Child Work Safety on the Farms of Local Agricultural Market Producers: Parent and Child Perspectives

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• Personal Author:
  Arcury TA ; Quandt SA ; Spears Johnson CR ; Summers P
• Description:
  Agriculture is a hazardous industry, yet there are few regulations on the ages at which children may engage in farm work. Local agricultural market producers (LAMP) are a growing subset of farmers within "sustainable agriculture" who engage in direct-to-consumer and direct-to-retailer enterprises. This study explores the occupational health and safety perceptions of parents and children for children who work on their families' LAMP farms. In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 parent-child dyads from LAMP farms in Illinois and North Carolina. Four themes emerged from these 24 interviews; parents and children perceived that: (1) the nature of small farms makes them safer than industrial agricultural operations; (2) child safety on farms is common sense; (3) avoiding hazardous tasks keeps children safe; and (4) parents know best (compared to regulations) about ways to keep their children safe. Some of these themes echo the results of earlier studies conducted with more conventional farms. Further research is needed to develop programs to improve child occupational safety on LAMP farms. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Men Occupational Health Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Health And Safety Agricultural Industry Author Keywords: Child Labor Children Hazards Health Protection Humans Occupational Health And Safety Rural Health Safety Measures Safety Practices

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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:
  52-59
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050462
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2018 Jan; 23(1):52-59
• Contact Point Address:
  Thomas A. Arcury, PhD, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
• Email:
  tarcury@wakehealth.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• 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:cf67b258deb6144fd9d0033654ff1db739d851bf3491293d46a1d904cd5ffdc752c423386591bb5a1ce525e00ae964110099a68455e3671f37be037c98848b62
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210790/cdc_210790_DS1.pdf
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