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UMASH at the 2016 National FFA Convention

More than 60,000 students, advisors, FFA alumni and exhibitors gathered in Indianapolis, IN, October 19-22, 2016 for the 89th National FFA Convention and Expo. Materials shared with students and advisors included good stockmanship video information, agritourism health and safety, needlestick safety and U.S. Ag Center Safety and Health video information. …

SPOTLIGHT: Seguridad – Translating Research to Practice

OCTOBER 2016 Have you ever changed your behavior because of a research study you came across on the radio or in a magazine? Perhaps you you started an exercise program to control weight to prevent diabetes. Research is translated into practice when scientific discoveries are pushed out into the real world for communities, individuals, and organizations …

UMASH featured in Voice of Agriculture

UMASH is one of several organizations featured in “Keep Safe, Keep Farming”, a special farm safety section in the September 2016 Minnesota Farm Bureau’s monthly newsletter.  UMASH’s dairy stockmanship training resources featured in the article promote positive animal care which is important for both animal and worker safety. …

UMASH at the Great Minnesota Get Together

UMASH was one of many studies in the University of Minnesota’s Driven to Discover Research Building activities during the 12 days of the 2016 Minnesota State Fair. Being at the Fair gave UMASH access to a large pool of volunteer participants for their study “Agritourism: the Next Frontier in Agriculture.” The goal of the study is to understand …

UMASH at Dakotafest 2016 Farm Show

Westward Ho!  To farm and ranch country we went to attend the annual Dakotafest farm show in Mitchell, South Dakota.  Carol Peterson and Ruth Rasmussen joined colleagues from the Iowa based Agricultural Safety and Health Center (Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health) for three days of networking with farmers, ranchers, reporters and agribusiness …

SPOTLIGHT: The Evolution of the Healthy Fairs Project – The Power of Relationships

SEPTEMBER 2016 Natalie Loots UMASH Evaluation Team Research Assistant, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Public Health Relationships can often be the true measure of a project’s success. The Minnesota Department of Health’s Healthy Fairs pilot project has certainly experienced success in this way. Healthy …

UMASH at EPICOH 2016

Buenas Dias, UMASH! It was a good several days in Barcelona, Spain, September 4-8 when Bruce Alexander, Jeff Bender, and Amy Liebman presented at the 25th EPICOH Conference – “Occupational Health, Think Globally, Act Locally”. EPICOH is organized by the Epidemiology Committee of ICOH and covers major topics of current epidemiologic …

UMASH at 2016 Farm Progress Show

UMASH was well represented at the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, August 30-September 1, 2016. We were part of a large contingent of Health and Safety groups working together in a large tent sponsored by the Iowa Department of Public Health. Grain bin rescue demonstrations throughout the day brought visitors to the tent. Diane Kampa and Ruth Rasmussen …

UMASH at Minnesota Farm Fest 2016

Summer Farm Shows are the place to be! UMASH was part of the Minnesota Farm Fest in Redwood Falls, MN, August 2-4, 2016. Many producers and business representatives attended and networked with UMASH staff Diane Kampa, Carol Peterson, Ruth Rasmussen and Alexus Grossbier at this event on three warm and exciting days in the country. New connections and …

UMASH at the 2016 Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) Conference

UMASH and Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) researcher, Carrie Klumb, presented Zoonotic Disease Surveillance Among Agricultural Workers and Their Families, Minnesota, 2012-2014 on June 20, 2016 to attendees at the 2016 CSTE conference. Presentation and Slides UMASH co-authors, Joni Scheftel and Kirk Smith, also presented on other topics at the conference.