Behind the Scenes: Spousal Coping Following Permanently Disabling Injury of Farmers

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• Personal Author:
  Claunch DT ; Reed DB
• Description:
  Hidden within the pastoral setting of rural America are the struggles of farm families who must cope with a decreasing economy, increasing technology, and one of the highest injury rates of any industry. Wives of farmers often juggle household responsibilities, hold an off-farm job, and work on the farm. Too often, wives are first on the scene of a serious injury to their spouses. All attention is focused on the farmer but the wife must cope with caregiving, her usual work, and the added full responsibility of the farm. This grounded theory study examined the process of spousal coping after a permanently disabling injury occurred to their farmer husbands. Interviews conducted with 12 farm wives elicited four themes in the coping process. These findings may help identify critical points of mental stress and form interventions to assist spouses of injured farmers in their adjustment to changing roles and responsibilities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Family Farmers Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-workers Disabled-workers Disaster-prevention Disease-incidence Diseases Families Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-accidents Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Occupational-safety-programs Occupations Safety-climate Safety-education Safety-monitoring Safety-practices

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• ISSN:
  0161-2840
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  231-248
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034594
• Citation:
  Issues Ment Health Nurs 2002 Apr-May; 23(3):231-248
• Contact Point Address:
  D. B. Reed, University of Kentucky, Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention, UK Colleges of Medicine and Nursing, Lexington, KY 40504, USA
• Email:
  dbreed01@pop.uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Issues in Mental Health Nursing
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0abb9c64557ec1aa194d362a0fde0e5bd62ba931493315149d3e8721e9f3e51290dcc29430794396a65186154b6bc231d31d28f16107f4b4fb7f082bf62c61e0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186746/cdc_186746_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 320.44 KB ]