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2023 Publications

Weichelt BP, Pilz M, Burke R, Puthoff D, Namkoong K.  The Potential of AI and ChatGPT in Improving Agricultural Injury and Illness Surveillance Programming and Dissemination. J Agromedicine. 2023 December 5; DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2023.2284959 

VanWormer JJ, Bendixsen CG, Shukla SK. Dairy Farm Work and Protection from Gastrointestinal Illness. J Agromedicine. 2023 October 28; :1-7. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2023.2209091.
PubMed ID: 37128886

VanWormer JJ, Berg RL, Wieckhorst M, Burke RR, Weichelt BP. Medically Attended Suicidality in Youth Who Live on Farms. [published online ahead of print 2023 September 29]. J Agromedicine. :1-6. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2023.2264287.
PubMed ID: 37772979

Lee BC, Becot FA, Bendixsen C, Benny C, Lundqvist P, Swenson A,...Franklin RC [including Weichelt B.] Editorial: Safeguarding youth from agricultural injury and illness: international experiences. Frontiers in Public Health. 2023 August 18; 11 :1270578. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1270578. PMCID: PMC10471958.
PubMed ID: 37663839

Becot, FA, Inwood, SM, Buchanan, EA. Navigating the Ethical and Methodological Dimensions of a Farm Safety Photovoice Project. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. 2023 June; 20(2):249-263. doi: 10.1007/s11673-023-10261-8. PMCID: PMC10204665.
PubMed ID: 37219760

Swenson AVR, Salzwedel M, Peltier C, Lee BC. Safety guidelines for youth agricultural work in the United States: A description of the development and updating process. Front Public Health. 2023 April 18; 11 :1048718. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1048718. PMCID: PMC10151778.
PubMed ID: 37143987

Brennan PA, Dunlop AL, Croen LA, Avalos LA, Salisbury AL, Hipwell AE,...Paneth N [including Bendixsen C.] Prenatal Antidepressant Exposures and Autism Spectrum Disorder or Traits: A Retrospective, Multi-Cohort Study. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. 2023 April; 51(4):513-527. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-01000-5. PMCID: PMC10150657.
PubMed ID: 36417100

Comi M, Becot F, Bendixsen C. Automation, Climate Change, and the Future of Farm Work: Cross-Disciplinary Lessons for Studying Dynamic Changes in Agricultural Health and Safety. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 March 8; 20(6)doi: 10.3390/ijerph20064778. PMCID: PMC10049460.

PubMed ID: 36981685
Lee BC, Salzwedel MA. Safeguarding youth from agricultural injury and illness: The United States' experience. Front Public Health. 2023 January 30; 11 :1048576. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1048576. PMCID: PMC9922745.
PubMed ID: 36794078

Scott E, Weichelt B, Lincoln J. The Future of U.S. Agricultural Injury Surveillance Needs Collaboration. Journal of Agromedicine. 2023 January 28; 28(1):11-13. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2022.2148032.
PubMed ID: 36384403

Schofield S, Ramos A, Weichelt B, Bent B. Realities of Workers’ Compensation Coverage for Agricultural Workers: Before, during, and into the Future of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Agromedicine. 2023 January 28; 28(1):69-72. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2022.2147624.
PubMed ID: 36396619

Klataske RT, Durbin TJ, Barnes KL, Koshalek K, Bendixsen CG. Parent perspectives on the benefits and risks of child-livestock interactions. Frontiers in Public Health. 2023 January 27; 11(1050584)doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1050584. PMCID: PMC9911528.
PubMed ID: 36778552

Namkoong K, Leach J, Chen J, Zhang J, Weichelt B. A feasibility study of Augmented Reality Intervention for Safety Education for farm parents and children. Frontiers in Public Health. 2023 January 9; 10 :903933. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.903933. PMCID: PMC9875325.
PubMed ID: 36711325

Bendixsen CG, Ramos AK, Holmes SM. Structural Competency and Agricultural Health and Safety: An Opportunity to Foster Equity within Agriculture. J Agromedicine. 2023 January; 28(1):45-52. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2022.2148148.
PubMed ID: 36420522

Schwebel DC, Hasan R, Weichelt BP. Could Wearables Protect Youth and Children on Farms? J Agromedicine. 2023 January; 28(1):77-80. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2022.2140735. PMCID: PMC9805513.
PubMed ID: 36284466

Salzwedel M. Labor Shortage Poses Safety Challenges for Growing Agritourism Industry. J Agromedicine. 2023 January; 28(1):53-56. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2022.2148035.
PubMed ID: 36377753

2022 Publications

Becot, F., Inwood, S., and Rissing, A. (2022). Childcare for farm families: A key strategy to keep children safe yet largely absent from farm programming. Frontiers in Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1043774

Becot, F. and Inwood, S. (2022). Examining access to health insurance and health care along the life course to shed light on interactions between farm households' social needs, social policy, and the farm business. Sociologia Ruralis. https://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12394

Becot, Florence A. Children, Work, Safety on the Farm During COVID-19: A Harder Juggling Act. Journal of Agromedicine. 27(3), 315-238.  https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2022.2068716 

Becot, F.A., Inwood, S.M. Medical economic vulnerability: a next step in expanding the farm resilience scholarship. Agric Hum Values 39, 1097–1116 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-022-10307-4 

Bendixsen, Casper G, Ramos Athena K, & Holmes Seth M. (2023) Structural Competency and Agricultural Health and Safety: An Opportunity to Foster Equity within Agriculture, Journal of Agromedicine, 28:1, 45-52, DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2022.2148148

Becot, F. and Inwood, S. (2022). Medical economic vulnerability: A next step in expanding the farm resilience scholarship. Agriculture and Human Values, 39, 1097-1116 1-20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-022-10307-4

 Benny CP, Beyer D, Krolczyk M, and Lee BC (2022) “Legal Responses to Child Endangerment on Farms: Research Methods.” Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers in Public Health, 28 Oct. 2022, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1015600/full.

Comi, Matt. & Becot, Florence. (2023) Thinking the Future of Agricultural Worker Health on a Warming Planet and an Automating Farm, Journal of Agromedicine, 28:1, 90-96, DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2022.2137617

Durbin, Trevor J, Klataske Ryan T, & Bendixsen, Casper G. (2023) Transitional Workplaces: Alt-Meat and Beef Producer Health and Safety in the Kansas Flint Hills, Journal of Agromedicine, 28:1, 61-68, DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2022.2148033 

Diane S. Rohlman, Shelly Campo & Megan TePoel (2022) Protecting Young Agricultural Workers: The Development of an Online Supervisor Training, Journal of Agromedicine, 27:4, 359-367, https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2021.1979155 

Erika Scott, Bryan Weichelt & Jennifer Lincoln(2022) The Future of U.S. Agricultural Injury Surveillance Needs Collaboration, Journal of Agromedicine, DOI: 1080/1059924X.2022.2148032

Farzaneh Khorsandi, Guilherme De Moura Araujo & Fadi Fathallah (2022) A Systematic Review of Youth and All-Terrain Vehicles Safety in Agriculture, Journal of Agromedicine, DOI: 1080/1059924X.2022.2155747

Gorucu S., Weichelt B., Burke R. Injuries and Fatalities Related to Skid Steers: 2015-2020. Safety. 2022; 8(3), 56; https://doi.org/10.3390/safety8030056 

Jilcott Pitts, S., Volpe, L., Sitaker, M., Belarmino, E., Sealey, A., Wang, W., Becot, F., McGuirt, J., Ammerman, A., Hanson, K., Kolodinsky, J., Seguin-Fowler, R. (2022). Offsetting the cost of Community Support Agriculture (CSA) for low-income families: Perceptions and experiences of CSA farmers and members. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 37(3), 206–216. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742170521000466

Heiberger, Scott. (2023) Journal of Agromedicine “Peer Reviewer of the Year” 2023: Erika Scott, Journal of Agromedicine, 28:1, 101-102, DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2023.2157629

Marysel Pagan-Santana, Amy K Liebman, Aníbal Y López-Correa (2022). Looking at the Gaps and Program Needs to Address the Impact on Children of Agricultural Workers in Puerto Rico During and After Public Health Emergencies. Front. Public Health 10:1046701. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1046701 

Salzwedel, Marsha, (2022) Labor Shortage Poses Safety Challenges for Growing Agritourism Industry, Journal of Agromedicine, DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2022.2148035 

Schofield, Katherine. Ramos, Athena. Weichelt, Bryan. & Bent, Brian. (2023) Realities of Workers’ Compensation Coverage for Agricultural Workers: Before, during, and into the Future of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Journal of Agromedicine, 28:1, 69-72, DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2022.2147624

Schwebel, David C. Hasan, Ragib. & Weichelt, Bryan P. (2023) Could Wearables Protect Youth and Children on Farms?, Journal of Agromedicine, 28:1, 77-80, DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2022.2140735

Weichelt BP, Gorucu S, Burke RR, Salzwedel MA, Murphy DJ and Lee BC (2022) Agricultural youth injuries: An updated review of cases from U.S. news media reports, 2016–2021. Front. Public Health 10:1045858. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.1045858
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1045858 

VanWormer, Jeffrey J. Alicea, Gabriella. Weichelt, Bryan P. Berg, Richard L. Sundaram, Maria E. COVID-19 vaccine coverage disparities in rural and farm children, Vaccine, 2022, ISSN 0264-410X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.11.015 

VanWormer J., Berg R., Burke R., Barnes K., Weichelt B. Regional Surveillance of Medically-attended Agricultural Injuries in Children and Adolescents. Front. Public Health. 2022; 10(1); doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.1031618 

2021 Publications

Rohlman, D.S.; TePoel, M.; Campo, S. Evaluation of an Online Training for Supervisors of Young Agricultural Workers. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 10395. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph 181910395

Rohlman, DS. Campo, S. TePoel, M. (2021): Protecting Young Agricultural Workers: The Development of an Online Supervisor Training, Journal of Agromedicine, DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2021.1979155

Henning-Smith C, Alberth A, Bjornestad A, Becot F, Inwood S. (2021). Farmer mental health in the US Midwest: Key informant perspectives. Journal of Agromedicine. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2021.1893881

Becot F, Bendixsen C, Barnes K, Rudolphi R. Broadening Our Understanding of Farm Children’s Risk Exposure by Considering Their Parents’ Farming Background. International Journal of Experimental Research and Public Health. 14 May 2021, 18(10), pages 5218. Doi: 10.3390/ijerph18105218   

Rissing A, Inwood S, Stengel E. The invisible labor and multidimensional impacts of negotiating childcare on farms. Agriculture and Human Values. 2021, 38; 431-447. Doi:  10.1007/s10460-020-10162-1

Khorsandi F, Ayers P, Denning G, Jennissen C, Jepsen D , Myers M, Oesch S, Pate M, White D.J. Hazard Control Methods to Improve Agricultural All-Terrain Vehicle Safety, Journal of Agromedicine, (2020).  DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2020.1837705

Gorucu S, Weichelt B, Redmond E, Murphy D. Coding agricultural injury: Factors affecting coder agreement. Journal of Safety Research. 2020; Volume 75, Pages 111-118. Doi: 10.1016/j.jsr.2020.08.006.

Gorucu S, Weichelt B, Diehl D, Galindo S. (2021). An Overview of Agricultural Injuries in Florida from 2015 to 2019. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health. DOI: 10.13031/jash.14533

Gorucu S, Weichelt B, Denning G, Jennissen C, Oesch S. The Epidemiology of All-Terrain-Vehicle Injuries: 2015-2017, Journal of Agromedicine. 2020; 25:3, 238, DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2020.1763737

Burke RR, Weichelt BP, Namkoong K. Facebook Ads Manager as a Recruitment Tool for a Health and Safety Survey of Farm Mothers: Pilot Study. JMIR Form Res 2021;5(4):e19022. DOI: 10.2196/19022

Meyer C, Becot F, Burke R, Weichelt B. Rural Telehealth Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Long-Term Infrastructure Commitment May Support Rural Health Care Systems Resilience. Journal of Agromedicine. 2020; Vol.25(4), p.362-366. Doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2020.1814921

Becot F, Inwood S, Bendixsen C, Henning Smith C. Health care and Health Insurance Access for Farm Families in the United States During COVID-19: Essential Workers Without Essential Resources? Journal of Agromedicine. 2020, Vol.25(4), p.374-377. Doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2020.1814924

Salzwedel M, Liebman A, Kruse K, Lee B. The COVID-19 Impact on Childcare in Agricultural Populations. Journal of Agromedicine. 2020, Vol.25(4), p.383-387. Doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2020.1815616

Weichelt B, Nambisan P, Burke R, Bendixsen C. Finding the Edges of Problems: Social Media as an Exploratory Research Tool. Journal of Agromedicine. 2020, Vol.25(4), p.423-426. Doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2020.1815624

Bendixsen C. Themes within Crises as Reported from the Field. Journal of Agromedicine. 2020, Vol.25(4), p.349-352. Doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2020.1838852

Lee B, Hair DM, McCluer J, Murphy DJ, Swenson AVR. Highlights of the Virtual 2021 North American Agricultural Safety Summit. Journal of Agromedicine.  01 Jun 2021. DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2021.1931607

Becot, F. Pushing beyond boundaries as a pre‑tenure rural sociologist who is not from around here. Agriculture and Human Values 2021, On-line first, 1-5, doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-021-10209-x

Weichelt B, VanWormer J, Xu Y, Kadolph C, Lin S. Lessons Learned from Development of a Mobile App for Cardiovascular Health Awareness. Sustainability. 2021; 13(11):5985. doi.org/10.3390/su13115985

Burke, R.; Pilz, M.; Redmond, E.; Gorucu, S.; Weichelt, B. Stakeholders’ Consumption of Agricultural Injury Reports from News Media: A Six-Year Analysis of Website Usage and Visitor Analytics. Safety 2021, 7, 48. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety7020048

Weichelt, B.; Burke, R.; Redmond, E.; Shutske, J. Farm Suicides in Wisconsin, 2017–2018: Preliminary Findings and a Call for Future Research. Safety 2021, 7, 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety7030051

Bryan Weichelt, Erika Scott, Rick Burke, John Shutske, Serap Gorucu, Wayne Sanderson, Murray Madsen, Emily Redmond, Dennis J Murphy & Risto Rautiainen (2021) What About the Rest of Them? Fatal Injuries Related to Production Agriculture Not Captured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), Journal of Agromedicine, DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2021.1956663 - https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2021.1956663

Araujo, G. D. M., Khorsandi, F., & Abdullah, A. (2021). Ability of Youth to Activate Agricultural All-Terrain Vehicles’ Main Controls. In 2021 ASABE Annual International Virtual Meeting (p. 1). American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 10.13031/aim.202100046

Araujo, G. D. M., Khorsandi, F., Kabakibo, S., & Kreylos, O. (2021). Can Youth Reach Agricultural All-Terrain Vehicle Controls?. In 2021 ASABE Annual International Virtual Meeting (p. 1). American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 10.13031/aim.202100047

Burke RR, Weichelt BP, Namkoong K. Facebook Ads Manager as a Recruitment Tool for a Health and Safety Survey of Farm Mothers: A Pilot Study. JMIR Formative Research. 2021 Jan 19022 (forthcoming/in press) DOI: 10.2196/19022

"Family farms are struggling with two hidden challenges: health insurance and child care". The Conversation. May 11, 2021. https://theconversation.com/family-farms-are-struggling-with-two-hidden-challenges-health-insurance-and-child-care-159542

2020 Publications

Barnes KL, Rudolphi J, Kivirist L, Bendixsen CG. Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention Among Organic Farmer Mothers. J Agromedicine. 2020 Mar 22:1-5. Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2020.1744495.

Becot F, Inwood S, Bendixsen C, Henning-Smith C. Health care and health insurance access for farm families in the United States during COVID-19: Essential workers without essential resources? J Agromedicine. 2020;Sep 12:1-4. Epub ahead of print.  doi:10.1080/1059924X.2020.1814924

Becot F, Inwood SM. The Case for Integrating Household Social Needs and Social Policy into the International Family Farm Research Agenda. Journal of Rural Studies. 2020;77;185–198. doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.05.005.

Becot F, Parker J, Conner D, Pivarnik L, Richard N, Wright-Hirsch D. Financially Able and Willing to Invest in Food Safety Practices? The Example of Produce Growers in New England States (USA). Food Control. 2021;119:107451. doi:10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107451.

*Burke R, Pilz M, Redmond E, Sauer M, Weichelt B. JA:2021-3. Dissemination and Adoption of AgInjuryNews.org: A Publicly Available Collection of Agricultural Injury Media Reports. J Agromedicine. 2020;25(3):233. doi:10.1080/1059924x.2020.1763725.

Gorucu S, Weichelt B, Redmond E, Murphy D. Coding agricultural injury: Factors affecting coder agreement. Journal of Safety Research. Volume 75. 2020. Pages 111-118. ISSN 0022-4375. doi: 10.1016/j.jsr.2020.08.006 

*Liebman A, Salzwedel M, Simmons J, Kruse K, Lee B.  JA:2021-16. A Roadmap for Delivering Child Care in Agricultural Communities. J Agromedicine. 2020;25(3):243. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2020.1763749

Meyer C, Becot F, Burke R, Weichelt B. Rural Telehealth Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Long-term Infrastructure Commitment May Support Rural Health Care Systems Resilience. J Agromedicine. 2020 Sep 12:1-5. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2020.1814921. Epub ahead of print.

Nour MM, Field WE, Ni JQ, Cheng YH. Farm-Related Injuries and Fatalities Involving Children, Youth, and Young Workers during Manure Storage, Handling, and Transport. J Agromedicine. 2021;26(3):323-333. doi:10.1080/1059924X.2020.1795034 

*Pate ML, Moyer N, Gorucu S, Bendixsen C. Digital Technologies for Mapping Hazard Risk Assessments: Implications for a New and Emerging Agricultural Workforce. 2020 ASABE Annual International Virtual Meeting. July 13-15, 2020. 2000239. doi:10.13031/aim.202000239.

Pickett W, Berg RL, Kaprelian J, Marlenga B. A Contemporary Profile of the Mental Health of Girls from Farm and Non-Farm Environments. J Agromedicine. 2020;25(1):96-105. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2019.1623142.

*Pilz M, Burke R, Redmond E, Sauer M, Weichelt B. JA:2021-23. Ideal Tracking and Analytics: Incorporating Modern Toolsets to Enhance Analysis of User Acquisition and Behavior on AgInjuryNews.org. J Agromedicine. 2020;25(3):248–249. doi:10.1080/1059924x.2020.1765575.

*Ploeckelman M, Duysen E, Heiberger S, Yoder A, Leonard S. JA:2021-24. Telling the Story – Using Storytelling to Disseminate Agricultural Safety and Health Messaging. J Agromedicine. 2020;25(3):249–250. doi:10.1080/1059924x.2020.1765576.

*Redmond E, Gorucu E, Sauer M, Burke R, Pilz M, Weichelt B. JA:2021-25. Increasing Efficiency and Reliability of Agricultural Injury and Fatality Coding with Standard Operating Procedures: Lessons Learned from AgInjuryNews.org. J Agromedicine. 2020;25(3):250–251. doi:10.1080/1059924x.2020.1765579.

Rudolphi J, Barnes KL, Kieke B, Koshalek K, Bendixsen C. Exploring Farm Parenting Styles and Child Agricultural Injury. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health. 2020;(in press). doi: 10.13031/jash.14297.

Salzwedel M, Liebman A, Kruse K, Lee B. The COVID-19 Impact on Childcare in Agricultural Populations. J Agromedicine. 2020 Sep 12:1-5. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2020.1815616. Epub ahead of print.

*Salzwedel M, Lee B. JA:2021-28. The Next Generation of Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines: Process and Outcomes. J Agromedicine. 2020;25(3):253. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2020.1765584

*Sauer M, Ploeckelman M, Pilz M, Redmond E, Burke R, Koshalek K, Heiberger S, Weichelt B. JA:2021-30. Constant Contact ® Readership Analytics: Lessons Learned. J Agromedicine. 2020;25(3):254–255. doi:10.1080/1059924x.2020.1765586.

Sitaker M, McCall M, Belarmino E, Wang W, Kolodinsky J, Becot F, McGuirt J, Ammerman A, Jilcott Pitts S, Seguin-Fowler R. Balancing Social Values with Economic Realities: Farmer Experience with a Cost-offset CSA. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development.  2020;9(4):1-15. doi:10.5304/jafscd.2020.094.004

Steiman CA, Evans MD, Lee KE, Lasarev MR, Gangnon RE, Olson BF, Barnes KL, Bendixsen CG, Seroogy CM, Gern JE. Patterns of farm exposure are associated with reduced incidence of atopic dermatitis in early life. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020;146(6):1379-1386.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.06.025.

*Swenson A, Ploeckelman M, Salzwedel M, Weichelt B. JA:2021-38. Assessing Facebook Advertising as a Recruitment Strategy for In-Person Workshops. J Agromedicine. 2020;25(3):261–262. doi:10.1080/1059924x.2020.1765614.

Voaklander DC, Rudolphi JM, Berg R, Drul C, Belton KL, Pickett W. Fatal farm injuries to Canadian children. Prev Med. 2020t;139:106233. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106233.

*Weichelt B, Gorucu S, Shutske J, Scott E, Burke R, Murphy DJ, Rautiainen R. JA:2021-40. What about the Rest of Them? Their Lives Mattered Too: Fatal Agricultural Injuries Not Captured by BLS/CFOI. J Agromedicine. 2020;25(3):263. doi:10.1080/1059924x.2020.1765612.

Weichelt B, Gorucu S, Jennissen C, Denning G, Oesch S. Assessing the Emergent Public Health Concern of All-Terrain Vehicle Injuries in Rural and Agricultural Environments: Initial Review of Available National Datasets in the United States. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2020 May 29;6(2):e15477. doi: 10.2196/15477.

Weichelt B, Nambisan P, Burke R, Bendixsen C. Finding the Edges of Problems: Social Media as an Exploratory Research Tool. J Agromedicine. 2020 Sep 7:1-4. Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2020.1815624.

*The article is a published abstract and not a peer-reviewed publication. 

2019 Publications

Bendixsen C. A farm kid paradox. Journal of Anthropology of North America. 

Gorucu S, Weichelt B, Pate M. Fatal agricultural injuries in Pennsylvania, 2015-2017: Comparative analysis of two systems’ data collection methods and datasets. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health. 2019; 25(2):53-61. doi:10.13031/jash.13165

Janssen I, Berg RL, Marlenga B, Pickett W. Sleep in farm adolescents. The Journal of Rural Health. 2018; 34(4):436-41. doi:10.1111/jrh.12341

Murphy D, Gorucu S, Weichelt B, Scott E, Purschwitz M. Using multiple coding schemes for classification and coding of agricultural injury. Am J Ind Med. 2019; 62: 87–98. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22932

Weichelt B., Heimonen T., Pilz M., Yoder A., Bendixsen C. An Argument against Cross-Platform Development: Lessons from an Augmented Reality App Prototype for Rural Emergency Responders. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth (in press). http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/12207   

Weichelt B., Hooper E., Chow B. Infant Identical Triplets’ Presentation of Human Parechovirus Type 3. IDCases. (in press) ISSN 2214-2509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00494

Weichelt B, Bendixsen C, Keifer M. Farm Owners and Workers as Key Informants in User-Centered Occupational Health Prototype Development: A Stakeholder-Engaged Project. J Med Internet Res 2019;21(1):e9711. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.9711 PMID: 30694202

Nour MM, Field WE, Ni J-Q, Cheng C. Development of methodology to document and code farm-related injuries and fatalities involving manure storage, handling and transport – with summary of 2017 incidents. Journal of Agromedicine. 2019; 24:90-100. doi:10.1080/1059924X.2018.1539420

Raygor AD, Lindberg SM. In pursuit of a 2020 vision: Evaluation findings of the National Initiative for Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute; 2018.

Pickett W, Berg RL, Kaprelian J, Marlenga B. A contemporary profile of the mental health of girls from farm and non-farm environments. Journal of Agromedicine. 2019; 30:1-10. doi:10.1080/1059924X.2019.1623142

Weichelt B, Gorucu S, Murphy D, Alves Pena A, Salzwedel M, Lee BC. Agricultural youth injuries: A review of 2015-2017 cases from U.S. news media reports. Journal of Agromedicine. 2019; 24(3):298-308. doi:10.1080/1059924X.2019.1605955

Weichelt B, Heimonen T, Gorucu S, et al. Redesigning a sentinel surveillance system for collecting and disseminating near real-time agricultural injury reports: System usability study. JMIR Form Res; 2019; 3(3):e13621. doi:10.2196/13621 

2018 Publications

Elliot V, Hagel L, Dosman J, Rana M, Lawson J, Marlenga B, Trask C, Pickett W. Resilience of Farm Women Working the Third Shift. J Agromedicine. 2018:23(1)70-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2017.1384421

Lee B. Journal of Agromedicine “Leader in the Field” 2018: Dennis J. Murphy, PhD. J Agromedicine. 2017;23(1):1-2. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2017.1404950 

Murphy D, Lee B. Leadership and Funding: Changes Ahead for Agricultural Safety and Health. J Agromedicine. 2018;23(1):3-6. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2017.1404949 

Marlenga B, Berg R, Pickett W. National Public Health Data Systems in the United States: Applications to Child Agricultural Injury Surveillance. J Rural Health. 2018:34(3);314-321. https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12292 

Weichelt B, Serap G. Supplemental surveillance: a review of 2015 and 2016 agricultural injury data from news reports on AgInjuryNews.org. Injury Prevention. 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042671 

Rudolphi J, Campo S, Gerr F, Rohlman D. Social and Individual Influences on Tractor Operating Practices of Young Adult Agricultural Workers. J Adolescent Health. 2018;62(5);605-611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.11.300 

Weichelt, B. Salzwedel M, Heiberger S, Lee B. Establishing a Publicly Available National Database of U.S News Articles Reporting Agriculture-Related Injuries and Fatalities. J Industrial Medicine. 2018;61(8):667-674. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22860 

Elliot V, Crammer A, Pickett W, Marlenga B, Lawson J, Dosman J, et al. Towards a deeper understanding of parenting on farms: A qualitative study. PLOS One. 2018;13(9). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203842 

Barnes, Kathrine L., VanWormer J, Stokley S, Vickers E, McLean H, Belongia E, and Bendixsen, C. Determinants of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Attitudes: An Interview of Wisconsin Parents. BMC Public Health. 2018;18:746. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5635-y 

Bryan Weichelt, Yoder A, Bendixsen C, Pilz M, Minor G, and Keifer M. Augmented Reality Farm MAPPER Development: Lessons Learned from an App Designed to Improve Rural Emergency Response. J Agromedicine. 2018;23(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2018.1470051 

Scott Heiberger. The future of agricultural safety and health: North American Agricultural Safety Summit, February 2018, Scottsdale, Ariz. J Agromedicine. 2018;23(3):302-304. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2018.1485089 

Athena K. Ramos, Carlo G, Grant K, Bendixsen C, Fuentes A, Gamboa R. A Preliminary Analysis of Immigrant Cattle Feedyard Worker Perspectives on Job-Related Safety Training. Safety. 2018;4(3):37. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety4030037 

Bryan Weichelt, and Bendixsen C. A Review of 2016–2017 Agricultural Youth Injuries Involving Skid Steers and a Call for Intervention and Translational Research. J Agromedicine. 2018;23(4):374-380. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2018.1501455 

2017 Publications

Marlenga B, Berg RL, Gallagher, S. News Reports and Their Role in Child Agricutlutrua lInjury Prevention. J Agromedicine. 2017;22(2): 71-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2017.1282909 

Pickett W, Berg RL, Marlenga B. Social environments, risk-taking and injury in farm adolescents. 

VanWormer JJ, Barnes KL, Waring SC, Keifer MC.  Socio-environmental risk factors for medically-attended agricultural injuries in Wisconsin dairy farmers.  Injury 2017;48(7):1444-1450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2017.05.027 

Marolf A, Heiberger S, Evans J, Joseph L. How Agricultural Media Cover Safety Compared with Periodicals in Two Other Hazardous Industries. J Agric Saf Health. 2017;23(1): 83-94. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2017.1354114 

Kaprelian J, Berg RL, Barnes KL, Marlenga B. Integrating Agricultural Injury Prevention with Rural Pediatrics: A Pilot Assessment. J Agromedicine. 2017;22(4):416-419. 

Bendixsen C, Barnes K, Kieke B, Schenk D, Simich J, Keifer M. Sorting Through the Spheres of Influence: Using Modified Pile Sorting to Describe Who Influences Dairy Farmers' Decision-Making About Safety. J Agrodicine. 2017;22(4):316-327. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2017.1353938 

Marlenga B, King N, Pickett W, Lawson J, Hagel L, Dosman J, The Saskatchewan Farm Injury Cohort Study Team. Impact of sleep on injury risk amoung rural children. Paediatrics & Child Health. 2017;22(4):211-216. https://doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxx070 

Leibman A, Simmons J, Salzwedel M, Tovar-Aguilar A, Lee B. Caring for Children While Working in Agriculture—The Perspective of Farm worker Parents. J Agromedicine. 2017;22(4):406-415. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2017.1358229 

Lee B, Salzwedel M, Chyou P, Liebman A. Employers’ Perspective on Childcare Services for Hired Farm Workers. J Agromedicine. 2017;22(4):376-383. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2017.1358230 

Lee B, Bendixsen C, Liebman A, Gallagher. Using the Socio-Ecological Model to Frame Agricultural Safety and Health Interventions. J Agromedicine. 2017:22(4);298-303. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2017.1356780 

VanWomer J, Bendixsen C, Vickers E, Stokley S, McNeil M, Gee J, Belongia E, McLean H. Association between parent attitudes and receipt of human papillomavirus vaccine in adolescents. BMC Public Health. 2017:17;766. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4787-5 

Pickett W, Berg R, Marlenga B. Health and Well-Being Among Young People From Canadian Farms: Associations With a Culture of Risk-Taking. J Rural Health. 2017;34(3):275-282. https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12281 

2016 Publications

Evans J and Heiberger S. Agricultural Media Coverage of Farm Safety: Review of the Literature. J Agromedicine. 2016;21(1):91-105. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2015.1106376 

Schwebel DC, Evans WD, Hoeffler SE, Marlenga B, Nguyen SP, Jovanov E, Meltzer DO, Sheares BJ. Unintentional Child poisoning risk: A review of casual factors and prevetion Studies. J Agromedicine. 2016;46(2):109-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/02739615.2015.1124775 

Reyes I, Ellis T, Yoder A, Keifer MC. An Evaluation Tool for Agricultural Health and Safety Mobile Applications. J Agromedicine. 2016;21(4):301-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2016.1211054 

Bendixsen C. Harvests and Cultivation: the Roles and Futures of Anthropology in Agricultural Health and Safety.  Practicing Anthropology, special edition “Anthropology and Global Health at the Crossroads.” 38.4, (2016): 59-60.

Besterman-Dahan K., Chavez M., Bendixsen C., Dillahunt-Aspillaga C. Community Reintegration of Transitioning Veterans: An Overview of Agricultural Initiatives in Veterans: Political, Social and Health Issues, ed. Milton Townsend. New York: Nova Science Publishing. 2016.

Bendixsen C. The Entanglements of Agrarian Ethics with Agrarian Risks and Leveraging Them in Agricultural Health Safety. J Agromedicine. 2016;22(1):17-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2016.1248308

Barnes KL, Bendixsen CG. When this breaks down, it’s black gold: Race and Gender in Agricultural Health and Safety. J Agromedicine. 2016;22(1):56-65. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2016.1251368