Sustained Work Indicators of Older Farmers

老年农民持续工作指标

• 批准号: 6760624
• 负责人: Deborah Baker Reed
• 金额: $ 25.34万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-30 至 2006-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6760624
• 关键词: African American; aging; agriculture worker; caucasian American; clinical research; decision making; disease /disorder proneness /risk; family structure /dynamics; female; focus groups; gender difference; human data; human mortality; human old age (65+); injury; longitudinal human study; male; occupational hazard; occupational health /safety; racial /ethnic difference; social behavior

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This prospective panel study will focus on the most rapidly aging workforce in the U.S.: the family farmer. This special population is known to suffer one of the highest rates of occupational injury and mortality. Farmers rarely retire from their vocation and work long past usual retirement age. A longitudinal design to track the sustained work patterns of aging farmers and to identify factors that influence their decision to remain in farm work will be used. The specific aims of this study are to: 1. Identify factors that influence the sustained work of older farmers. 2. Develop health profiles (including physical and mental indicators) of older male and female farmers. 3. Develop exposure profiles for tasks related to agricultural work of older farmers. 4. Explore the sociocultural, family and economic factors that influence the work practices and health of older farmers. The aims are congruent with the Healthy People 2010 objectives 20.1 and 20.2 to reduce farm worker fatalities and injuries. This study will enroll a partial sample from the Kentucky Farm Family Health and Hazard Surveillance Study (data collected 1994-1996) and their spouses (n=914) and an over sample of African American farmers and spouses (n=914), for a total of 1828 persons enrolled from Kentucky and South Carolina. Measures on sociocultural, health and behavioral, and work environment factors will be collected through six waves of mailed surveys over 50 months. Hierarchical regression analysis will provide a quantitative model of the sustained work of older farmers. Descriptive and predictive analyses will be conducted by gender and race. Focus groups of male farmers, farmwomen, and farm couples will address items not conductive to survey research. Attachment to farm life and the land, farm enterprise transfer, and the meaning of work will be explored in 18 focus group sessions. Findings from the study will be used to design occupational counseling appropriate to age, gender, and race, as well as health and safety programs for aging farmers.

描述（由申请人提供）：这项前瞻性小组研究将重点关注 美国老龄化最快的劳动力：家庭农民。这个特别的 众所周知，这里是职业伤害发生率最高的地区之一 和死亡率。农民很少从他们的职业和工作中退休很久 通常的退休年龄。追踪持续工作的纵向设计 老龄化农民的模式并确定影响其决策的因素 留在农场工作将被使用。本研究的具体目的是：1. 确定影响老年农民持续工作的因素。 2. 开发 老年男性和女性的健康状况（包括身体和精神指标） 女农民。 3. 制定与农业相关的任务的暴露概况 老农民的工作。 4. 探索社会文化、家庭和经济 影响老年农民工作实践和健康的因素。目标 与《2010 年健康人民》目标 20.1 和 20.2 一致，以减少 农场工人伤亡。本研究将纳入部分样本 来自肯塔基农场家庭健康和危害监测研究（数据 收集 1994-1996）及其配偶（n = 914）以及非洲人的过度抽样 美国农民及其配偶 (n=914)，总共 1828 人 肯塔基州和南卡罗来纳州。关于社会文化、健康和行为的措施， 工作环境因素将通过六波邮寄收集 超过 50 个月的调查。层次回归分析将提供 老年农民持续工作的定量模型。描述性和 将按性别和种族进行预测分析。男性焦点小组 农民、农妇和农场夫妇将解决不利于发展的问题 调查研究。对农场生活和土地、农场企业的依恋 转移，以及工作的意义将在 18 场焦点小组会议中探讨。 研究结果将用于设计职业咨询 适合年龄、性别和种族的健康和安全计划 老龄化农民。