Recorded | UF/IFAS Center for Public Issues Education

Chronic low back pain in seafood workers: a pilot intervention study to identify modifiable work and movement solutions (October 9, 2-3pm)

by piecenter | Oct 10, 2019 | Easy as PIE, Recorded

Chronic low back pain has been identified as a major problem for seafood and agricultural workers, and is known to affect worker health and productivity. Kim Dunleavy, an associate clinical professor in UF’s Department of Physical Therapy, researched clam workers in...

Production, wholesomeness, and sustainability of animal-sourced foods (September 18, 1-2pm)

by piecenter | Sep 1, 2019 | Easy as PIE, Recorded

We invite you to join speakers Chad Carr, Jason Scheffler, and Wendy Dahl for this one-time webinar event as they present their current research on animal-sourced foods. This webinar, hosted by the UF/IFAS PIE Center, will cover the following topics related to the...

Heat-related Illness (HRI) in Agriculture: A two-part webinar providing research findings on a mobile app to monitor HRI and a compilation of educational research-based resources to help prevent HRI (September 10, 10-11am)

by piecenter | Aug 10, 2019 | Easy as PIE, Recorded

Increasing awareness and education around the topic of heat-related illness (HRI) is one mitigation strategy for farmworkers and farmworker supervisors to reduce occasions of HRI. Given the risk of HRI in the southeastern United States, the outreach core for the...

Delivering agricultural health and safety research to stakeholders: Best practices and theoretical foundations (August 29, 11am-12pm)

by piecenter | Aug 2, 2019 | Easy as PIE, Recorded

The ways in which information and research is communicated to stakeholders has a significant effect on how the information is perceived. For instance, the frame, or cognitive structure selected by the communicator, has a major influence in how an audience processes...

Heat-related Illness Prevention: Research and lessons learned from athletics (July 16, 10-11am)

by piecenter | Jun 6, 2019 | Easy as PIE, Recorded

Heat-related illness (HRI) significantly impacts athletes, especially in hot and humid climates. HRI is the third leading cause of death among high school athletes. Practitioners of occupational industries with greater outdoor exposure can apply lessons learned from...

Understanding the scope of the opioid epidemic for agricultural industries (June 4, 10-11am)

by piecenter | Jun 6, 2019 | Easy as PIE, Recorded

It’s well-known that an opioid epidemic exists throughout America, and that there is a need to better understand the epidemic through more comprehensive data. According to the CDC, in 2017 opioids accounted for 67.8% of all drug overdose deaths in the United States, a...