What we know about the effectiveness of farm safety day programs and what we need to know

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• Personal Author:
  Claunch DT ; McCallum DM ; Murphy S ; Reed DB ; Reynolds SJ
• Description:
  Background: Farm safety day camps are grassroots educational interventions organized and conducted by members of a local community. These events are held in an effort to promote safety knowledge and behavior in children who live on family farms or are exposed to the hazards of the agricultural industry. Since the dramatic increase in farm safety day camps beginning in the 1990s, researchers have been called upon to evaluate their effectiveness. Purpose: The current paper reviews more than a decade of research, describing what is currently known about the effectiveness of farm safety days and suggesting potential methods for addressing questions regarding gaps in what we know about their effectiveness. Conclusions: The results of these evaluations indicate that farm safety days have a positive impact on children's safety behavior and knowledge; however, much remains to be investigated regarding the effectiveness and impact of these interventions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Adolescent Agriculture Behavior Farmers Men Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Women

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• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Adolescents Agricultural-industry Author Keywords: Childhood Safety Children Exposure-levels Farm Safety Farm Safety Day Camps Hazards Humans Injuries Injury-prevention Risk-factors Rural Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-programs Safety Education

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• ISSN:
  0890-765X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  20-29
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043537
• Citation:
  J Rural Health 2013 Winter; 29(1):20-29
• Contact Point Address:
  Debra M. McCallum, PhD, Box 870216, University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
• Email:
  dmccallu@ua.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  The Journal of Rural Health
• End Date:
  20050929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:026b398327e36ddbb5475be14d87b7cb2e3121052479315a08c00abba51b701e7454bf12b2ca91042e1e2e3dbd1ca874f348d97cb18508b5877e55d3993b94af
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195416/cdc_195416_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 570.73 KB ]