Download or read book Injuries to Youth on Hispanic Farm Operations 2003 written by United States. Department of Health and Human Services and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 2003, 47,200 farms were operated by Hispanics in the United States. About 1/3 (17,300) of these farms reported having youth less than 20 years old living on them. 34,500 youth lived on these Hispanic/operated farms. 540 injuries (1.5 injuries/day) occurred to youth who lived on, worked on, or visited these Hispanic/operated farms. Nearly 2/3 (340) of the injuries were to youth who lived on the farm. Between 1995 and 2002, 77 Hispanic youth died on farms (42 deaths/100,000 youth). Of the 77 Hispanic youth who died on farms in the United States, most were between the ages of 16 and 19. The majority of deaths to Hispanic youth on farms were due to machinery (21%), such as tractors; motor vehicles (18%), which include ATVs; and drowning (15%). The most common sources for the 340 non-fatal injuries to youth living on a Hispanic farm were: Floors, walkways, ground (29%); Persons, animals, plants, minerals (21%); and, Vehicles (ATVs, tractors, automobiles, 17%). The most common types of injury were: Broken bone (36%); Cut (15%); and, Bruise (13%). The body parts most commonly injured were: Hand, wrist, finger (20%); and, Arm (17%). Children do what they see...be a good role model for farm safety. Devote a day to FARM SAFETY with your children. Inspect your farm for hazards to children. Remove as many hazards as possible. Mark dangerous areas clearly with hazard signs. Provide an enclosed and supervised safe play area for children. Do not allow children to play around machinery, workshops, storage buildings, or where work is occurring on the farm. Assign farm chores to youth that are appropriate for their age such as those recommended in the North American Guidelines for Childhood Agricultural Tasks (NAGCAT). Teach youth how to handle and work with animals safely. Farm animals that are breeding, have newborns, or are sick can be aggressive - make sure children have no contact with these animals. Children should wear proper protective clothing when handling animals. For example, youth should always wear a helmet when riding horses. All household pets should have proper health checks and shots. Do not allow extra riders on tractors, all terrain vehicles (ATVs) and other farm equipment; follow the "ONE SEAT - ONE RIDER" rule. NEVER leave keys in the ignition of machinery or vehicles. Limit operation of ATVs, tractors, and machinery to older youth. ATV manufacturers recommend that riders be at least 16 years of age for A TV s 400cc or larger, and that they take an ATV safety training course. Youth should not operate any ATV without wearing a helmet. Child labor laws require that hired youth be at least 16 years old to operate tractors and machinery on farms, except for 14- and 15-year olds who have received operator certification. All youth should be properly trained before operating tractors or machinery. Child labor laws do not apply to youth on their family's farm. However, they are a good guide for when youth are old enough to do hazardous work safely. Youth, like adults, should not operate farm tractors without a Roll-Over Protective Structure (ROPS) and a seatbelt. Youth should not operate tractors or other vehicles on public roads without a driver's license. Always supervise children when playing in or near water. All entrances to ponds, lagoons, pools, and manure pits should be restricted. All farm ponds should have water safety and rescue equipment. Alcohol contributes to many teen drownings on farms. Talk to your teens about the dangers of drinking and swimming. Never leave containers with standing water in areas where toddlers are present." --NIOSTHTIC-2

Download or read book Injury and Asthma Among Youth Less Than 20 Years of Age on Minority Farm Operations in the United States 2000 Hispanic national data written by John R. Myers and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Occupational Health and Safety for the 21St Century written by Robert H. Friis and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2015 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses occupational health and safety, including occupational policies, legislative acts, and laws for protection of workers. Epidemiology and toxicology are examples of two fields that make contributions to exposure assessments and illuminate the adverse health effects associated with work-related exposures. Among the adverse health outcomes that have been linked with the work environment are cancer, respiratory illness, and reproductive abnormalities. Unintentional injuries are one of the leading causes of work-related morbidity and mortality, but the psychological and social environment can also affect the health of workers by influencing levels of stress and morale. Methods have been developed to reduce exposures to hazards and increase occupational safety through redesign of the work environment, introduction of engineering controls, and limiting exposures to physical, microbial, and chemical agents. --

Download or read book Textbook of Children s Environmental Health written by Philip J. Landrigan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past four decades, the prevalence of autism, asthma, ADHD, obesity, diabetes, and birth defects have grown substantially among children around the world. Not coincidentally, more than 80,000 new chemicals have been developed and released into the global environment during this same period. Today the World Health Organization attributes 36% of all childhood deaths to environmental causes. Children's environmental health is a new and expanding discipline that studies the profound impact of chemical and environmental hazards on child health. Amid mounting evidence that children are exquisitely sensitive to their environment-and that exposure during their developmental "windows of susceptibility" can trigger cellular changes that lead to disease and disability in infancy, childhood, and across the life span-there is a compelling need for continued scientific study of the relationship between children's health and environment. The Textbook of Children's Environmental Health codifies the knowledge base and offers an authoritative and comprehensive guide to this important new field. Edited by two internationally recognized pioneers in the area, this volume presents up-to-date information on the chemical, biological, physical, and societal hazards that confront children in today's world: pesticides, indoor and outdoor air pollution, lead, arsenic, phthalates, bisphenol A, brominated flame retardants, ionizing radiation, electromagnetic fields, and the built environment. It presents carefully documented data on rising rates of disease in children, offers a critical summary of new research linking pediatric disease with environmental exposures, and explores the cellular, molecular, and epigenetic mechanisms underlying diseases of environmental origin. With this volume's emphasis upon integrating theory and practice, readers will find practical approaches to channeling scientific findings into evidence-based strategies for preventing and identifying the environmental hazards that cause disease in children. It is a landmark work that will serve as the field's benchmark for years to come.

Download or read book Latinx Farmworkers in the Eastern United States written by Thomas A. Arcury and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Migrant and seasonal farmworkers are largely Latinx men, women, and children. They work in crop, dairy, and livestock production, and are essential to the U.S. agricultural economy—one of the most hazardous and least regulated industries in the United States. Latinx migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the eastern United States experience high rates of illness, injury, and death, indicating widespread occupational injustice. This second edition takes a social justice stance and integrates the past ten years of research and intervention to address health, safety, and justice issues for farmworkers. Contributors cover all major areas of health and safety research for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families, explore the factors that affect the health and safety of farmworkers and their families, and suggest approaches for further research and educational and policy intervention needed to improve the health and safety of Latinx farmworkers and their families. Among the chapter topics are: Occupational injury and illness in Latinx farmworkers in the eastern United States Mental health among Latinx farmworkers in the eastern United States The health of women farmworkers and women in farmworker families in the eastern United States The health of children in the Latinx farmworker community in the eastern United States Community-based participatory research with Latinx farmworker communities in the eastern United States Farm labor and the struggle for justice in the eastern United States Accessibly written and comprehensive in its scope, this second edition of Latinx Farmworkers in the Eastern United States: Health, Safety, and Justice will find an engaged audience among researchers, students, and practitioners in public health, occupational health, public policy, and social and behavioral sciences, as well as labor advocates and healthcare providers.

Download or read book International Perspectives on Health and Safety among Dairy Workers Challenges Solutions and the Future written by Martina Jakob and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This e-book provides the insight into occupational health and safety problems, challenges and solutions of the dairy sector. Thirty-two authors have been sharing their results and knowledge reflecting the challenges from small scale farming up to industrial style. The worldwide trend of growing farm sizes and a reduction in numbers is one of the major drivers for the changes in the working environment. Musculoskeletal disorders are among the most prevalent health problems of people working on farms. Nevertheless mechanisation has not reduced the number of complaints, and new problems arise due to the changing working environment.

Download or read book An Approach Using Photogrammetry and an Ergonomic CAD System to Evaluate Mismatches Between Operational Demands of Agricultural Tractors and Physical and Visional Capabilities of Youth Drivers written by Ji Hong Chang and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.

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Download or read book Developing Critical Consciousness in Youth written by Erin B. Godfrey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how common, everyday spaces in youth's lives can be leveraged to help them recognize and fight injustice.

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Download or read book Handbook of Adolescent Psychology Volume 2 written by Richard M. Lerner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-04-06 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of and interest in adolescence in the field of psychology and related fields continues to grow, necessitating an expanded revision of this seminal work. This multidisciplinary handbook, edited by the premier scholars in the field, Richard Lerner and Laurence Steinberg, and with contributions from the leading researchers, reflects the latest empirical work and growth in the field.

Download or read book Tobacco s Hidden Children written by Margaret Wurth and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Methodology -- I. Tobacco farming in the United States -- II. Child tobacco workers in the United States -- III. Health and safety -- IV. Hours, wages, and education -- V. International legal standards -- VI. Obligations of the US government to protect child farmworkers -- VII. Responsibilities of businesses purchasing tobacco in the United States -- VIII. Recommendations -- Acknowledgments.

Download or read book Safety and Health at Work ILO CIS Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: