Regional surveillance of medically-attended farm-related injuries in children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Due to numerous environmental hazards such as heavy machinery and large livestock, youth who live and work on farms are at high risk of injury, disability, and death. This study described a regional surveillance system for monitoring farm-related injuries in children and adolescents. As the risk of farm-related injuries are not exclusive to farm residents, trends in farm-related injuries over the previous 5 years were reported and compared between children/adolescents who did and did not live on farms in north-central Wisconsin.

Methods

A retrospective cohort of child and adolescent patients of the Marshfield Clinic Health System was assembled. Incident farm-related injuries, including from agricultural work or other activities in a farm environment, were extracted f

SUBMITTER: VanWormer JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9795044 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature