Hazard Ridge: A Serious Gaming Intervention for Preventing Injury to Rural Farm Youth: The Economics of Prevention: Agricultural Injury Costs Us All!

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• Personal Author:
  Hoagland R ; Mazur JM ; Meister J
• Description:
  Annually, an estimated 23,100 children and adolescents were injured on farms; 5,800 of these injuries were due to farm work. Teens aged 15-19 are at highest risk for agricultural injury and in Kentucky, the statistics reach 3x the national average. Closed head injuries from ATV incidents, tractor overturns, motor vehicle-farm machinery collisions and hearing loss top the list of causes. Building on a decade of research showing improved safety attitudes and behaviors, using simulation and interactive learning tools, an immersive serious game, Hazard Ridge, was developed to engage this at risk population and motivate them toward changed attitudes and safe behaviors. The game design and preliminary findings from a multi-state evaluation are reported in this paper. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Agriculture Automobiles Occupational Health Safety Software
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Agricultural Machinery Agricultural Workers Author Keywords: Serious Games Behavioral Change Computer Applications Computerized Simulation Game Design Injury Prevention Motor Vehicles Safety Education Safety Training Simulation Methods Teenagers Vehicle Safety

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• Publisher:
  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053006
• Citation:
  Proceedings of CGAMES'2014 USA: 19th international conference on computer games: AI, animation, mobile, interactive multimedia, educational and serious games, July 28-30, 2015, Louisville, Kentucky. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2014 Jul; :1-3
• Email:
  jmazur@uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of CGAMES'2014 USA: 19th international conference on computer games: AI, animation, mobile, interactive multimedia, educational and serious games, July 28-30, 2015, Louisville, Kentucky
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7f84a59210be2bc78ed517e966ba0bccc4ff2556aca3ac78427e89393686fa2b02c5a427ef6a166d1c2eefc3b03ce116a7d85250b8c9b9a291b535588e72eb83
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215874/cdc_215874_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 139.95 KB ]