Children's behaviors and high-risk agricultural work exposures: an opportunity for intervention?

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• Personal Author:
  Alexander BH ; Carlson KF ; Church, Timothy R. ; Gerberich, Susan G. ; Masten AS ; Renier CM ; Ryan, Andrew D. ; Shutske JM
• Description:
  Background: The purpose of this study was to identify associations between children's behaviors and their exposures to high-risk agricultural work environments. Methods: The Regional Rural Injury Study - II occurred in 1999 (phase 1) and 2001 (phase 2) and involved cohorts totaling 32,602 farm and ranch family household members. Using six-month recall periods, computer-assisted telephone interviews were used to collect detailed behavior and exposure data for 1,941 children at risk for agricultural injury. Odds of high-risk work exposures were estimated in reference to behavioral items and scores for five scales, based on a priori constructs and exploratory factor analysis. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were calculated through logistic regression, controlling for potential confounders by means of directed acyclic graphs. Results: Children with high (versus medium/low) scores for aggression were more likely to ride on tractors (OR=1.8, CI=1.1-2.9) and operate large equipment (OR=1.7, CI=0.9-3.2), while those with high levels for depressive symptoms were more likely to work with dairy cattle (OR=2.5, CI=1.3-4.7). Those with low (versus medium/high) levels of careful/cautious behavior were more likely to be frequent bystanders in fields or barnyards (OR=2.1, CI=1.2-3.8). Children with low self-regulation were less likely to operate tractors (OR=0.6, CI=0.4-1.0), while those with low responsible conduct were less likely to work with beef cattle (OR=0.7, CI=0.4-1.0) and horses (OR=0.5, CI=0.3-0.8). Conclusions: Children's high-risk agricultural exposures are driven, in part, by their behaviors. Understanding these relationships will help inform educational interventions to prevent children's agricultural injury. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Behavior Family Farmers Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry; Agricultural-processes; Agricultural-workers; Agriculture; Behavior-patterns; Children; Families; Farmers; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Quantitative-analysis; Questionnaires; Safety-education; Safety-measures; Safety-practices; Statistical-analysis; Work-analysis; Work-environment; Work-operations; Work-performance; Workplace-studies; Author Keywords: Agricultural Work Safety; Injury Prevention
• 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:20038256
• Citation:
  APHA 135th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Washington, DC, November 3-7, 2007. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2007 Nov; :155629
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  APHA 135th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Washington, DC, November 3-7, 2007
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248117/cdc_248117_DS1.pdf
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