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Agriculture had the highest number of occupational fatalities across industries for youth aged 17 and younger from 2011-2020,1 with tractors and ATVs/UTVs being the leading source of deaths. As compared to urban youth, rural and agricultural youth experience greater disparities across fatal and non-fatal injuries. The population of youth who live on farms, visit and/or work on farms, and/or live in rural communities is highly diverse. The intersection of ethnic and linguistic diversity, along with financial, housing, and food insecurity, social isolation, and compromised access to health care and broadband internet compound these disparities.
In this webinar, Marsha Salzwedel, Project Scientist at the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (NCCRAHS) and the National Farm Medicine Center (NFMC), will talk about advancing equity using prevention strategies, and how to address the inherent challenges in working with rural and agricultural youth.
Scott Heiberger, Communications Manager at the NCCRAHS, NFMC, and Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, will discuss how to advocate for children on social media. He will introduce the Media Guidelines and Tools of the Trade and share resources that have been translated to multiple languages and can be customized to include diverse skin tones, settings, and equipment.
The webinar will be moderated by Melissa Ploeckelman, outreach specialist for the NCCRAHS and NFMC, and an active member of the Children’s Safety Now Alliance (CSN-A).
1 National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (2022). 2022 Fact Sheet – Childhood Agricultural Injuries. Marshfield Clinic Health System, Marshfield WI. doi.org/10.21636/nfmc.nccrahs.injuryfactsheet.r.2022
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