Smallfield Stacy, Anderson Angela J
Department of Occupational Therapy, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA.
J Rural Health. 2008 Fall;24(4):369-74. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2008.00183.x.
Medical and allied health professionals who work in agricultural states frequently address the needs of clients who live and work in rural and frontier environments. The primary occupations of those living in rural areas include farming, ranching, or other agriculture-related work. Farming is consistently ranked as one of the most high-risk occupations for work-related injuries and accidents; therefore, it is critical that health education programs include content to prepare future medical and health professionals to work with this population.
This paper describes the rural issues component of the occupational therapy curriculum at The University of South Dakota. This rural issues module is designed to provide occupational therapists with training about the physical, temporal, and sociocultural aspects of production agriculture and the impact these have on the health and well-being of the agricultural population. It also addresses the occupational therapy implications for farmers and ranchers who have disabilities. Student assessments of the course content have been above average.
Training in agricultural health enables our occupational therapy students to be well prepared for work in the rural and frontier areas of South Dakota and other rural locations.
在农业州工作的医学及相关健康专业人员经常满足生活和工作在农村及偏远地区客户的需求。生活在农村地区的人的主要职业包括务农、放牧或其他与农业相关的工作。务农一直被列为与工作相关的伤害和事故风险最高的职业之一；因此，健康教育项目包含让未来的医学和健康专业人员为与这一人群合作做好准备的内容至关重要。
本文描述了南达科他大学职业治疗课程中的农村问题部分。这个农村问题模块旨在为职业治疗师提供关于生产性农业的物理、时间和社会文化方面以及这些方面对农业人口健康和福祉的影响的培训。它还探讨了对残疾农民和牧场主的职业治疗意义。学生对课程内容的评估高于平均水平。
农业健康培训使我们的职业治疗专业学生为在南达科他州的农村和偏远地区以及其他农村地区工作做好充分准备。
