The largest breakout session was on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Cities iCash program and began implementation of an online payment option. The breakout sessions were quite varied, with topics of community prevention programs (including Certified Safe Farm for large farms), AgrAbility programs, exposures from noise, pesticides, needle sticks, and all-terrain vehicle operation. than two years ago, the City became a participant in the Iowa League of. The group learned the most recent statewide surveillance data courtesy of Dr. Our Advisory Board met four times this year, spending time in Grinnell, Decorah, Des Moines and Iowa City. The plenary sessions included topics that have a relevance to the theory and practice of health interventions in populations. Iowa, and Megan Hartwig from the State Office of Rural Health. The 2009 conference included plenary and topical breakout sessions. This is accomplished by sharing cutting edge research, reviewing intervention theory and methodologies, reviewing activities of regional academic, public health, and nonprofit farm health and safety organization. The purpose of this conference is to "plant the seeds" for stimulating and strengthening collaborative efforts among researchers, practitioner, agricultural producers, and medical professionals.
There is a regional focus for the conference on agricultural health issues for the 11 states of the upper Midwest, thus the new name for conference (MRASH). The annual Midwest Rural Agricultural Safety and Health Forum (MRASH) is produced by the combined efforts and resources of Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH), the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health, and The Heartland Center for Occupational Health.
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