Often overlooked as a hazardous industry, agriculture is an essential industry that sustains human life and socioeconomic systems. This book offers an overview of the industry and workforce, including agricultural production in a global economy, demographics of the workforce, regulations, statistics, and organizations focusing on agricultural safety and health. It covers infectious diseases, toxic agents, and injuries to which agricultural populations are exposed on a daily basis.
Agricultural Medicine: Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health for Agricultural and Rural Populations is the comprehensive, go-to textbook and reference for students and practicing professionals of rural medicine, safety, and public health. Now in its third edition, this book focuses on the specialty area of occupational safety, health, and medicine that deals with the identification, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of illnesses and injuries in farmers, farmworkers, and their families, providing current evidence-based information to address the occupational safety and health concerns of workers in one of the most hazardous industries in the world. New to this edition are specific hazards presented by global climate change, mental health issues, and emerging hazards. The book presents a roadmap to prevention and establishing sustainable worker and public health support for rural and agricultural communities, and the reader will be given a thorough overview of agricultural and rural safety and health issues.
This essential book will be of interest to students and professionals in occupational health and safety and medical providers, including epidemiologists, public health practitioners, agricultural safety and health engineers, psychologists, and rural veterinarians. Its appeal will extend to those in the farming sector.