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National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, Final Report (October 2003 - September 2009).

PB2011109677

Publication Date	2009
Personal Author	Lee, B.
Page Count	46
Abstract	The National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (NCCRAHS) serves as the only NIOSH funded agricultural center designated to focus on children (0 to 18 years). Formally established in 1997, the NCCRAHS has been a leader in: (1) building new partnerships; (2) conducting research with practical implications; (3) generating consensus on complex issues; and (4) producing resources deemed useful to professional and lay audiences. Children on our nation's 2 million farms and ranches continue to be injured and killed in agricultural settings where they visit, play, work and live. NIOSH (with USDA-NASS) data, released in late 2007, estimated 23,074 agricultural injuries among children and adolescents working, visiting and living on farms. The majority of events affect household (family farm) children; and about two-thirds of all injuries affect non-working children. Since the beginning of NIOSH's Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention Initiative in late 1996, progress has been made on many fronts. Data from 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2006 reveal an overall 37% decline in childhood agricultural nonfatal injuries. On family farms, the rate of injuries per 1,000 household youth declined by 44% (from 18.8 to 10.5/1000 youth). During this same period while NIOSH was funding research and surveillance, there was a sizable investment in private sector funding dedicated to community-based educational programs. NCCRAHS staff members, with their external partners and scientific advisors, have been involved in many of the research, intervention, training and outreach activities that address childhood agricultural safety for this past decade.
Keywords	Agricultural workers Children Occupational safety and health Adolescents Age factors Farmers Demography Accident prevention Injuries Injury prevention Tractors Traumatic injuries Agricultural chemistry
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 98C - Agricultural Equipment, Facilities, & Operations 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural health and Safety.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC.; Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI. Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	201117

National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, Final Report (October 2003 - September 2009).

National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, Final Report (October 2003 - September 2009).
PB2011109677

Publication Date	2009
Personal Author	Lee, B.
Page Count	46
Abstract	The National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (NCCRAHS) serves as the only NIOSH funded agricultural center designated to focus on children (0 to 18 years). Formally established in 1997, the NCCRAHS has been a leader in: (1) building new partnerships; (2) conducting research with practical implications; (3) generating consensus on complex issues; and (4) producing resources deemed useful to professional and lay audiences. Children on our nation's 2 million farms and ranches continue to be injured and killed in agricultural settings where they visit, play, work and live. NIOSH (with USDA-NASS) data, released in late 2007, estimated 23,074 agricultural injuries among children and adolescents working, visiting and living on farms. The majority of events affect household (family farm) children; and about two-thirds of all injuries affect non-working children. Since the beginning of NIOSH's Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention Initiative in late 1996, progress has been made on many fronts. Data from 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2006 reveal an overall 37% decline in childhood agricultural nonfatal injuries. On family farms, the rate of injuries per 1,000 household youth declined by 44% (from 18.8 to 10.5/1000 youth). During this same period while NIOSH was funding research and surveillance, there was a sizable investment in private sector funding dedicated to community-based educational programs. NCCRAHS staff members, with their external partners and scientific advisors, have been involved in many of the research, intervention, training and outreach activities that address childhood agricultural safety for this past decade.
Keywords	Agricultural workers Children Occupational safety and health Adolescents Age factors Farmers Demography Accident prevention Injuries Injury prevention Tractors Traumatic injuries Agricultural chemistry
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 98C - Agricultural Equipment, Facilities, & Operations 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural health and Safety.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC.; Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI. Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	201117