COVID-19 Vaccine Perceptions Among Agricultural, Fishing, and Forestry (AgFF) Audiences
Agricultural, fishing, and forestry (AgFF) workers are an essential part of the United States workforce, and protecting these essential workers is important to promoting health equity and avoiding a disruption in our food system. A team of experts from different CDC/NIOSH Agricultural Safety and Health Centers explored knowledge and perceptions regarding the COVID-19 vaccine to […]
Protecting Agricultural Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Respiratory Fit Testing and Personal Protective Equipment
Understanding airborne exposure risks in agricultural operations is always essential, and the COVID-19 pandemic brought another risk factor and impacted the availability of personal protective equipment (PPE). On June 16, 2021 at 1 p.m. Eastern, Charlotte Halverson from Agrisafe Network will discuss respiratory PPE to facilitate compliance with Worker Protection and OSHA standards for agricultural producers. […]
Communicating Vaccine Adoption Based on U.S. Perceptions of COVID-19
On May 19 at 11 a.m. Eastern, the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety will conduct a webinar about American perceptions of COVID-19 and attitudes toward the vaccine. The webinar speakers will present findings from a nationwide sample of public opinion data collected between January 8 and January 21, 2021 and focus on topics […]
Facilitating Pandemic Preparedness in Agricultural Industry via COVID-19 Hazard Assessment and Mitigation Plan (CHAMP) e-tool
The CHAMP e-tool was developed to assist in assessing risk for spread of COVID-19 in their operations, to help identify and implement appropriate and meaningful exposure control strategies to protect workers and the public. On April 14 at 11 a.m. Eastern, Dr. Millerick-May will discuss this application that can be used to develop mitigation strategies for […]
Fighting Coronavirus with Corona Discharge
Join the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety on March 31 at 1 p.m. Eastern for this webinar as Dr. Sarah (Ying) Zhong covers a new disinfection technology that can efficiently and rapidly sterilized N95 masks to help resolve the massive PPE shortage problem upon outbreaks of public health emergencies. This technology works by simultaneously […]
COVID-19 Vaccine Town Hall
On January 26, from 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EST, the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety is hosting a virtual town hall event focusing on the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Glenn Morris, Center director and director of the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute, and Dr. Ira Longini, Co-director of Center for Statistics and […]
Development and Deployment of a Farmworker Housing Simulator for COVID-19 Risk Mitigation
Agriculture work sites present unique challenges for preventing and controlling the spread of COVID-19 to keep farmworkers safe during the pandemic. Shared worker housing, mostly for H-2A workers, can be especially concerning due to the increased duration of contact between those among the same residence. On December 15 at 1 p.m. Eastern, the Southeastern Coastal Center […]
Adapting Agriculture in Florida during the COVID-19 Pandemic: COVID-19 testing for migrant workers in Florida and the Farm to You webpage
COVID-19 has altered the way many producers in Florida operate their businesses. Agricultural operations have had to implement new onsite protocols to keep farmers and farm workers safe, and there have been severe disruptions in the food supply chain. On November 19 at 1 p.m. Eastern, the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety will […]
Impacts of COVID-19 on Extension
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Evaluation Program team at the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (SCCAHS) initiated a collaborative group of the 11 NIOSH Ag Centers across the country. This group developed and distributed an online survey to identify the impacts that COVID-19 has had on the lives, health, and work of Extension […]
Preparing for the 2020 Hurricane Season in the Midst of a Pandemic
While the 2020 hurricane season is predicted to be above average, communities across the southeastern U.S. will be preparing in the midst of a pandemic. On August 6, 2020 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern, the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety will host a webinar to help residents prepare and respond to potential […]
