The role of child and adolescent development in the occurrence of agricultural injuries: an illustration using tractor-related injuries

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• Personal Author:
  Pickett W ; Schwebel DC
• Description:
  Agricultural settings are dangerous, especially for children. This article focuses on child and adolescent development, and how development might influence children's safety in the occurrence of pediatric farm injuries. The authors focus especially on one of the most traumatic causes of pediatric farm injury, those associated with tractor operation. The roles of physical, perceptual, cognitive, and social development are reviewed and discussed, as are relevant sociocultural factors. Following review of developmental risks for child injury in agricultural settings, the authors present a case study of a fatal youth tractor injury and provide illustrations of the child development factors that may have contributed to the death. The authors conclude with a discussion of the implications of developmental aspects of pediatric agricultural injury for behaviorally oriented intervention strategies, including public policy. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Agriculture Behavior Environmental Exposure Family Farmers Nervous System Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Adolescents Agricultural Agricultural Safety Author Keywords: Adolescent Development Child Development Children Cognitive Function Exposure Levels Families Farming Injuries Injury Pediatrics Risk Factors Rural Health Safety Measures Sociological Factors Tractors Traumatic Injuries

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; 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:
  214-224
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048971
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2012 Apr; 17(2):214-224
• Contact Point Address:
  David C. Schwebel, Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1300 University Blvd, CH 415, Birmingham AL 35294
• Email:
  schwebel@uab.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• 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-512:85505befa976bb3ead08c7c74b74ba113218546553a71d0919da666f2a5157cc90cfbafcab583fb4613733d9ffa90794a5427698873c8307e39e8cc91ab9ff92
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203580/cdc_203580_DS1.pdf
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