OBJECTIVES To assess rates and patterns of agricultural machinery injuries in farm children in order to both determine priorities and develop strategies for injury control in this population. METHODS Coroners' files and hospital discharge data were examined for Ontario farm children aged 0-19 who had agricultural machinery injuries over a five year period ending 31 March 1990. Injury rates we...

This study illustrates a methodology to measure empirically household food vulnerability. Food vulnerability is defined in terms of the probability now of being undernourished in the future. The empirical analysis is based on panel data from northern Mali, collected in 1997-98. Our empirical results clearly show that even though the groups of currently undernourished and food vulnerable househo...

Agriculture is a high-hazard industry that employs a large number of young workers below the age of 25. Recent studies have documented a strong positive correlation between quality management in agriculture and occupational safety as perceived by agricultural workers. Younger workers have been found to be at higher risk for occupational injuries and fatalities in agriculture. Furthermore, colle...

BACKGROUND There are limited data on the prevalence of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the agricultural population worldwide. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to determine the prevalence of HBV infection and associated risk factors in the reproductive-age female farmworker. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted between January and April 2013 in southeastern regi...

The use of animals in various assistive, therapeutic, and emotional support roles has contributed to the uncoordinated expansion of labels used to distinguish these animals. To address the inconsistent vocabulary and confusion, this article proposes a concise taxonomy for classifying assistance animals. Several factors were identified to differentiate categories, including (1) whether the anima...

Recent events clearly illustrate a continued vulnerability of large populations to infectious diseases, which is related to our changing human-constructed and natural environments. A single person with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in 2007 provided a wake-up call to the United States and global public health infrastructure, as the health professionals and the public realized that today's eas...

Argentina is the second largest grower of genetically modified (GM) crops. This high level of adoption of this new agricultural technology is the result of a complex combination of circumstances. We can identify four main causes that led to this: political support (from agriculture officials), ability to solve prevalent farmers' needs, economic and environmental factors and an early implementat...

This Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) Resource List is a quick guide designed to help professionals find information related to the role of nutrition in learning and behavior in children. Opinions expressed in the publications do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Materials which are part of the National Agricultural Library (NAL) collection hav...

care professionals. We were overwhelmed by the warmth of our reception, and the friendship shown to us by the Chinese people. Since the revolution in 1949 health care in China has undergone radical reform, western-style medicine has become firmly established alongside the traditional Chinese medicine, and is the first choice for the majority of young Chinese, particularly in the urban areas. Th...