Prevention of agricultural injuries: an evaluation of an education-based intervention

Hagel, Louise; Pickett, William; Pahwa, Punam; Day, Lesley Margaret; Marlenga, Barbara; Crowe, T. G.; Snodgrass, Phyllis; Ulmer, Kendra; Dosman, James A.

doi:10.1136/ip.2008.018515

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“…The three intervention studies that met the inclusion criteria appeared to be solid, well-executed and successfully implemented [39][40][41]. However, the evaluation of the interventions could not show an injury-reducing effect for older agricultural workers.…”

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“…Repeating information, continuing education and pedagogic methods such as "learning by doing" seem to be a better way to teach new things and increase injury awareness among older workers than a one-off or short-term information campaign [6;74-76;80]. Furthermore, the participation among elderly people is lower than among younger workers [39][40][41], so approaches to attract older workers need to be considered in the intervention design. Addressing a message directly to people in a special target group makes those people feel involved and increases their willingness to participate in interventions [80], in this case older workers in agriculture.…”

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“…The three articles reviewed here used three different evaluation designs. Two actually evaluated the effect of the intervention: one assessed the effect in three groups with different levels of exposure to the intervention programme [40], and one examined the effect on the whole study population of changes in the use of risk-reducing equipment over time [41]. The third study evaluated the participation rates in the intervention, and not the effect of the programme on the participants' health and injuries or use of risk-reducing equipment [39].…”

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“…lectures and workshops to reduce the risk of various types of injuries. These two articles concerned the FarmSafe Programme in New Zealand [39] and the Agricultural Health and Safety Network (AHSN) in Saskatoon, Canada [40]. The third article evaluated the effect of an information campaign to increase the use of roll-bars on tractors in the U.S. [41].…”

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“…The Agricultural Health and Safety Network (AHSN) in Saskatoon, Canada, arranged 112 intervention efforts [40]. The intervention programme was developed in collaboration between active farmers and the Centre for Agricultural Medicine, University of Saskatchewan.…”

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Interventions to reduce injuries among older workers in agriculture: A review of evaluated intervention projects

Nilsson

2016

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BACKGROUND:The number of older workers is increasing throughout the industrialised world and older workers are known to be more frequent in the injury-prone agricultural sector.OBJECTIVE: This paper sought to extend knowledge by reviewing evaluated intervention studies intended to decrease risks and work injuries among older workers in agriculture. METHODS:A systematic literature review regarding: evaluated intervention projects on injury prevention, including participants aged 55 years and older, and working in agriculture. RESULTS:This review identified evaluated intervention projects regarding: i) intervention in injury prevention; ii) interventions to increase knowledge in health and safety tasks and practice; and iii) interventions to increase the use of safety equipment in work. The evaluations reviewed showed that the interventions were less successful in involving older agricultural workers than their younger counterparts. The evaluations also showed that the outcome of interventions was generally less positive or brought about no significant difference in risk awareness and behaviour change among older agricultural workers. CONCLUSIONS:Many articles and statistics describe injuries in agriculture. Especially older farm workers are one of the groups with most work injuries and deaths. Despite this, an important finding in this review was shortage of implemented and evaluated intervention studies orientated toward reduce injuries among older workers in agriculture. This review also found that no intervention project in the evaluations studied had a clear positive effect. Many intervention studies have problems with or lack of evaluation in the study design. Based on the results in this review, important future research tasks are to improve the design of interventions, devise implementation methods and formulate appropriate evaluation methods to measure the outcome of the interventions.Intervention programmes also need to involve older workers specific physical and cognitive age aspects in the design to increases their willingness to participate and to be successful to reduce injuries.

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An outcome evaluation of a New Zealand farm safety intervention: A historical cohort study

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Injuries and illnesses to children in commercial fishing in Alaska: A brief report

Rudolphi

Berg

2021

American J Industrial Med

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Background Commercial fishing is the most hazardous occupation in the United States. While the epidemiology of adult injuries and fatalities are well documented, injuries to children (<18 years old) are not described. The purpose of this report was to describe the characteristics of nonfatal injuries to children involved in commercial fishing. Methods Nonfatal commercial fishing injuries to children were identified in the Alaska Fishermen's Fund. The Alaska Fishermen's Fund is an emergency fund payor of last resort. Data on nonfatal injuries to victims aged 17 or younger were analyzed. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize demographics and injury characteristics. Results Forty‐four nonfatal child injury claims were made between 2012 and 2016. The mean age at the time of claim was 15.6 years (SD = 1.8) and 84% were male. The most common types of injuries among children were sprains and strains and the most commonly injured body parts were upper extremities and the trunk. Most injuries occurred in salmon fisheries. Conclusions Children are participating in commercial fishing. Based on the results of this analysis, children are also experiencing occupational injuries. The results of this analysis underscore the need for additional safety and health information, guidance for supervisors, and intervention to prevent injuries to children participating in commercial fishing.

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Prevention of agricultural injuries: an evaluation of an education-based intervention

Cited by 31 publications

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Interventions to reduce injuries among older workers in agriculture: A review of evaluated intervention projects

Interventions to reduce injuries among older workers in agriculture: A review of evaluated intervention projects

An outcome evaluation of a New Zealand farm safety intervention: A historical cohort study

Injuries and illnesses to children in commercial fishing in Alaska: A brief report

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