Factors Influencing Farmers’ HPD Use

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• Personal Author:
  McCullagh M
• Description:
  Occupational Health and Safety Issue Addressed: Use of hearing protection among farmers in the upper Midwest. Importance of the Problem: Farmers are exposed to hazardous noise from equipment and livestock and experience high rates of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), but their use of hearing protection devices (HPDs) is low Approach: Telephone surveys of factors influencing predictors of hearing protector use were conducted with a disproportionate probability sample of farmers randomly selected from census lists from a four-state region in the upper Midwest. To describe farmers' personal experiences in using hearing protection, face-to-face interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of farmers who reported high frequency of use of HPDs. Key Findings: Farmers overall demonstrated low (27%) hearing protector use when exposed to hazardous noise. Factors found to negatively influence use included barriers, inconvenience, and female gender. Farmers who were frequent users of HPDs were motivated to use protection by a desire for good hearing, as well as a way to avoid problems associated with noise exposure and NIHL. Many (although not all) had attempted to influence other farmers' use of hearing protection, especially family members. Most had developed methods to overcome problems with access and barriers to HPD use that other farmers frequently reported. How Results Will Be Used: Findings from this study will be useful in the design of interventions to promote HPD use among farmers and reduce the level of NIHL among this high-risk and underserved worker group. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Behavior Demography Ear Farmers Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Men Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety Sense Organs Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Demographic-characteristics Ear-protectors Hearing-loss Hearing-protection Injury-prevention Mathematical-models Noise-control Noise-exposure Noise-induced-hearing-loss Noise-protection Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Questionnaires Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs

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• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; North Dakota ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-23
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041028
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2012-111905
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, R03-OH-008358, 2008 Dec; :1-23
• Contact Point Address:
  M.C. McCullagh, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, 400 N. Ingalls, Suite 3182, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482, USA
• Email:
  mcculla@umich.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Performing Organization:
  North Dakota State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050801
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20080731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:95b1f466580d345f4c0ab51f408ff8c71121fa2746d0720020c98a6b356a5a8545856ef0608097b0805a8a4f20916345b5556f0af8ccf245bd8a2f279bbd30a9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218474/cdc_218474_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 6.45 MB ]