Dairy farmers' decision-making to implement biosecurity measures: A study of psychosocial factors
Dairy farmers' decision-making to implement biosecurity measures: A study of psychosocial factors
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DOI：
10.1111/tbed.13387
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发表时间：
2019-11-02
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Allepuz, Alberto
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作者：
Moya, Sebastian;Tirado, Francisco;Allepuz, Alberto
生物安全措施是一套管理程序，防止传染病传入和传播到农场的风险，尽管这些措施很少在奶牛场实施。一些研究表明，实施生物安保措施的决定可能受到若干社会心理因素（态度和行为）的影响。因此，本研究的目的是研究影响西班牙奶牛场生物安全措施实施的社会心理因素（及其相互作用），通过加泰罗尼亚（西班牙东北部）和加利西亚（西班牙西北部）的奶农和兽医的意见。面对面的深入访谈进行了16个奶农（9个来自加泰罗尼亚和7个来自加利西亚）和16个兽医（8个来自加泰罗尼亚和8个来自加利西亚）。扎根理论分析的成绩单，以下的子主题：信息来源，农民的个人因素，社会动态，官方兽医服务和其他因素。该研究确定了兽医作为信息来源的重要性，包括他们的沟通技巧，农民的个人经验，农场的传统以及奶农决策的时间和空间的可用性。此外，它还表明需要加深农场工人的知识和强制性生物安全措施。这项研究代表了一个起点，制定未来的战略，以改善奶牛场的生物安全措施的实施。
Biosecurity measures are a set of management procedures that prevent the risk of introducing and spreading infectious diseases to a farm, although these measures are rarely implemented in dairy farms. There are some studies that have identified that the decision to implement biosecurity measures can be influenced by several psychosocial factors (attitudes and behaviours). Thus, the objective of this study was to examine the psychosocial factors (and their interactions) influencing the implementation of biosecurity measures in dairy farms in Spain, through the views of dairy farmers and veterinarians from Catalonia (northeast Spain) and Galicia (northwest Spain). Face-to-face in-depth interviews were performed with 16 dairy farmers (nine from Catalonia and seven from Galicia) and 16 veterinarians (eight from Catalonia and eight from Galicia). Grounded theory analysis was performed on the transcripts, following the subtopics of: information sources, individual factors of the farmer, social dynamics, official veterinary services and other factors. The study identified the importance of veterinarians as a source of information, including their communication skills, the individual experiences of farmers, traditions of the farms and availability of time and space in the dairy farmer's decisions making. Further, it suggests the need to deepen the knowledge of the farm workers and the obligatory biosecurity measures. This research represents a starting point to develop future strategies to improve the implementation of biosecurity measures in dairy farms.