Thu K, Donham K J, Yoder D, Ogilvie L
Institute of Agricultural Medicine and Occupational Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.
Am J Ind Med. 1990;18(4):427-31. doi: 10.1002/ajim.4700180413.
It is vitally important to integrate the views and concerns of the farm family into the process of policy development. If the input is not there, policy planners could implement programs that are philosophically separated from the farm families' concerns and attitudes. This would destroy credibility and future farmer support of any new program development. From May of 1988 to April of 1989, a phone and mail survey of approximately 1,500 farmers and spouses was conducted to assess knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding agricultural safety and health. The survey was conducted in Iowa, New York, South Carolina, and Washington state. Preliminary results from Iowa and New York indicated that: 1) farmers value highly, and are concerned with, occupational health and safety issues; 2) farmers report that their major concerns include stress, trauma and respiratory problems; 3) farmers would like access to an occupational health and safety service; and 4) any new farm health and safety programs must include farmer input to ensure practicality, applicability, and acceptance.
将农场家庭的观点和关切纳入政策制定过程至关重要。如果没有这些投入，政策规划者可能会实施在理念上与农场家庭的关切和态度脱节的项目。这将损害任何新的项目开发的可信度以及未来农民的支持度。1988年5月至1989年4月，对约1500名农民及其配偶进行了电话和邮件调查，以评估他们对农业安全与健康的知识、态度和行为。调查在爱荷华州、纽约州、南卡罗来纳州和华盛顿州进行。爱荷华州和纽约州的初步结果表明：1）农民高度重视并关注职业健康与安全问题；2）农民报告称他们主要关心的问题包括压力、创伤和呼吸问题；3）农民希望能够获得职业健康与安全服务；4）任何新的农场健康与安全项目都必须纳入农民的投入，以确保其实用性、适用性和可接受性。
