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AgriSafe in Action Newsletter
July 2023 Edition
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Meet AgriSafe's Development Coordinator |
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AgriSafe is excited to announce the addition of Development Coordinator, Allison Tohme Flynn. Allison is a Louisiana native who has a decade of experience exploring how farmers and food are instrumental to improving communities’ health. Her background includes evaluation, farmers market management, capacity building in rural communities, and non-profit fundraising. She earned an undergraduate degree in biology from Louisiana Tech University and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
As AgriSafe’s first development staff lead, Allison’s role is to implement a fundraising program to provide for organizational needs and enhance AgriSafe’s impact across the nation. She is eager to expand and sustain AgriSafe’s successful growth by building relationships with corporations, foundations, and other partners. If you’re interested in learning more about corporate partnerships, please contact Allison at aflynn@agrisafe.org or visit our Corporate Changemaker webpage.
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National Farm Safety and Health Week Webinars |
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The AgriSafe webinar line-up for National Farm Safety and Health Week (September 17- 23) is now available! This years' registration is separate for each individual webinar - simply follow the hyperlinked webinar title and fill out the form to register!
Monday, September 18, 2023
Topic: Equipment and Rural Roadway Safety
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Topic: Health and Wellness
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Topic: Priority Populations
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Topic: Confined Spaces
Friday, September 22, 2023
Topic: Brain Health
Would your organization like to be a sponsor for NFSHW? Connect with AgriSafe's Development Coordinator, Allison Tohme Flynn!
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We've all heard about telehealth and telemedicine, but what does that really mean for those of us living in rural areas? Well, in this month's episode of Talking Total Farmer Health, our host Linda Emanuel speaks with Randy McKinney, a Healthcare Technology and Innovations Manager from rural Louisiana, about all things telehealth: what it is, what it isn't, barriers to accessing it, and what services we can get. But it doesn't end just there in next month's episode, Linda continues her conversation with Randy where they dive into how to make the most of your telehealth appointment!
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Safety Training for Forestry and Logging Workers |
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AgriSafe offers free safety trainings for workers in forestry and logging, including fallers, first-line supervisors/managers of forestry workers, logging equipment operators, sawing machine setters, operators and tenders, and truck drivers.
These trainings can also be scheduled for your group upon request, or you can watch them on-demand via our Learning Lab.
Training topics include:
Click here for more information about AgriSafe's available health and safety information for forestry and logging workers!
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July Health Spotlight: UV Awareness Month |
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Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States and is related to repeated exposure to the sun, which causes damaging changes to a person’s skin.
Exposure to harmful ultraviolet rays is most intense between 10 AM and 4 PM. Remind your patients that if possible, they should: limit work in the sun during those hours; hydrate well with water or non-caffeinated beverages; avoid alcoholic beverages; wear wide-brimmed hats; wear loose cotton clothing; and apply sunscreen with an SPF factor of 30+ every two hours. To reduce the risk of early cataract development and macular degeneration, sunglasses should meet ANSI UV requirements and indicate UV protection. It is also important to check prescription medication information for sun sensitivity! (source).
Farmers are more susceptible to skin cancer as they are working in the elements daily. Agricultural workers don’t need X-rays or blood tests to find skin cancer early – just their eyes and a mirror. Educate your patients on what it might look like. If an individual has skin cancer, finding it early is the best way to make sure it can be treated successfully!
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Animal Depopulation Resiliency
Check-in Tool
Did you miss out on this webinar? Good news - you can watch it at any time in our Learning Lab.
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Talking About Ticks- Lyme Disease
Tuesday, August 8
12 pm - 1 pm CDT
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International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health Conference 2023
Several AgriSafe staff members attended the ISASH conference on June 18-21. They were very excited to have the opportunity to network and learn with agricultural health and safety professionals from around the world!
Congratulations to AgriSafe's Total Farmer Health Coach, Charlotte Halverson, on being awarded the Maynard Coe Professional Achievement Award from ISASH! This award is in recognition of her achievements in the practice of agricultural safety and health over several years. These achievements include nursing leadership and creativity in numerous efforts to support and train health professionals through a holistic approach to caring for farmers and ranchers.
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ISASH established a scholarship fund to support college students with accepted abstracts to the annual conference, and AgriSafe's Public Health Analyst, Mikaela Stoltzfus was awarded one of these scholarship spots!
"I received a scholarship to attend the ISASH conference this past month, and it was a wonderful professional growth experience. This was the first conference I had ever attended. I presented the 1-year evaluation of FarmResponse with Cheryl Beseler. It was great to finally get to meet Tara Haskins and Cheryl Beseler in person as well!" - Mikaela Stoltzfus, Public Health Analyst, AgriSafe Network.
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World Pork Expo
The concept of One Health to drive innovation and sustainably care for hog producers was practiced at the 2023 World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa. Community Health Director Linda Emanuel worked alongside of professionals of the National Pork Checkoff Board to meet with producers and discuss mental wellness strategies as well as emergency preparedness strategies in the event of a Foreign Animal Disease outbreak.
Connecting producers with resources to ease current stresses and encourage healthy solutions is real innovation.
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