Nonfatal farm injury incidence and disability to children

Reed, Deborah B.; Claunch, Deborah T

doi:10.1016/s0749-3797(00)00143-4

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“…Other reviews of interventions to prevent childhood farm injuries concluded that there was insufficient evidence to draw firm conclusions on their effectiveness (25,26). Three other reviews on general farm safety interventions (�, 2�), and educational interventions (28) using less strict inclusion criteria than we used, also concluded that there was no evidence available.…”

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confidence: 94%

Effectiveness of interventions in preventing injuries in agriculture—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lehtola¹,

Rautiainen²,

Day³

et al. 2008

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Effectiveness of interventions in preventing injuriesObjectives This study reviewed the effectiveness of interventions in preventing occupational injuries among workers in agriculture.Methods Randomized controlled trials, controlled before-after studies, and interrupted time-series studies assessing interventions aimed at preventing injuries among workers in agriculture were considered. MEDLINE and five other databases were searched up to June 2006. Two authors independently assessed the eligibility of studies and the methodological quality of the ones included. Randomized controlled trials were combined in a meta-analysis. Interrupted time-series studies were reanalyzed to assess the immediate and progressive effect on injuries.Results Five randomized controlled trials and three interrupted time-series studies met the inclusion criteria.Six studies evaluated educational interventions and financial incentives, and two studies evaluated the effect of educational interventions and financial incentives, and two studies evaluated the effect of legislation. Three randomized controlled trials on educational interventions with �6�0 adult participants did Three randomized controlled trials on educational interventions with �6�0 adult participants did not indicate any injury-reducing effect, with a rate ratio of 1.02 (95% confidence interval 0.8�-1.20), nor did two randomized controlled trials among children (6895 participants). Financial incentives decreased the injury level immediately after the intervention in one interrupted time-series study. Banning endosulfan pesticide in Sri Lanka led to a significant decrease in the trend of poisonings over time. Legislation requiring rollover protective structures on all tractors in Sweden did not produce a reduction in injuries, but the same requirement for new tractors was associated with a decrease in fatal injuries. ConclusionsThe reviewed studies provided no evidence that educational interventions are effective in decreasing injury rates among agricultural workers. Financial incentives may be a better means of reducing injury rates. Banning highly toxic pesticides may be effective. Legislation on safety devices on tractors yielded contradictory results.Key terms data pooling; evaluation research; intervention study; occupational accident; preventive measure, randomized controlled trial; systematic review. 1This review was adapted from the original Cochrane Review, entitled �Interventions for �reventing Injuries in the �g-entitled �Interventions for �reventing Injuries in the �g-entitled �Interventions for �reventing Injuries in the �g-ricultural Industry", by RH� Rautiainen, MM Lehtola, LM Day, E Schonstein, J Suutarinen, S Salminen, and J �erbeek, Rautiainen, MM Lehtola, LM Day, E Schonstein, J Suutarinen, S Salminen, and J �erbeek, published in The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 1, �rt No: CD006398.

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Section: Other Reviewsmentioning

confidence: 94%

Effectiveness of interventions in preventing injuries in agriculture—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lehtola¹,

Rautiainen²,

Day³

et al. 2008

Scand J Work Environ Health

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“…Fatal and nonfatal reports in children and adolescents have typically focused on injuries associated with product-related, accidental, and traumatic injuries (Cogbill et al, 1985;Rivara, 1985;Bancej & Arbuckle, 2000;Gerberich et al, 2001). While a decline of fatal injuries has been documented, it is unknown the extent that nonfatal injuries result in disability and loss of productive work capability (Reed & Claunch, 2000).…”

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Upper Extremity and Lower Back Moments during Carrying Tasks in Farm Children

Gillette

Stevermer²,

Meardon³

et al. 2009

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

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Farm youth commonly perform animal care tasks such as feeding and watering. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of age, bucket size, loading symmetry, and amount of load on upper body moments during carrying tasks. Fifty-four male and female participants in four age groups (8–10 years, 12–14 years, 15–17 years, and adults, 20–26 years) participated in the study. Conditions included combinations of large or small bucket sizes, unilateral or bilateral loading, and load levels of 10% or 20% of body weight (BW). During bucket carrying, elbow flexion, shoulder flexion, shoulder abduction, shoulder external rotation, L5/S1 extension, L5/S1 lateral bending, and L5/S1 axial rotation moments were estimated using video data. The 8–10 year-old group did not display higher proportional joint moments as compared with adults. Decreasing the load from 20% BW to 10% BW significantly decreased maximum normalized elbow flexion, shoulder flexion, shoulder abduction, shoulder external rotation, L5/S1 lateral bending, and L5/S1 axial rotation moments. Carrying the load bilaterally instead of unilaterally also significantly reduced these six maximum normalized joint moments. In addition, modifying the carrying task by using smaller one-gallon buckets produced significant reductions in maximum L5/S1 lateral bending moments.

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“…Analysis of job tasks and activities performed by children in cocoa production; 2003; Kielland A, Tovo M. Child labor in Africa: the facts and the faces; 2005). To date, most of the empirical studies surrounding occupational injuries to children and youth are based on industrialized country examples such as the United States, [10][11][12] with a majority of these studies investigating agricultural-related injuries to children working on farms. [13][14][15] Surprisingly, few studies focus on the incidence of working children's injuries in developing countries, despite the high relative rate of child labor found there.…”

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The SIMPOC Philippine Survey of Children 2001: A Data Source for Analyzing Occupational Injuries to Children

2005

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Child labor is a global issue that exists in both industrialized and developing countries. With the unanimous adoption of International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 182 in 1999 calling for the immediate elimination of the worst forms of child labor, ratifying member countries have committed themselves to identifying hazardous work for children in the context of their respective legislative frameworks. Part of tackling the problem of child labor is knowing what types of occupational activities children are engaged in, what types of work environments they are under, and what risks of injuries and illnesses they are exposed to while working. Using the Philippines as a country example, this study introduces a promising data source on children's work and presents a methodology for examining hazardous work to children through the examination of injury rates. Data for this study rely primarily on a nationally representative dataset from the Survey of Children 2001 carried out by the Philippine National Statistics Office, covering the months of October 2001 to September 2002.

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Nonfatal farm injury incidence and disability to children

Cited by 45 publications

References 62 publications

Effectiveness of interventions in preventing injuries in agriculture—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Effectiveness of interventions in preventing injuries in agriculture—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Upper Extremity and Lower Back Moments during Carrying Tasks in Farm Children

The SIMPOC Philippine Survey of Children 2001: A Data Source for Analyzing Occupational Injuries to Children

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