Regional Rural Injury Study - II: children's behavioral traits and risk of agricultural injury.

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• Personal Author:
  Alexander BH ; Carlson KF ; Church, Timothy R. ; Gerberich, Susan G. ; Masten AS ; Renier CM ; Ryan, Andrew D.
• Description:
  Background: The purpose of this study was to identify potential behavior-related risk factors for children's agricultural injury. Methods: The Regional Rural Injury Study - II, population-based nested case-control studies occurring in 1999 (phase 1) and 2001 (phase 2), involved cohorts totaling 32,602 members of farming and ranching households with children. Computer-assisted telephone interviews were used to collect demographic, exposure, and injury data for six-month recall periods. A total of 391 children with agricultural injuries (cases) and 1,625 randomly selected controls were identified for the current study. We estimated children's odds of injury in reference to behavior items and scores adapted from the Parent Observation of Child Adaptation (POCA) checklist and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using logistic regression, controlling for confounders by means of directed acyclic graphs. Results: Only individual POCA and CBCL items were associated with risk. While controlling for potential confounders, children who often or almost always got into fights (versus almost never/sometimes) had increased odds of injury (OR=1.9, CI=1.0, 3.6), as did those who broke rules (OR=2.0, CI=0.9, 4.2) or worked hard (OR=1.6, CI=1.0, 2.5). Children who almost never/sometimes were cautious (OR=1.4, CI=1.0, 2.0) or almost never/sometimes planned carefully (OR=1.3, CI=1.0, 1.7) also had increased odds of injury. Conclusions: These results suggest that children's behavioral traits may influence their risk of agricultural injury. Additional research on behavior-related injury risk factors in the agricultural population is warranted. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Behavior Demography Education Epidemiology Family Farmers Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry; Agricultural-processes; Agricultural-workers; Agriculture; Behavior; Behavior-patterns; Children; Demographic-characteristics; Education; Epidemiology; Families; Farmers; Injuries; Quantitative-analysis; Risk-analysis; Risk-factors; Statistical-analysis; Work-environment; Worker-health; Work-organization; Workplace-studies; Author Keywords: Agricultural Work Safety; Occupational Safety
• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038178
• Citation:
  APHA 134th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Boston, Massachusetts, November 4-8, 2006. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2006 Nov; :128487
• Contact Point Address:
  Kathleen Ferguson Carlson, MS, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, MMC 807, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
• Email:
  ferg0114@umn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  APHA 134th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Boston, Massachusetts, November 4-8, 2006
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248108/cdc_248108_DS1.pdf
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