Ohio farm safety day camps: developing a successful statewide program through surveillance and evaluation.
To address the at-risk population of rural youth, Ohio State University Extension initiated a statewide farm safety day camp program, partnering with other state sponsors. The program has completed a ten-year anniversary, and evaluation data from the 79 camp sessions held within that timeframe (N = 15,440; response rate = 79.4%) were analyzed. The objectives of the evaluation were to determine youth perceptions of their experience as well as determine if the camp sessions accurately targeted high injury-causing agents. Overall, 75.0% of the campers were satisfied with the program, 76.0% reported that they learned from their participation, and 71.2% agreed that the information was relevant and useful. Popular topics taught at the day camps were consistent with the most prevalent on-farm injury hazards affecting youth populations, including livestock safety, ATV safety, lawn and garden safety, tractor and machinery safety, electrical safety, and water safety.
Department of Food and Agricultural Engineering, The Ohio State University, 590 Woody Hayes Drive, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. jepsen.4@osu.edu
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D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000293:Adolescent; D000383:Agriculture / Q000193:education*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009820:Ohio; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012424:Rural Population; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D013219:State Government; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities