Sandfort D
Occupational Safety and Health Section, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523.
Am J Ind Med. 1990;18(4):395-403. doi: 10.1002/ajim.4700180408.
From its inception in the late 1970s, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation funded Workplace Health in Agriculture Program at Colorado State University underwent numerous evolutions as the needs of the agricultural community were identified. Direct health and safety consultation with agribusiness met with limited success due to the cost of providing services over a wide geographic area and a general unwillingness within this group of employers to involve themselves with "OSHA"-type regulations. Therefore, the program changed from promotion of, and providing health and safety consultation upon request, to education of specific target groups within the agricultural community supplemented by consultation services when needs were identified. Target groups for educational services included rural health care providers, vocational-agriculture students and teachers, farm/ranch clubs and groups (with special emphasis on farm wives groups), and rural emergency services. These groups became the promoters of health and safety within the agriculture community, which resulted in a direct, positive impact on requests for, and interest in health and safety services provided by the program.
自20世纪70年代末成立以来，随着农业社区需求的明确，科罗拉多州立大学的W.K. 凯洛格基金会资助的农业工作场所健康项目经历了多次演变。由于在广阔地理区域提供服务的成本以及这类雇主普遍不愿参与 “职业安全与健康管理局” 式的法规，与农业综合企业进行直接的健康和安全咨询取得的成功有限。因此，该项目从宣传并应要求提供健康和安全咨询，转变为对农业社区内特定目标群体进行教育，并在确定需求时辅以咨询服务。教育服务的目标群体包括农村医疗保健提供者、职业农业学生和教师、农场/牧场俱乐部和团体（特别强调农场主妻子团体）以及农村应急服务机构。这些群体成为了农业社区内健康和安全的推动者，这对该项目所提供的健康和安全服务的需求及兴趣产生了直接的积极影响。
