Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Educational Interventions in the Pennsylvania Central Region Farm Safety Pilot Project

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• Personal Author:
  Hard, David L. ; Kassab C ; Kiernan NE ; Landsittel DP ; Murphy DJ
• Description:
  Evaluation of agricultural safety interventions has frequently been identified as an area requiring further research. This study prospectively evaluates the effectiveness of three specific educational safety interventions in reducing farm hazards. Farm characteristics and hazard conditions at 216 farms in Pennsylvania were assessed through a questionnaire and objective audit, respectively, at both pre- and post-intervention time points. Counties were assigned to one of the following interventions: youth education, community coalition, self-audit, pre/post control, or post-only control group. Changes in hazard were analyzed through linear regression. Self-audit was the most effective intervention, leading to a 20% reduction in hazard scores. The community coalition and pre/post control group also showed reductions. Intervention effectiveness significantly differed depending on initial hazards, indicating the need to target specific interventions for more or less hazardous farms. Findings of this prospective evaluation differed from the initial cross-sectional results, thus underscoring the need for longitudinal investigations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Education Farmers Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Agriculture Educational Intervention Effectiveness Farm Hazards Hazards Long-term-study Occupational Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Occupational-safety-programs Questionnaires Safety-education Safety-monitoring Safety-programs Safety-research Safety And Health Surveillance-programs

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research ; HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  145-152
• Volume:
  40
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20021785
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2001 Aug; 40(2):145-52
• Contact Point Address:
  Douglas P. Landsittel, Research Statistician, Health Effects and Laboratory Division, Biostatistics Branch, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Road, M/S L4020, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  del6@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9da88eb0dbd1cd8b94cb098e8342dc6805ccb79c2c0e77d767afa04b5f0ddc6144e36a745673dd1126f394b730bfd728408f8b4b8fefd1f568abf705272d2b86
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198892/cdc_198892_DS1.pdf
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