Evaluation of the North American Guidelines for Children’s Agricultural Tasks Dissemination to 457 Farm Families in North Central Wisconsin

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• Personal Author:
  Marlenga B ; Zentner J
• Description:
  Purpose: The purpose of this evaluation was to determine whether mailing the NAGCAT resource to farm parents sufficiently prompted them to use NAGCAT. Methods: The Transtheoretical Model of Behavioral Change provided the framework for assessing farm parents' use of NAGCAT. The sample was drawn from the farm cohort within the Marshfield Epidemiologic Study Area (MESA). The NAGCAT Parent Collection was mailed to 457 MESA farm families who were identified as having children 7 to 16 years (the age range covered by NAGCAT). Four months after the dissemination, parents were mailed a survey to assess their use of NAGCAT. Results: A total of 183 farm parents responded to the survey for a response rate of 40%; 143 surveys were analyzed. Eighty percent of the children living on these farms were doing farm work. Twenty-five percent of farm parents were in the action stage (actively using the NAGCAT resource). Implications: This study reveals that just getting NAGCAT into the hands of farm parents is not sufficient to move the majority of parents to use the resource. In order for parents to progress to the action stage of behavior, appropriate interventions need to be identified. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Behavior Family Farmers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Industry Agricultural Safety Children Families Farm Workers Information Dissemination Injury Prevention Intervention Effectiveness Safety Education
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Farm Safety
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Missouri ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057046
• Citation:
  2002 Summer Conference of the National Institute for Farm Safety, June 26, 2002, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Columbia, MO: National Institute for Farm Safety, Paper No. 2002-01, 2002 Jun; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Performing Organization:
  Marshfield Medical Research & Education Foundation
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19970930
• Source Full Name:
  2002 Summer Conference of the National Institute for Farm Safety, June 26, 2002, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
• End Date:
  20040630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:56e4fd8bc8da599d6314c06d3fad531b2a170ea2d1754ee1fe864b9644833ec550c70008c2afe0bec31b3306a0d1dcc095bc99e470a814bba085d583f7f87947
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214519/cdc_214519_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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