Research Articles
Public Health Reports / November–December 2005 / Volume 120 649
a
International Initiative to End Child Labor, Arlington, VA
b
National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield, WI
Address correspondence to: L.
Diane Mull, Executive...
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Research Articles
Public Health Reports / November–December 2005 / Volume 120 649
a
International Initiative to End Child Labor, Arlington, VA
b
National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield, WI
Address correspondence to: L.
Diane Mull, Executive Director/Chairman, International Initiative to End Child Labor, 1016 S.
Wayne St.
,
Ste.
702, Arlington, VA 22204; tel.
202-409-7775; fax 703-920-0435; e-mail <Diane@endchildlabor.
org>.
©2005 Association of Schools of Public Health
Child Labor in Ghana Cocoa Production:
Focus upon Agricultural Tasks,
Ergonomic Exposures, and Associated
Injuries and Illnesses
L.
Diane Mull, BSb EDa
Steven R.
Kirkhorn, MD, MPHb
SYNOPSIS
Objectives.
The goal of this study was to determine the occupational hazards
experienced by children harvesting cocoa in western Ghana in order to design a
vocational literacy life skills curriculum and radio social messaging campaign with a
safety component to decrease hazardous work exposures in
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