Involving fathers in teaching youth about farm tractor seatbelt safety - a randomized control study

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• Personal Author:
  Jinnah HA ; Rains G ; Stoneman Z
• Description:
  Purpose: Farm youth continue to experience high rates of injury and deaths as a result of agricultural activities. Farm machinery, especially tractors, is the most common cause of casualties to youth. A Roll-Over Protection Structure (ROPS) along with a fastened seatbelt can prevent almost all injuries and fatalities from tractor overturns. Despite this knowledge, the use of seatbelts by farmers on ROPS tractors remains low. This study treats farm safety as a family issue and builds on the central role of parents as teachers and role models of farm safety for youth. Methods: This research study used a longitudinal, repeated-measures, randomized-control design in which youth 10-19 years of age were randomly assigned to either of two intervention groups (parent-led group and staff-led group) or the control group. Results: Fathers in the parent-led group were less likely to operate ROPS tractors without a seatbelt compared with other groups. They were more likely to have communicated with youth about the importance of wearing seatbelts on ROPS tractors. Consequently, youth in the parent-led group were less likely to operate a ROPS tractor without a seatbelt than the control group at post-test. Conclusions: This randomized control trial supports the effectiveness of a home-based, father-led farm safety intervention as a promising strategy for reducing youth as well as father-unsafe behaviors (related to tractor seatbelts) on the farm. This intervention appealed to fathers' strong motivation to practice tractor safety for the sake of their youth. Involving fathers helped change both father as well as youth unsafe tractor-seatbelt behaviors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Agriculture Behavior Farmers Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Adolescents Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-workers Children Humans Injuries Machine-operation Morbidity-rates Mortality-rates Risk-factors Safety-belts Safety-practices Tractors Traumatic-injuries

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• ISSN:
  1054-139X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  255-261
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045227
• Citation:
  J Adolesc Health 2014 Mar; 54(3):255-261
• Contact Point Address:
  Hamida Amirali Jinnah, Ph.D., Institute on Human Development and Disability, University of Georgia, 850 College Station Road, Athens, GA 30602
• Email:
  hamida@uga.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  University of Georgia
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070801
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Adolescent Health
• End Date:
  20110731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:471e12b2a38756fea7f494801fc9573f8c4948a0cbfcafa602fcf007e5d74810cf6822ff1e523b0e63d27594fddd4a6abe90d5be8179c3fbbf7eeaeff6ded06e
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200725/cdc_200725_DS1.pdf
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