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Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (SCCAHS)
SCCAHS is a research and education center whose mission is to explore and address the occupational safety and health needs of people working in agriculture, fishing, and forestry in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This webinar series will provide training to the agricultural sector to address safety and health needs.

Society of Agricultural Communications Scholars
Professional development series designed for agricultural communications-related faculty and instructors in college and university settings. This monthly webinar series will feature a mix of research, teaching, and personal/professional development topics in a given academic calendar year (i.e. fall and spring university terms). The webinars will provide a forum for agricultural communications faculty members to interact, share, and receive professional development on a regular basis regardless of the conference travel resources available to them locally.
Recorded Webinars
Using Social Marketing to Prevent Heat-related Illness and Improve Productivity Among Farmworkers (April 17, 2-3pm)
Farmworkers face a variety of economic, structural and cultural barriers to adopting safety practices in the field especially with prevention of heat related illness (HRI) and associated injuries. Farmworkers are at increased risk for HRI and even death because they...
Webinar: Acute Psychological and Health Impacts of Hurricane Irma in UF/IFAS Extension Workers (March 12th 10am-11am)
Hurricane Irma made landfall on the southwest coast of Florida in September of 2017 and moved north up the state bringing high winds, destructive tornadoes, and flooding. In conjunction with the physical damage, hurricane Irma left in its wake psychological impacts...
Heat Stress and Biomarkers of Renal Disease (Feb. 12th 10-11am)
Rising global temperatures have resulted in increases in health hazards for populations who work in hot environments, such as agricultural farmworkers. Chronic Kidney Disease is an epidemic in the Mesoamerican region and is thought to be related to excessive heat...