▪ Abstract In the United States, most adolescents are employed at some time during their
teen years. Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the nation's child labor law, address …

Children comprise a significant portion of the agricultural workforce and are exposed to
many workplace hazards, including farm machinery, pesticides, poor field sanitation, unsafe …

This study explored parental views regarding suitable chores for farm youth, the process
used in chore teaching, and the relationship between what parents teach about safety and …

There has been considerable research assessing people's self-reported reasons for
engaging in a particular behavior. However, very little theory underlies many of these …

On farms in the United States, there are approximately 100 fatal and 32,800 nonfatal injuries
annually in children 19 years and younger. Up to 40% of nonfatally injured children are left …

Significant resources are devoted to conducting farm safety day camps throughoutNorth
America, but the impact and effectiveness of these programs has not been …

The problem of children being injured as a result of living, visiting or working on afarm has
been recognized for several decades. Although many individuals and groupshave crusaded …

Worldwide, agriculture is among the most dangerous industries and one of the few that
involves children (< 18 years-of-age) in the worksite as laborers or bystanders (1). Children …

In the family farm setting, parents are knowledgeable of high risk activities, yet allow their
children to be active participants in (or bystanders to) hazardous work for reasons that are …

Farm families face high potential losses related to injuries and fatalities to children on the
farm. Everyone within the family, including both adults and children, have a stake in …