Success Stories by Topic: Agriculture

• Partners in Agricultural Health Program
  May 2009
  PAH was designed to strengthen existing occupational health services within three county health departments and five participating hospitals by providing educational programs and preventive screenings for farmers and their family members, creating an educational program for health professionals to enhance their understanding of the unique healthcare needs of farmers, and developing an interactive Web site to market the project and disseminate educational information.
• Farmworkers Health Initiative
  May 2009
  The Farmworker Health Initiative was designed as an educational and screening outreach program targeting African American, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic men, women, and teenagers who worked in agriculture-related jobs. The program focused on preventing and treating occupational and medical health problems.
• Sowing the Seeds of Hope
  July 2008
  Sowing the Seeds of Hope is responding to the mental health needs of farm families. This is a collaborative effort of project leaders in seven predominantly rural states: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
• St. Joseph Health System Sonoma County
  December 2007
  The goal of the personal health record pilot project is to improve health outcomes of migrant and seasonal workers, agricultural worker families, and mobile population groups.
• Farmers' Health Cooperative of Wisconsin
  November 2007
  The Farmers’ Health Cooperative of Wisconsin (FHCW) is a cooperative formed to serve Wisconsin farmers and agribusinesses by allowing them to join the co-op to purchase health insurance.
• HELP New Mexico Farm Workers
  June 2007
  The Farm Worker Child Care Task Force is a collaborative program that provides access to health services and improved living conditions to New Mexican farm workers and their families in Ana and Luna counties.
• Agrasafe
  July 2005
  While it may be impossible to alter the distances between farmers and first response services, AgraSafe recognized the value of offering quality training to first responders, family members, and coworkers.