Development of the Farm Safety and Health Beliefs Scale

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• Personal Author:
  Donham KJ ; Hodne CJ ; Roy N ; Thu K ; Watson D
• Description:
  Farmers' safety and health beliefs are measured by the new 24-item Farm Safety and Health Beliefs Scale (FSHBS), derived from the Health Belief Model (HBM) and tested among Iowa farmers (n = 259) involved in the Certified Safe Farms (CSF) project. A factor analysis of responses to 39 original FSHBS items revealed five HBM-related factors: (1) susceptibility to a farm-related accident/illness; (2) benefits of performing safety and health behaviors; (3) barriers to performing these behaviors; (4) self-efficacy regarding performing these behaviors; and (5) severity/finances regarding the consequences of an accident/illness. Farmers who feel more able to perform behaviors that promote their overall health report greater abilities and benefits in practicing proper farm safety and health behaviors. These farmers also feel less vulnerable to farm-related accidents and illnesses. Limitations are discussed, along with implications for educational and clinical interventions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Demography Education Farmers Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Measurement Instrument Demographic-characteristics Farm Safety Health Beliefs Injuries Occupational-health Questionnaires
• ISSN:
  1074-7583
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  395-406
• Volume:
  5
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024562
• Citation:
  J Agric Saf Health 1999 Nov; 5(4):395-406
• Contact Point Address:
  Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health, University of Iowa, 103 IREH, Oakdale Campus, Iowa City, IA 52242-5000, USA
• Email:
  ristorautiainen@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990801
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20030831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:44e329cdfcc60d7dc55bce0e30f0038c3e2b80a64a7d28276cae490c66d261a85de6e3d0b589dbc5e6e0864d35842c653e09e1b4f20de71f4bf2e59473987a7c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196315/cdc_196315_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 63.44 KB ]