Current Projects

Projects are awarded funding from NIOSH on a competitive basis. Four projects from the SW Ag Center were funded for the 2006-2011 funding cycle.

Migrant Adolescent Health Research Study
Principal Investigator: Sharon Cooper, Ph.D.
This research project aims to document the prevalence of chronic disease indicators among farmworker adolescents such as obesity and Type II diabetes to support prevention and policy measures to mitigate the human and social costs of chronic disease.

Innovative Approaches to Worker Health Protection Among Shrimp Fishermen of the Gulf Coast
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Levin, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Workplace factors and lifestyle behaviors that contribute to illness & injury among this population will be used to facilitate community-based planning, implementation, and evaluation of measures to reduce work injury risks.

The following video clips were captured during a survey collection event in Abbeville, LA. All safety and health stations were conducted by trained professionals.

Navigation Simulation: Captain Mang Vo instructs Vietnamese shrimp fishermen in a navigation simulation.

Pulmonary Function Test: Sam Fields conducts a pulmonary function test (PFT) on a Vietnamese shrimp fisherman. All participants must be screened and approved by a physician to take the PFT.

Model Farmers Dissemination Project
Principal Investigator: Deborah Helitzer, Sc. D.
A case/control intervention will be used to determine best management practices including pesticide safety application to reduce health risks and improve crop yield in this area where pesticide use in novel.

Promoviendo Farmworkers’ Safety
Principal Investigators: Roberta Ryder, Sylvia Partida, M.S.
The innovative research method of intervention mapping will be used to assess needs, plan, and evaluate a program to establish competencies in agricultural health and safety for lay health workers.

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Current Projects