Southeast Center for Farm Worker Health and Safety
Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention
['FUNDING_OTHER'] · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · NIH-11175234
A multi-part program that works with farmers, loggers, and other agricultural workers in the Southeast to prevent injuries, reduce breathing and insect-borne illnesses, and support mental well-being and safety on farms.
Quick facts
| Phase | ['FUNDING_OTHER'] |
|---|---|
| Study type | Nih_funding |
| Sex | All |
| Sponsor | UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY (nih funded) |
| Locations | 1 site (LEXINGTON, UNITED STATES) |
| Trial ID | NIH-11175234 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
What this research studies
This Center brings together university partners and Cooperative Extension teams to run community programs, training, and pilot projects aimed at making farms safer. Workstreams include a farm steward training program, a timber/ logging safety resource and safety-management rollout, farmer mental health networking and support, respiratory exposure reduction for grain workers, and vector-borne disease prevention for farm and forestry workers. The Center combines outreach, hands-on training, exposure measurements, and small-scale pilot testing to spread proven practices across the region. Activities focus on vulnerable farm populations in the Southeastern United States and include partnerships with local communities to adapt interventions.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants are farmers, farm families, logging and forestry workers, and other agricultural laborers living or working in the Southeastern United States who want help reducing workplace hazards or improving mental health supports.
Not a fit: People who do not work in agriculture or who live outside the Southeastern U.S. are unlikely to benefit directly from this Center's regionally focused programs.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the Center could lower injuries and occupational illnesses among agricultural workers in the Southeast and increase access to mental health and safety resources.
How similar studies have performed: NIOSH-supported regional safety centers and tested safety-management systems have reduced certain farm and logging injuries and improved respiratory protection, though some elements like regional mental-health networks are less well-studied.
Where this research is happening
LEXINGTON, UNITED STATES
- UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY — LEXINGTON, UNITED STATES (ACTIVE)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: SANDERSON, WAYNE T. — UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
- Study coordinator: SANDERSON, WAYNE T.
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
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