Qualitative assessment of agritourism safety guidelines: a demonstration project

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• Personal Author:
  Adam-Samura ES ; Clay M ; Ellis T ; Greer A ; Thompson T ; Tutor-Marcom R
• Description:
  In 2007, the National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (NCCRAHS) published Agritourism Health and Safety Guidelines for Children to provide helpful recommendations for protecting the health and safety of children visiting agritourism farms. Supplement A: Policies and Procedures Guide and Supplement B: Worksite Guide were subsequently published in 2009 and provided agritourism farms with checklists to use in reviewing, planning, and implementing their own health and safety practices. In order to better understand what would be required of a farm wishing to implement the guidelines using Supplements A and B, the North Carolina Agromedicine Institute conducted a single-family farm demonstration project with support from the NCCRAHS. The aims of the project were to (1) determine child health and safety risks associated with an existing agritourism farm; (2) determine the cost of making improvements necessary to reduce risks; and (3) use project findings to motivate other agritourism farms, Cooperative Extension agents, and agritourism insurers to adopt or recommend Agritourism Health and Safety Guidelines for Children for their own farms or farms with which they work. At the conclusion of the study, the target farm was in compliance with an average of 86.9% of items in Supplements A and B. Furthermore, 89% of individuals self-identifying as farmers or farm workers and 100% of Cooperative Extension agents and agritourism insurers attending an end-of-project workshop indicated their intent to adopt or recommend Agritourism Health and Safety Guidelines for Children for their own farms or farms with which they work. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Environmental Exposure Family Farmers Mortality Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Author Keywords: Agritourism Children Exposure Levels Families Farm Workers Fatalities Hazards Health Health Protection Injuries Risk Factors Safety Measures

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  107-116
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048912
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2013 Apr; 18(2):107-116
• Contact Point Address:
  Robin Tutor-Marcom, MPH, OTR/L, Interim Director/Associate Director, North Carolina Agromedicine Institute, East Carolina University 1157 VOA Site C Road, Greenville, NC 27834
• Email:
  tutorr@ecu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20250929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7b3113d1ae4e5d30e6344f2ea1c72d7e1af6e0d4a7e22c7416fe8b7d66173803f25322ae2e9905da811d0398d348547d94ca8c858ce31d85f93161186e1f3dd2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203528/cdc_203528_DS1.pdf
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