Issues in Agricultural Health and Safety (A, H)

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course describes the health and safety situation in agriculture with a particular focus on explaining the underlying reasons for the high rates of injury, illness, and death in the farming industry. Health behaviour theories are used to identify factors that may lead farm workers to engage in actions that place them at elevated risk to experience an accident or disease. Potential mechanisms to reduce the incidence of injury, illness, and death through educational programs, engineering solutions, regulatory and policy initiatives and social change programming are also examined. PREREQUISITES: Third-year standing FORMATS: Online Delivery