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Completed Projects

Past SCCAHS research projects analyzed factors associated with health and safety outcomes in agriculture, fisheries and forestry.  Learn more about these projects below.  

Past Research

  • Extent of Agricultural Pesticide Applications in Florida Using Best Practices

     Project Summary Although agriculture represents a key industry in Florida, little recent information is available on the potential exposure of workers to various herbicides and pesticides that are needed to grow commercial food crops. We propose to develop estimates of the potential site-specific environmental exposures that should be expected, based on geographic extents of specific […]

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  • Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance of Gulf Seafood Workers

     Project Summary Commercial ocean fishing is one of the most dangerous occupations in the world. Workplace-related illnesses, injuries, and deaths are not uncommon for commercial seafood workers. Many of these adverse outcomes are avoidable in this majority self-employed, uninsured essential workforce. This surveillance research project will assess commercial fishery worker safety in the southeastern U.S., […]

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  • Heat Stress and Biomarkers of Renal Disease

     Project Summary Recently there has been a marked increase in occurrences of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in agricultural workers in Mesoamerica. The potential mechanism for this increase remains elusive; it may be associated with working in hot environments causing recurrent dehydration leading to decreased renal blood flow, high demands on tubular reabsorption, and increased levels […]

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  • PISCA: Pesticide & Heat Stress Education for Latino Farmworkers that is Culturally Appropriate

     Project Summary Farmworkers, the majority of whom are Latino immigrants from Mexico, experience elevated rates of occupational injury and illness. Chronic low-dose exposure to pesticides and extreme heat and humidity are major sources of poor occupational health outcomes. Recent revisions to the EPA’s Worker Protection Standard (WPS-r) and growing concern over heat-related illness (HRI) necessitate […]

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  • Using Social Marketing to Prevent HRI and Improve Productivity Among Farmworkers

     Project Summary Farmworkers face a variety of economic, structural, and cultural barriers to adopting safety practices in the field especially with the prevention of heat-related illness (HRI) and associated injuries. Farmworkers are at increased risk for HRI and even death because they are exposed to extreme heat while engaged in strenuous physical activity such as […]

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Past Pilot Research

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