A network including six regional clinics, thirteen affiliate clinics, and service to migrant and seasonal farm workers provides farm families with comprehensive health and safety services. Staffed with local health care professionals and supported by University health specialists and an Iowa State University agricultural safety specialist, clinics provide occupational health screenings, access to protective equipment, on-farm hygiene and safety services, educational programs, environmental assessments, and consultation and referral services. Programs include prevention for livestock confinement producers, prevention of farm youth injuries and illness, and prevention of tractor and farm machinery injuries. For more information, write 100 Oakdale Campus, 124 Institute for Rural and Environmental Health, call (319) 335-4438, e-mail kelley-donham@uiowa.edu, or visit the web site at www.public-health.uiowa.edu/ICASH.

Phone: 319/335-4190
E-Mail: kelley-donham@uiowa.edu
URL: http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/ICASH