Using Protection Motivation Theory and Formative Research to Guide an Injury Prevention Intervention: Increasing Adherence to the North American Guidelines for Children’s Agricultural Tasks

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• Alternative Title:
  Health Promot Pract
• Personal Author:
  Ashida, Sato ; Heaney, Catherine A. ; Kmet, Jennifer M. ; Wilkins, J. R.
• Description:
  The North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks (NAGCAT) were developed to reduce childhood agricultural injuries by assisting adults in assigning appropriate chores and providing needed supervision and training. To develop an effective intervention to increase adherence to NAGCAT among farm parents, formative research (focus groups and pilot-testing) was conducted. Protection motivation theory (PMT) was used to guide this research and inform intervention development. Focus group results suggested how PMT constructs might be addressed to increase adherence. A home visit intervention, using a standardized presentation in POWERPoint™, was developed to (a) introduce NAGCAT, (b) increase motivation to use NAGCAT and enhance safe work behaviors, and (c) ultimately reduce agricultural work-related injuries among youth. Process evaluation data suggests that the intervention was well received by farm parents. Conducting theory-guided formative research identified motivational barriers and strategies for overcoming these barriers that might not have been otherwise apparent.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Adolescent Adult Agriculture Child Female Focus Groups Guideline Adherence Guidelines As Topic Humans Male Motivation Parents Qualitative Research Young Adult

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• Source:
  Health Promot Pract. 12(3):396-405
• Pubmed ID:
  21518923
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9767403
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 OH008070/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; ImNIH/Intramural NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 OH008070-03/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Name as Subject:
  North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks.
• Place as Subject:
  North America
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f2679a400b5e5e02087bfca068a8ef122a88492e36b07e5ecdd2bfa660043144
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/122920/cdc_122920_DS1.pdf
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