Farm Safety and Health Intervention Among Rural Youth, Farmers and Farm Workers in Western North Carolina

Project Title: Farm Safety and Health Intervention Among Rural Youth, Farmers and Farm Workers in Western North Carolina

PI: Paula Faulkner, PhD; Department of Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agro-science Education, North Carolina A&T

Relevance: Over 100 youths and 200 farm families from three counties in Western North Carolina participated in a farm safety and health intervention training program. This projected initiated a longer term project to evaluate the effectiveness of inter-generational safety training to reduce farm injuries.