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The Nurse Practitioner Agricultural Health Study
Sharon Lock,
Ph.D., Principal Investigator;
Deborah Reed, Ph.D.,
Co-PI
Funded by the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health/
Southeast Center for Agricultural Health & Injury
Prevention
(2004 - 2005)
Abstract
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The purpose of this project is to examine nurse
practitioners’ knowledge about and practice of farm health
and safety issues. The specific aims are to:
- Determine nurse practitioners’ perceptions about
agricultural health and safety.
- Determine how nurse practitioners use an agricultural
health context within their clinical practice.
- Determine methods of education that nurse
practitioners would use to learn more about agricultural
health and safety issues.
The nurse practitioner primary care competencies include
health prevention and health promotion in the contexts of
the individual, family, community, occupation, and
environment. Since farm workers are primarily located in
rural areas, rural nurse practitioners should be familiar
with common health problems among farm workers. In this
project a random survey of nurse practitioners in
predominantly rural states will be used to determine the
knowledge and attitudes of rural NPs toward farm health and
safety. In addition, queries about the desired format of
education about farm health will be asked. The results will
be used to develop interventions that can assist rural NPs
in caring for their farm/ranch based patients.
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