3 pages, This article provides a brief overview of Farm Dinner Theater (FDT), a novel intervention that positively influences the health and safety behaviors of senior family farmers and their family. The FDT uses principles of adult learning and engages the audience in conversations about their health and safety experiences. The FDT was developed through interdisciplinary community-engaged research and tested using a repeated measures design with 553 intervention and 317 comparison participants. Significant changes were reported and the FDT is now being used by Extension through the use of a toolkit developed by the project.
USA: Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12183
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Online from UMASH. 2 pages., Through use of an inverted pyramid, this article introduce a tool that emphasizes the value of preventing farm injuries and saving lives. Five sections of the pyramid range in effectiveness from "Elimination" (most effective) to "Personal Protective Equipment" (least effective).
USA: College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12156
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Online from publisher. 2 pages., Describes a new USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grant project to develop a virtual reality curriculum for agricultural equipment safety training.
USA: Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12130
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Online from publisher. 4 pages., Brief identification and description of teaching activities to help learners apply critical thinking skills to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the hazards of agricultural work and prevention measures to take.
USA: Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D11974
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1 page, Online from publisher website., Poster features 11 hand signals developed by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers to enhance communication and promote farm safety.
8 pages, Cattle handling Extension program educators often overlook the animal training component of efficient handling. The objectives of the study described in this article were to measure young dairy heifer behavioral responses toward handlers who received different types of training and to document whether repeated handling or time of day of handling affected heifer behavioral responses to handlers. Six handlers received training through a lecture, hands-on workshop, or video. An observer recorded heifer behavior during handling tests. The day and time of heifer training were most influential on heifer behavior, but heifer handling ease was improved when handlers had participated in the hands-on training.
