School-based agricultural injury and illness prevention project.
Authors
Henderson FC; Morris A
Source
NIOSH 2001 Mar; :1-6
Link
NIOSHTIC No.
20023824
Abstract
The reality of children of all ages working on family farms is perceived by generations of families in production agriculture as an economic necessity. Children are expected to perform specific tasks as selected and assigned by the head of the household. Increasingly data are reported on the number of children and adolescents who reside on farms in the United States. Additionally, the status of fatal and non-fatal unintentional injuries experienced by children in production agriculture is receiving increasing attention. In April 1996 the National Committee for Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention published a national action plan which presented a picture of children at risk on United States farms and ranches including those who live and work there and those who visit farms. The National Action Plan on Children and Agriculture includes 13 objectives and 43 recommended action steps based on input from 42 members representing the public and private sectors. Citations of funded research on childhood agricultural safety and health included "tomato harvesting in California, dairy farming in Wisconsin and blueberry picking in Maine." A list of current NIOSH activities addressing children exposed to agricultural hazards included projects in California, Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, Kentucky, New York, Washington, Texas and Wisconsin. There were no citations of projects in rural southern states such as Mississippi.
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