2018 Schedule

Tuesday, November 27: Immigrant Farm Workers Health and Safety

12:00 – 1:00pm	Registration and lunch
1:00 – 2:00pm	Overview from 40,000 Feet: Mark Grey, Ph.D, Director of The Iowa Center for Immigrant Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
2:00 – 3:00pm	Case studies and Q&A Session – Dr. Grey
3:00 – 4:00pm	Panel of immigrants from several different cultures tell their stories followed by Q&A

Wednesday, November 28

8:00-9:00 am	Registration, exhibit setup
9:00 – 9:15	Welcome
9:15 -10:15	Planning and Management, Keys to Reducing Stress and Improving Resilience in Agriculture. Dick Wittman, MBA, Idaho Rancher & Farm Business Consultant
10:15 – 10:45	Break
10:45 – 12:00	Panel: Perspectives on Best Business Practices Integrating Ag Safety and Health Farmer Panelists who have worked to incorporate safety/health into business practices: Brad Forristall, David Rosmann, Josie Rozum
12:00 – 1:00	Lunch. Special lunch space for students and agricultural safety & health career reps.
1:00 – 2:00	First round of breakout sessions
	Room A 1. Gear up for AG Health and Safety™Ag College Program Implications for International Expansion and Examination of Student Data from around the Globe. Carolyn Sheridan, RN, BSN 2. Can You Hear Me Now? Hope So. Implementation and evaluation of hearing conservation outreach for youth working in agriculture. Ellen Duysen, MPH, CAOH
	Room B 1. Injury Surveillance: an evaluation of online vs. mailed surveys. Kelsie Musil, MS 2. Occ. Health Safety Indicators for Selected Greenhouse Production Facilities in N America for Sustainable Management & Implementation. Jaime Thissen
	Room C 1. Creating Enduring Resources for Farm Safety Education. Mr. Bernard R. Geschke, 2. Ready to Farm: Engagement of Farm Women in Health and Safety. Linda M Emanuel, R.N., Agriculture Producer, Community Health Nurse
2:00 – 2:15	Break
2:15 – 3:15	Second round of breakout sessions
	Room A 1. Effect of nitrosamine (NNAT) on embryogenesis: evidence from a study using avian embryos exposed to NNAT. Moses New-Aaron MPH, MLS (ASCP) 2. Health Indicators among a Cohort of Midwest Farmers. Kelley J. Donham MS, DVM, DACVPM
	Room B 1. Protecting Farm Workers’ Hearing through Personalized, Automated Training. Thomas Peters, PhD, CIH 2. Exposure, Crashes, and Deaths Related to the Use of All-Terrain Vehicles for Spraying. Charles Jennissen, MD
	Room C 1. Enhancing Rural Nursing Practice Through Distance Learning. Charlotte Halverson BSN, COHN-S 2. Stressing Health and Safety to a Stubborn Audience. Kathy Leinenkugel, MPA
3:15 – 3:30	Break
3:30 – 4:30	Roundtable sessions
	Room A Evaluation Methods to Measure Ag Center End Outcomes. Mary Wendl, MSA, BSN,COHN-S; Mary Cramer, PhD; Fernando Wilson, PhD; Annie Keeney, PhD; Kanika Arora, PhD
	Room B Livestock Safety Improving Safety and Health in the Cattle Feedyard Industry. Dan Kent, UNMC Occupational injuries among Latino immigrant cattle feedyard workers in the Central States region. Athena K. Ramos, PhD, MBA, MS, CPM Establishing Best Practices to Improve the Health & Safety of Tribal Bison Workers. Lucia Finocchiaro
	Room C Stress/Behavioral Health Roundtable. Christine Chasek, PhD, University of Nebraska, Kearney.
4:30 – 6:00	Poster Session Reception followed by dinner on your own
5:00	Flash Talks included in Poster Reception My Wellbeing: What About Me?, Barbara Fuller, Iowa State University Extension Pesticide Drift Story Mapping Project, Amy Kopale, University of Iowa Social Media Messaging; What Gets Viewers Engaged? Melissa Ploeckelman, National Farm Medicine Center Safety in Agriculture for Youth: Maintaining a National Clearinghouse, Aaron Yoder, University of Nebraska Medical Center
6:00 – 9:00	Special Audience: Anhydrous Safety Training for Firefighters and Emergency Responders, Dan Neenan, National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS). Location: Treynor Fire Department, 13 W Main St, Treynor, Iowa. Register by calling Ashlee at NECAS, 888-844-6322

Thursday, November 29

8:00 – 8:30am	Registration
8:30 – 10:30am	Storytelling: How to Make Positive Changes When Lives Change: Stephanie Leonard, MS, Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health; Ellen Duysen, MPH, CAOH, Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (CS-CASH); Scott Heiberger, Communications Manager, and Melissa Ploeckelman, Outreach Specialist, both from the National Farm Medicine Center; Leon Sheets, farmer storyteller; Delaney Howell, ag journalist.
10:30 – 11:00am	Break
11:00am – 12:00pm	Small Group Discussion Topics – Where do we go from here? Each topic will have a facilitator and recorder.
12:00-1:00pm	Awards Luncheon
1:00-2:30pm	Anhydrous Ammonia Safety Workshop: Dan Neenan, NECAS.