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Quarterly
e-newsletter of AgInjuryNews
Spring 2024
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This is Volume 2, Issue 4 of the AgInjuryNews quarterly newsletter. We hope these will keep our users and collaborators better informed of ongoing initiatives and milestone achievements. As always, if you have any questions, please connect with us. | | |
Save the Date - ISASH 2024 | |
Join us in beautiful Portland, Ore., June 17-20, 2024, at the Hilton Portland Downtown for an exciting week of education, networking and tours at the International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health's 2024 meeting! | |
Call for Papers: Safety and health in commercial fishing, aquaculture | |
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The Journal of Agromedicine invites submissions of original research and editorials of work either presented at IFISH 6 or relevant to the occupational safety and health topics of the IFISH 6 conference. Topics should directly discuss issues pertaining to occupational safety and health in fishing, aquaculture or seafood processing. Manuscripts discussing small-scale fisheries, high-risk maritime populations, novel interventions and strategic partnerships are encouraged.
For submission instructions, please see “Instructions for authors” on the Journal’s website. Manuscripts must be submitted via the Taylor & Francis' Submission Portal by September 15, 2024. Peer review will be completed during late 2024/early 2025. The anticipated publication date is April 2025.
QUESTIONS?
Email the journal’s general mailbox, agromedicine@marshfieldresearch.org
Or contact any of the Guest Editor team:
· Jennifer Lincoln, jlincoln@cdc.gov
· KC Elliott, kelliott@cdc.gov
· Julie Sorensen, sorensen@bassett.org
· Florence Poulain, poulain@fao.org
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Call for Papers: Special Issue on "Cultivating Well-being on Farms and Ranches" | |
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The open-access OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine Journal invites submissions for its upcoming special issue focused on "Cultivating Well-being on Farms and Ranches." This edition seeks to explore innovative research and practices aimed at promoting well-being within agricultural communities. Authors are encouraged to submit their manuscripts at any time. Submissions will undergo rigorous peer-review and will be processed promptly upon receipt. Accepted manuscripts authored by non-native English speakers will receive complementary editing services from English language experts, ensuring clarity and precision in communication.
Submission Deadline: September 30, 2024 (Flexibility available upon request).
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Journal of Agromedicine Special Issue on
Surveillance
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The Journal of Agromedicine special surveillance issue highlights new advancements in surveillance science, with a wide-ranging topical and international scope. The authors present the myriad of unique ways in which they are filling the surveillance gaps. The call for papers solicited research that responded to a variety of factors. Manuscripts included in this special issue were responsive to nearly all of the topics sought.
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Child injuries on farms are not ‘accidents’ | |
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Headlines such as, “Toddler killed in tractor accident,” or, “Boy dies in farm accident,” grab our attention and sympathy, but they also prevent us from addressing the root causes of those tragedies, says a childhood agricultural injury prevention researcher.
“An ‘accident’ suggests that the situation could not have been anticipated or prevented,” said Barbara Lee, Ph.D., director of the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, part of the National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, Wis.
“We know better. It’s time to get serious and use the appropriate terminology.”
Instead of “accident,” Lee suggests the term “incident,” or a word describing what happened, such as “crash,” “explosion,” or “fall.”
“Using ‘accident’ avoids a serious investigation of the event, and it hampers efforts to alter unsafe environments or conditions in which children are present,” wrote Lee in an open-access commentary recently published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Agromedicine. “Child Farm Injuries are Never ‘Accidents,’” a commentary by Barbara Lee, is available at https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2024.2311050
Although an adverse event might seem unique, injury data will likely reveal many similar events. To read this full media release, go to https://marshfieldresearch.org/nccrahs-news/child-injuries-on-farms-are-not-accidents
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Thank you and best wishes, Marsha! | |
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If you are involved with childhood agricultural injury prevention, chances are good that you know Marsha Salzwedel, Ed.D.
Marsha, who embodies the core values of a child farm safety advocate, will wrap up a 35-year career with Marshfield Clinic Health System effective June 6, 2024. For the past 12 years, Marsha worked within the National Farm Medicine Center and the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health, moving from research specialist, to project manager, and after completing her doctorate, to project scientist.
Marsha has played a lead role in all internal aspects of the National Children’s Center, as well as in knowledge dissemination and public-facing activities, the growth and leadership of the Childhood Agricultural Safety Network and as the acknowledged national leader in agritourism safety. Marsha’s workshops, presentations, interactions with media and involvement with multiple advisory boards elevated childhood agricultural injury prevention to new heights.
One of the first jobs Marsha had at the farm center was collecting and reviewing child ag injury and fatality news articles. At that time, articles were collected in “hard copy” and saved in a 3-ring binder. As the collection grew, the system became unwieldy, and discussion began on developing an electronic database of these incidents. Marsha became a member of the original AIN development team, and later transitioned to her role on the AIN advisory board. Her peer-reviewed publications include several co-authorships of AgInjuryNews articles.
Marsha plans to enjoy the summer and then pursue her deep enjoyment of teaching students.
Please join us in thanking Marsha and wishing her well!
If you wish to send a message to Marsha, you can email her at salzwedel.marsha@marshfieldresearch.org through June 6.
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Welcome Back, Christopher! | |
After a brief hiatus, we're thrilled to announce Christopher Benny's return to the AgInjuryNews core team. Christopher, now a first-year medical student at the Medical College of Wisconsin-Central Wisconsin campus, is eager to rejoin our mission of enhancing agricultural safety through vigilant surveillance and proactive intervention. His expertise and passion for the cause will undoubtedly bolster our efforts in safeguarding agricultural communities. | |
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To view an updated listing of peer-reviewed manuscripts resulting from the work related to AgInjuryNews, please visit our Learn More page. If interested in citing the system/data, please use this:
Weichelt, B., Salzwedel, M., Heiberger, S., Lee, B.C. (2018). Establishing a Publicly Available National Database of U.S News Articles Reporting Agriculture-Related Injuries and Fatalities. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 61(8), 667-674. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22860
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The AgInjuryNews Core Team
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Bryan Weichelt PhD, MBA, Associate Research Scientist, NFMC | |
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Serap Gorucu PhD,
Assistant Professor
University of Florida
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Christine Maynard Balcaen
Canadian Agricultural Safety Association
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Juan Saucedo
Research Coordinator,
CCEPH
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Christopher Wanat,
Research Coordinator,
NFMC
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Matt Pilz
Senior Software Engineer, NFMC
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Christopher Benny
MD Candidate, MCW-CW
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Contributors to this Issue
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In addition to our Core Team the following have contributed to this issue of the AIN Newsletter: Marsha Salzwedel, Marie Fleisner and Scott Heiberger. Thank you! | | |
Funding support has been provided through the National Farm Medicine Center, the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, the Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America (ASHCA), the Dean Emanuel Endowment, and the National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety via the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH; grant number: U54 OH009568). |
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