Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-5000, USA.
J Agromedicine. 2010 Apr;15(2):87-9. doi: 10.1080/10599241003627177.
The annual Midwest Rural Agricultural Safety and Health Forum (MRASH) is produced by the combined efforts and resources of Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH), the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health, and The Heartland Center for Occupational Health. There is a regional focus for the conference on agricultural health issues for the 11 states of the upper Midwest, thus the new name for conference (MRASH). The purpose of this conference is to "plant the seeds" for stimulating and strengthening collaborative efforts among researchers, practitioner, agricultural producers, and medical professionals. This is accomplished by sharing cutting edge research, reviewing intervention theory and methodologies, reviewing activities of regional academic, public health, and nonprofit farm health and safety organization. The 2009 conference included plenary and topical breakout sessions. The plenary sessions included topics that have a relevance to the theory and practice of health interventions in populations. The breakout sessions were quite varied, with topics of community prevention programs (including Certified Safe Farm for large farms), AgrAbility programs, exposures from noise, pesticides, needle sticks, and all-terrain vehicle operation. The largest breakout session was on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Should there be further questions of authors or the organizing committee, contact information is available at the following Web site address: http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/ICASH/programs/MRASH/2009/index.htm.
一年一度的中西部农村农业安全与健康论坛 (MRASH) 是由爱荷华州农业安全与健康中心 (I-CASH)、大平原农业健康中心和中心地带职业健康中心共同努力和资源共同创建的。会议的区域重点是上中西部 11 个州的农业健康问题，因此会议采用了新名称 (MRASH)。该会议的目的是“播种”，以激发和加强研究人员、从业者、农业生产者和医疗专业人员之间的合作。这是通过分享前沿研究、审查干预理论和方法、审查区域学术、公共卫生和非营利性农场健康和安全组织的活动来实现的。2009 年的会议包括全体会议和专题分组会议。全体会议的主题与人群健康干预的理论和实践相关。分组会议的主题非常多样化，包括社区预防计划（包括大型农场的认证安全农场）、AgrAbility 计划、噪音、农药、针头等的暴露以及全地形车操作。最大的分组会议是关于耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌 (MRSA) 的。如果对作者或组织委员会有进一步的疑问，请访问以下网站地址获取联系方式：http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/ICASH/programs/MRASH/2009/index.htm。
