An Item Response Theory Analysis of Safety Knowledge in Colorado Farm Residents

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• Personal Author:
  Beseler CL ; Stallones L
• Description:
  Objective: This study was designed to identify safety knowledge questions that differentiated those with high and low vulnerability to injury and assess differences in safety questions by sex and age. Methods: Colorado farm operators and their spouses were recruited in 1993 from farm truck registrations (n = 872) and between 1993 and 1997 from property value assessment lists or rural directories (n = 761). Item Response Theory was used to assess ten safety questions. Results: Knowing fatigue causes injury best discriminated between high and low injury vulnerability; incorrectly answering the question about inattention causing injury was associated with highest vulnerability to injury. No measurement invariance was identified by sex, but those older than 65 years answered differently than those younger than 45 years (P = 0.005). Conclusion: Safety programs emphasizing the role of fatigue and inattention on injury risk might reduce injuries in the farming community. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Agriculture Animal Husbandry Animals Farmers Fatigue Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety Sex Characteristics
• Keywords:
  Age Factors Agricultural Safety Animal Husbandry Farm Workers Gender Factors Injuries Injury Prevention Intervention Effectiveness Risk Management Sex Factors
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  388-395
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052204
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2011 Apr; 53(4):388-395
• Contact Point Address:
  Cheryl L. Beseler, PhD, Research Faculty, Colorado Injury Control Research Center, Psychology Department, Colorado State University, 1879 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523
• Email:
  cbeseler@lamar.colostate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado State University - Ft. Collins
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20030915
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20270914
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e8b97ba07d549896d844e87218c959c2614ede77e107df760c7cbe98acde040994ea4289c4d99d52c17a1102e2dbed008930550fdbb9df858c5daef7aa009631
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211774/cdc_211774_DS1.pdf
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