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Download fileChild farm-related injury in australia: A review of the literature
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posted on 2021-06-04, 00:00 authored by Jessie AdamsJessie Adams, Alison KennedyAlison Kennedy, Jacquie CottonJacquie Cotton, Susan BrumbySusan BrumbyChildren on farms have been identified as a population vulnerable to injury. This review seeks to identify child farm-related injury rates in Australia and to determine the key hazards and contributing risk factors. This critical review utilised the PRISMA guidelines for database searching. Research from the year 2000 onward was included as well as earlier seminal texts. Reference lists were searched, and the relevant research material was explored. Our primary focus was on Australian peer-reviewed literature with international and grey literature examples included. Evidence suggests that there is limited Australian research focusing on child farm-related injuries. Child representation in farm-related injuries in Australia has remained consistent over time, and the key hazards causing these injuries have remained the same for over 20 years. The factors contributing to child rates of farm injury described in the literature include child development and exposure to dangerous environments, the risk-taking culture, multi-generational farming families, lack of supervision, child labour and lack of regulation, limited targeted farm safety programs, underuse of safe play areas, financial priorities and poor understanding and operationalisation of the hierarchy of control. It is well known that children experience injury on farms, and the key hazards that cause this have been clearly identified. However, the level of exposure to hazards and the typical attitudes, behaviours and actions of children and their parents around the farm that contribute to chid injury remain unexplored.
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthVolume
18Issue
11Article number
ARTN 6063Pagination
1 - 16Publisher
MDPI / MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)Location
Basel, SwitzerlandPublisher DOI
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1660-4601Language
EnglishPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalUsage metrics
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ADOLESCENTSagricultureBEHAVIORSchildchild developmentchild healthEnvironmental SciencesEnvironmental Sciences & Ecologyfarm childrenfarmshumansISSUESLife Sciences & Biomedicineoccupational healthOCCUPATIONAL-HEALTHPREVENTIONPublic, Environmental & Occupational HealthRISKrisk factorsSAFE PLAY AREASScience & TechnologySUPERVISIONTRACTOR-RELATED FATALITIESWORKworkplace