Practical Steps to Advancing Health Equity and Minimizing Bias in Health Related Programming Efforts | Feb 23, 2022 @ 11am EST

Health inequities are created when access to resources needed to be healthy are limited by the policies and norms for particular groupings of people, whether based on social, economic, demographic, geographic, or other means of stratification. Having a greater ability to engage in complex conversations about disparities, inequities, race, and race-related issues is one step […]

Advancing Health Equity as a Core System Value | Jan 20, 2022 @ 1pm

Health outcomes are influenced by individual behaviors as well as the context in which an individual lives, works, learns, and plays. Improving population health and achieving health equity has been identified as a core system value for Cooperative Extension to ensure that all people have a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as […]

Covid-19 and Resilience in Food Supply Chains

Where are things at? What went wrong? What can we do now? These are all questions that Dr. David Abler aims to address in his research as they relate to the food supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 22 at 1 p.m. Eastern, Dr. Abler will present on research that uses a spatially-explicit, multilayer […]

Impacts of COVID-19 on Florida Agriculture and Marine Industries

A major portion of Florida’s economy is based in agriculture, natural resources and food industries. The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant disruptions to the food system, resulting in sales revenue losses. Join us on February 17, 2021 at 1 p.m. Eastern as Dr. Christa Court discusses economic impacts of COVID-19 on Florida’s agriculture and marine industries. […]

COVID-19 Training Toolkit for Extension in Agriculture

This webinar will Introduce available resources to inform agricultural producers, crew leaders, and farmworkers about COVID-19 protection guidelines. Ricky Telg will present some of the available resources from the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety to help keep farm owners, operators, crew leaders, workers, and families safe during the current pandemic. Saqib Mukhtar […]

Available Data Sources for Agricultural Injury Surveillance

The Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing industry is one of the most hazardous sectors in the U.S. resulting in many fatalities every year. Agricultural injury surveillance data can provide key information in prioritizing hazards. Knowing and understanding the details of fatal incidents is critical to developing education and intervention programs to prevent future incidents. On November 17, at […]

What’s Next? Understanding the current status of COVID-19 and future projections

While health experts have stated that the United States is turning the corner on the latest surge in the coronavirus pandemic, experts aren’t convinced that the pandemic is completely behind us. On October 28 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. you are invited to join the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety for […]