Citation

Ashida S, Heaney CA, Kmet JM, Wilkins JR. Health Promot. Pract. 2011; 12(3): 396-405.

Affiliation

University of Memphis. sashida@memphis.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Society for Public Health Education, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1524839910362034

PMID

21518923

Abstract

The North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks (NAGCAT) were developed to reduce childhood agricultural injuries by assisting adults in assigning appropriate chores and providing needed supervision and training. To develop an effective intervention to increase adherence to NAGCAT among farm parents, formative research (focus groups and pilot-testing) was conducted. Protection motivation theory (PMT) was used to guide this research and inform intervention development. Focus group results suggested how PMT constructs might be addressed to increase adherence. A home visit intervention, using a standardized presentation in POWERPoint™, was developed to (a) introduce NAGCAT, (b) increase motivation to use NAGCAT and enhance safe work behaviors, and (c) ultimately reduce agricultural work-related injuries among youth. Process evaluation data suggests that the intervention was well received by farm parents. Conducting theory-guided formative research identified motivational barriers and strategies for overcoming these barriers that might not have been otherwise apparent.

Language: en