A systematic review of farm safety education interventions.

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• Personal Author:
  DeRoo LA ; Rautiainen RH
• Description:
  The objective of this study was to review the evidence for the effectiveness of farm safety education. We searched Medline, Embase, ERIC, Psyclnfo, Sociofile, NTIS, Expanded Academic Index, Dissertation Abstracts, NIOSHTIC, and technical papers of the National Institute for Farm Safety. Papers had to involve a farm safety education intervention to be included. All study designs were accepted. We identified 24 studies for the review; eleven involved farm safety education interventions, five multifaceted interventions that included environmental revisions and/or a farm visit, and eight described farm safety interventions but did not report results from an evaluation. Farm safety education interventions included safety fairs, day camps, certification programs, workshops, and courses for farm families, youth, and agricultural workers. Multifaceted interventions generally involved farm safety audits, followed by environment or equipment changes, and/or safety education. Program evaluations assessed changes in safety attitudes, knowledge, and/or behaviors and generally involved pre- and posttest methodology. Only three studies examined changes in the incidence of farm injuries. Most studies reported positive changes following the interventions. However, methodological problems make the results difficult to interpret. There is a need for more rigorous evaluations of farm safety education programs.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Oil And Gas Industry Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Agriculture Farmers Injuries Injury-prevention Safety-education Safety-programs Safety-research
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract ; Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Iowa ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026757
• Citation:
  NIOSH Agricultural Health and Safety Conference, April 28-30, 2000, Cooperstown, New York. Washington, DC: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2000 Apr; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Performing Organization:
  Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20000801
• End Date:
  20020731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c399f4ef2afecfe837c5eed01d48a4d6fc6c28d41e04c14fbd194c64e19d780db0f87d8eae3304ae4cb98369a2b2cb1495a852d975e6479c3bdaa27ec4a599c8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181281/cdc_181281_DS1.pdf
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