricultural community by establishing and Jan Goldsmith Highway Safety Consultant coordinating prevention and education programs. David Hansen (Chairperson) Farm Safety 4 Just Kids Charles A. Jennissen 2003 I-CASH Annual Report Blank Childrens Hospital Tracy Keninger Editor: Kay Mohling Easter Seals Rural Solutions Mark Kuhn Producer Doug Lindgren Cover Design by Patti O’Neill, Iowa Soybean Association University of Iowa College of Public Health Norm Moklestad Iowa Dairy Products Association Michael Rosmann The University of Iowa prohibits discrimination in employment and in its educational programs and activities on the basis of race, national origin, color, creed, religion, sex, AgriWellness, Inc. age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational Margaret VanGinkel preference. The University also affirms its commitment to providing equal opportuni- Iowa Concern Hotline ties and equal access to University facilities. For additional information on nondis- Peter Weyer crimination policies, contact the Coordinator of Title IX, Section 504, and the ADA in the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, (319) 335-0705 (voice) or (319) 335- The University of Iowa 2 0697 (text), The University of Iowa, 202 Jessup Hall, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1316. Table of Contents Opening Thoughts From The Director.......................................................................................... 4 I-CASH Partner Programs Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship: Pesticide Applicator Certification .................................................................................................... 5 Worker Protection Standard ............................................................................................................ 5 Iowa Department of Public Health: Agricultural Injury Registry (SPRAINS) ........................................................................................ 5 Iowa State University: Farm Safety Program ...................................................................................................................... 6 Iowa Concern Hotline ..................................................................................................................... 6 Pesticide Applicator Training Program ............................................................................................ 7 The University of Iowa (projects led by I-CASH core faculty and staff): Agricultural Occupational Health Training ...................................................................................... 7 Certified Safe Farm ......................................................................................................................... 8 Farm Safety Youth Grant ................................................................................................................. 8 Hall of Fame Award ........................................................................................................................ 9 The University of Iowa (projects at other UI research centers): Agricultural Health Study ................................................................................................................ 9 Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination (CHEEC) ........................................10 Center for International Rural and Environmental Health (CIREH) .............................................10 Environmental Health Sciences Research Center (EHSRC) ........................................................10 Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health (GPCAH) ................................................................. 11 Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) ..................................................................................12 Iowa Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Iowa FACE) .................................................12 I-CASH Affiliate Programs AgriSafe Network ..........................................................................................................................13 AgriWellness ...................................................................................................................................13 Easter Seals Rural Solutions ...........................................................................................................13 Farm Safety 4 Just Kids (FS4JK) ..................................................................................................14 Iowa Farm Safety Council .............................................................................................................14 National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS) .......................................................14 Proteus ............................................................................................................................................15 Sharing Help Awareness United Network (SHAUN) ...................................................................15 Financial Report ......................................................................................................................... .16 Appendix A: I-CASH Presentations/ Educational Activities/ Newspaper Publications ...........................17 Appendix B: I-CASH Member Publications.............................................................................................20 3 Opening Thoughts From The Director Doing more with less is the theme of most farming and ranching enterprises these days. Since the 1970’s agricultural producers have had to expand their acreages and animal units to keep more dollars coming in, while paying out more dollars for services and supplies. The squeeze gets tighter every year, resulting in increased stress and injuries. Doing more with less is the order of the day for many other private and public institutions as well. I-CASH took another 2.5% cut along with the other regent institutions, making our budget significantly less (when accounting for inflation), than when I-CASH began in 1990. However, we have created new and stronger collaborations to create efficiency and synergy in our agricultural health and safety programs at the University of Iowa. We have formed the Agricultural Medicine Core group that consists of I-CASH, The Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health, and faculty and staff from other centers. The new Farm Families Alive and Well newsletter is an example of that collaboration. We have brought in new money from a variety of sources to keep helping farm families stay alive and well. Our Certified Safe Farm program is an example, as funding is coming from new partnerships with farm organizations, insurance companies, agribusinesses, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. We look forward to building this program into the business fabric of the agricultural community and watching it progress to a new level of activity after five years of service. Our goal is to have the agricultural community own and run Certified Safe Farm, in conjunction with I-CASH and the AgriSafe Network. Doing more with less means the agricultural health and safety community can not necessarily rely on governmental sources and contributions from the private sector, as much as in the past. Finding the value added position of health and safety on the farm, and building that into win-win business partnerships is the vision of Certified Safe Farm. This concept provides leadership, but turns the responsibility and sustainability over to the agricultural community. Should we accomplish this, we will be doing even more with less to help the farm community stay alive and well in agriculture. Kelley J. Donham, MS, DVM Director, Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health 4 I-CASH Partner Programs The following are brief