The Association Between Parents’ past Agricultural Injuries and Their Children’s Risk of Injury. Analyses from the Regional Rural Injury Study-II

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• Personal Author:
  Alexander BH ; Carlson KF ; Gerberich, Susan G. ; Gurney JG ; Langner D ; Mongin, Steven J. ; Renier CM ; Ryan, Andrew D.
• Description:
  Objective: To examine associations between parents' and children's agricultural injuries in a cohort of farming and ranching households. Design: Analyses from a population-based, nested case-control study. Setting: The 1999 Regional Rural Injury Study III, involving a cohort of 3765 agricultural households. Demographic, injury, and exposure data were collected for household members for 1 year. Participants: A total of 203 injured children (cases) and 755 randomly selected control children were identified for the study. Main Exposure: Children's risk of injury was estimated in reference to individual and combined parental injury experience. Two periods were evaluated, separately and in combination. Main Outcome Measures: Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated by using logistic regression; directed acyclic graphs guided selection of potential confounders. Results: When controlling for potential confounders, children whose fathers were injured before the study year had twice the risk of injury of those whose fathers were not injured (OR, 2.1; 95% CI, 1.5-3.0). Children had increased risk of injury if their mothers were injured before the study (OR, 2.5; 95% CI, 1.7-3.8) or during the study (OR, 2.0; 95% CI, 0.9-4.2). Children whose parents both reported agricultural injuries before the study had a 4-fold increase in injury risk over those with neither parent injured (OR, 4.2; 95% CI, 2.6-6.9). Conclusions: Positive associations between parents' and children's injuries were observed, with a potential additive effect if both parents were injured. These results indicate a need for further research into the social and/or physical environments driving these associations so that appropriate interventions for pediatric injury can be determined. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Agriculture Behavior Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollution Epidemiology Family Farmers Herbicides Insecticides Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Agricultural-processes Agricultural-workers Analytical-processes Children Environmental-exposure Environmental-factors Environmental-hazards Exposure-assessment Families Health-surveys Injury-prevention Mathematical-models Medical-surveys Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-safety-programs Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Quantitative-analysis Questionnaires Risk-analysis Risk-factors Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Standards Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Work-environment Work-operations Work-organization Work-practices Worker-health Workers

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• ISSN:
  1072-4710
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  160
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037605
• Citation:
  Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2006 Nov; 160(11):1137-1142
• Contact Point Address:
  Susan G. Gerberich, PhD, Regional Injury Prevention Research Center, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, MMC 807, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
• Email:
  gerbe001@umn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment and Workforce: Special Populations
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19980930
• Source Full Name:
  Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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