Höglund S
Swedish Farmers' Safety and Preventive Health Association, Stockholm.
J Occup Med. 1989 Sep;31(9):767-70.
Farming is an occupation in which risks and many health hazards have been identified. Unlike other Swedish industrial sectors, agriculture has not had an occupational health service until recently. At the initiative of local farmers' groups, a trial program was started in 1977, and occupational health care for farmers and farm workers has gradually developed since then. Today, 35,000 farmers are affiliated on a voluntary basis. The occupational health program offers biennial health checkups, along with informational activities and farm visits during the interim. Nurses, physicians, and physiotherapists deal with work-related symptoms and diseases, and safety engineers conduct farm visits. The large number of environmental hazards existing in agriculture constitutes a spur to further development of the occupational health service and to research. Results so far are promising, and occupational health care in agriculture should be encouraged.
农业是一种已被确认存在风险和诸多健康危害的职业。与瑞典其他工业部门不同，直到最近农业才有职业健康服务。在当地农民团体的倡议下，1977年启动了一个试点项目，自那时起农民和农场工人的职业健康护理逐渐发展起来。如今，35000名农民自愿加入。职业健康项目每两年提供一次健康检查，在此期间还开展信息活动和农场访问。护士、医生和物理治疗师处理与工作相关的症状和疾病，安全工程师进行农场访问。农业中存在的大量环境危害促使职业健康服务进一步发展并推动相关研究。目前的结果很有希望，应该鼓励农业领域的职业健康护理。
