Agricultural medicine : rural occupational and environmental health, safety, and prevention / Kelley J. Donham and Anders Thelin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donham, Kelley J., author.

Thelin, Anders, author.

Series:

THEi Wiley ebooks.

THEi Wiley ebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural laborers--Health and hygiene.

Agricultural laborers.

Agricultural laborers--Diseases.

Agriculture--Health aspects.

Agriculture.

Medicine, Rural.

Rural health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (605 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, [2016]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Access using campus network via VPN at home (THEi Users Only).

Summary:

Newly updated, Agricultural Medicine: Rural Occupational Health, Safety, and Prevention, Second Edition is a groundbreaking and comprehensive textbook and reference for students and practitioners of public health, and professionals in the field of rural agricultural occupational health and safety. The book introduces specific occupational and environmental health and safety issues faced by agricultural workers and rural residents, and provides a roadmap to establishing sustainable worker and public health support in agricultural communities. Responding to reader demand, Agricultural Medicine , Second Edition now features more case studies, key point summaries, and new international perspective chapters comparing North American health and agricultural practices to those in Europe, the Asia Pacific, and South America. Agricultural health and safety engages a multidisciplinary team of medical professionals, veterinarians, safety professionals, engineers, sociologists, epidemiologists, and psychologists, for whom this book serves as an essential resource.

Contents:

Title Page ; Copyright Page; Contents; About the Authors; About the Reviewers ; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview; 1.1 Introduction to the Professional Specialty of Agricultural Medicine (Agricultural Safety and Health); 1.2 Terminology and Definitions; 1.3 What is an Agricultural Health and Safety Professional?; 1.3.1 The Primary Care Physician, Nurse, Allied Health Professionals, and Veterinary Practitioners; 1.3.2 The Full-time Agricultural Health and Safety Specialist ; 1.4 Training of Agricultural Health Practitioners and Agriculture Health and Safety Specialists

1.4.1 Training for Healthcare Practitioners 1.4.2 Training Full-time Agriculture Health and Safety Specialists ; 1.5 Demographics of the Agricultural Workforce; 1.6 The Evolution of Production Agricultural, Workforce, and Types of Farms; 1.6.1 Family Farms; 1.6.2 Principal Operator; 1.6.3 Farm Family Members; 1.6.4 Farm Workers; 1.6.5 Indigenous Farm Workers; 1.6.6 Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers; 1.6.7 Large Farms and Industrial-style Farms ; 1.6.8 Family Corporations; 1.7 Other Occupations Exposed to the Agricultural Environment; 1.8 General Health Status of the Agricultural Population

1.9 Occupational Health Status of the Agricultural Workforce 1.10 Occupational Injury and Illness Statistics; 1.11 Persistent and Emerging Megatrends in Agriculture: Health-Safety Implications; 1.12 A Preview of Specific Occupational Health and Safety Risks and Conditions; 1.12.1 Special Risk Populations in Agriculture (Chapter 2); 1.12.2 Agricultural Respiratory Conditions (Chapter 3); 1.12.3 Agricultural Skin Diseases (Chapter 4); 1.12.4 Cancer in Agricultural Populations (Chapter 5); 1.12.5 Toxicology of Pesticides (Chapter 6)

1.12.6 General Environmental Health Hazards in Agriculture (Chapter 7)1.12.7 Musculoskeletal Diseases in Agriculture (Chapter 8); 1.12.8 Physical Factors Affecting Health (Chapter 9); 1.12.9 Mental, Social, and Behavioral Health in Agriculture (Chapter 10); 1.12.10 Acute Agricultural Injuries (Chapter 11); 1.12.11 Human Health Hazards of Veterinary Pharmaceuticals (Chapter 12); 1.12.12 Agricultural and Rural Zoonotic and Emerging Infectious Diseases (Chapter 13); 1.12.13 Prevention of Illness and Injury in Agricultural Populations (Chapter 15)

1.12.14 Agricultural Health and Safety Organizations 1.13 Summary; References; Chapter 2 Special Risk Populations in Agricultural Communities; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Women in Agriculture; 2.2.1 Work Exposures/Risk Factors for Farm Women; 2.2.2 Prevention; 2.3 Youths in Agriculture; 2.3.1 Work Exposures/Risks Factors; 2.3.2 Prevention; 2.3.3 Going Beyond Awareness-level Education Aimed at Farm Youths ; 2.4 Elderly Farmers; 2.4.1 Work Exposures/Risks; 2.4.2 Recommendations for Prevention; 2.5 Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers; 2.5.1 Work Exposures/Risks; 2.5.2 Prevention and Protection of MSFWs

2.6 Old-order Anabaptists

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-118-64740-8

1-118-64721-1

OCLC:

928136804