{"id":1585,"date":"2014-09-24T13:58:19","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T17:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/?page_id=1585"},"modified":"2020-04-09T14:54:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T18:54:01","slug":"ways-to-reduce-risk-on-your-farm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/farm-safety\/ways-to-reduce-risk-on-your-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessing and Reducing Risk on Your Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Free Ag Health Risk Assessment<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1599 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/09\/agrisafe.NE_.jpg\" alt=\"AgriSafe Network of Nebraska logo\" width=\"205\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/09\/agrisafe.NE_.jpg 205w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/09\/agrisafe.NE_-105x48.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,205px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>The Ag Health Risk Assessment (AgHRA) is a service provided by the AgriSafe Network. The assessment can be completed in 10 minutes or less. It includes a general health history, including age, height, and weight. More specific questions are asked about ag-related health risks, including hearing, vision, skin cancer, musculoskeletal\/ergonomics, respiratory exposure, stress and coping issues, and emergency preparedness.<\/p>\n<p>The AgHRA provides basic responses to individual health risks. It\u2019s not intended to replace visits to the health care provider or regular screening exams.<\/p>\n<h3>Reducing Risk<\/h3>\n<p>Check out these fact sheets to reduce risk to several different age levels on the farm:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/publichealth\/cscash\/outreach\/toddlers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toddlers (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/publichealth\/cscash\/outreach\/school-aged-children.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">School Aged Children (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/publichealth\/cscash\/outreach\/new-and-young-farmers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young and New Farmers (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/publichealth\/cscash\/outreach\/mid-life-farmers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mid-life Farmers (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/publichealth\/cscash\/outreach\/aging-farmer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aging Farmers (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Resources provided by Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health<\/em><br \/>\n<em> UNMC College of Public Health<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free Ag Health Risk Assessment The Ag Health Risk Assessment (AgHRA) is a service provided by the AgriSafe Network. 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More specific questions are asked about ag-related health risks, including hearing, vision, skin cancer, musculoskeletal\/ergonomics, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":333,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1585","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/author\/"},"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1585"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4913,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1585\/revisions\/4913"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}