The news about rollover protective structures: Findings from an analysis of news from Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri.
content analysis
farm safety
media
prevention
rollover protective structures
Journal
American journal of industrial medicine
ISSN: 1097-0274
Titre abrégé: Am J Ind Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8101110
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2023
07 2023
Historique:
revised:
13
04
2023
received:
22
02
2023
accepted:
11
05
2023
medline:
8
6
2023
pubmed:
22
5
2023
entrez:
22
5
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Rollover protective structures (ROPS) can prevent fatal tractor overturns, a leading cause of death among farmers. This content analysis aims to understand how this life-saving strategy appears in news about farm safety. As part of a larger study of farm safety news coverage from four agricultural states, we conducted a content analysis of articles that mentioned ROPS. Few (10%) articles about farm safety explicitly mentioned ROPS. When ROPS were mentioned, they were described in terms of their potential to save lives or prevent injury. Despite proven success, ROPS-and programs to make ROPS more widely available to farmers-are all but absent from news coverage in key agricultural states. This represents a missed opportunity not only to motivate farmers to install ROPS, but also to demonstrate to policymakers the importance of establishing and maintaining funding to prevent the most frequent cause of death on farms. Farmers face barriers to installing life-saving equipment. Without an increase in ROPS utilization and improved access to prevention programs, farmers, especially low-income farmers, will remain at disproportionate risk for death and injury.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
558-560Subventions
Organisme : NIOSH CDC HHS
ID : R01 OH011668
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© 2023 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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