Not raising a "bubble kid": farm parents' attitudes and practices regarding the employment, training and supervision of their children

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• Personal Author:
  Gaut J ; Neufeld S ; Wright SM
• Description:
  This article explores farm parents' attitudes and practices regarding the employment, training and supervision of their children among a sample of 24 farm couples from southeastern Washington state. The goal was to gain a greater understanding of parental attitudes and practices in order to devise appropriate and meaningful efforts to improve the safety of children and adolescents involved in farm work. Demographic data regarding the farm families and their farm safety practices were collected through a short questionnaire, and parental attitudes and practices regarding the employment, training and supervision of their children were explored through open-ended, semi-structured interviews. The results suggest that farm parents have developed a logical and consistent set of beliefs and attitudes regarding the employment, training, and supervision of their children that is based in part on the belief that farm work is highly beneficial to their children's development. Safety interventions to reduce childhood farm injuries will have to acknowledge farm work as important and beneficial for children in order to maintain legitimacy and credibility. Nevertheless, because farm parents' practices regarding their children's employment reflect cultural beliefs and values regarding children and child-rearing, some recommended safety guidelines will be difficult to implement. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Adolescent Agriculture Behavior Demography Family Farmers Men Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Women Workload

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• Keywords:
  Accidents Adolescents Agricultural-industry Attitude Children Demographic-characteristics Families Humans Psychology Questionnaires Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Training Work-capability Work-capacity

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• ISSN:
  0890-765X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  57-66
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042267
• Citation:
  J Rural Health 2002 Jan; 18(1):57-66
• Contact Point Address:
  Steven Neufeld, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, 324 Patterson Hall, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA 99004
• Email:
  sneufeld@ewu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19960930
• Source Full Name:
  The Journal of Rural Health
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:218b3cb5525bd5833d0e343dab1c4b349d1b00936e69e41d4b8f993554808cded6f0de067f6cc9c6ba26c06adf124f8db693114c9125b27dc3431c91fd12828f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194545/cdc_194545_DS1.pdf
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