Children's safety on American Indian farms: information and recommendations

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• Personal Author:
  Benally J ; Gilmore K ; Helitzer DL
• Description:
  It is estimated that 1.2 million youth younger than age 20 live on farms; American Indian children constitute an important but understudied subset of this at-risk group. Despite documented risks of injuries and death among children who live and work on farms and a descending trend in the overall reported fatalities among youth who live and/or work on farms, very little is known about the agriculture-related injury and fatality experience of American Indian youth. Limited data indicate that drowning, motor vehicles, and poisonings are leading causes of unintentional mortality and morbidity for this group, although the attribution to agricultural exposure is not evident. The scant available data indicate a need to look more closely at agricultural work, bystander exposures, and other farm events that put American Indian youth at risk of illness, injury, or death compared to factors more fully reported for majority youth in the agriculture population, in order to guide intervention and prevention programs that are appropriate and acceptable to this vulnerable population. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Agriculture Demography Education Environmental Exposure Family Farmers Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Poisoning Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Adolescents Agricultural Agricultural Safety Author Keywords: American Indians Children Demographic Characteristics Exposure Levels Families Farms Health Protection Injuries Morbidity Rates Mortality Rates Poisons Racial Factors Risk Factors Safety Measures Sociological Factors Statistical Analysis Traumatic Injuries

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New Mexico ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  251-258
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048975
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2012 Apr; 17(2):251-258
• Contact Point Address:
  Deborah L. Helitzer, ScD, Associate Dean for Research Education, School of Medicine, Professor, Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, MSC 08-4560, Albuquerque, NM 87131
• Email:
  Helitzer@salud.unm.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:c9f3513f2c8406fd5dbccd7ea9a2b8b1eb77afb592519709f0ca3c1b26275c9edadc24b2e343e98e6f30231d2613968cc086e44135f8fcd3a09e376a693be404
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203584/cdc_203584_DS1.pdf
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