National Agricultural Tractor Safety Initiative

描述(申请人提供)：农业拖拉机造成的死亡是美国农业死亡和严重伤害的主要原因。这是一个不可接受的负担，因为确实存在技术解决方案。这个为期24个月的项目的目标是完成和综合知识库，并建立能力，以发起一项全国性的公共卫生运动，以减少与美国农业拖拉机相关的伤亡。该项目建立在调查人员数十年工作的基础上，涉及所有九个地区NIOSH农业中心、国家农业儿童中心和NIOSH的合作者。该项目的具体目标和组织是在国家会议上广泛征求利益攸关方的意见后制定的。这一合作努力的项目活动是相互依存的，涉及实施国家农业拖拉机安全运动所需的关键组成部分。项目组成部分分为证据构建方面和利益相关者构建方面。项目组成部分包括：1.领导中心；2.拖拉机司机因翻车而受伤的费用 与公路碰撞；3.制定公共道路上拖拉机和机械的示范车辆规则；4.ROPS标准、法规和技术的变化对未来拖拉机ROPS可用性的影响；5.ROPS干预有效性的文件记录；6.拖拉机倾覆和道路碰撞监测；7.关于翻车-保护结构(ROPS)改造的财政奖励的可接受性和程序的文件记录；8.设计基于社区的拖拉机安全社会营销计划；9.沟通和合作伙伴。一个包括所有合作的NIOSH农业中心的代表的领导委员会将通过定期的沟通、协调和综合来促进这一努力的成功。在这个项目结束时，我们将准备实施一项全国拖拉机安全公共卫生运动。我们将确定国家拖拉机安全倡议所需的障碍、成功战略和资源。利用适当的媒体和宣传手段开展一场计划周密、资金充足的全国运动将推动：该倡议--以前的努力没有这样的组成部分。这一努力涉及所有NIOSH农业中心和NIOSH之间史无前例的合作，是一项真正的综合全国性运动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Fatalities from agricultural tractors are by far the leading cause of death and serious injury in agriculture in the United States. This is an unacceptable burden since technical solutions do exist. The goal of this 24-month project is to complete and synthesize the knowledge base and build the capacity to mount a national public health campaign to reduce fatalities and injuries related to agricultural tractors in the U.S. This project builds on decades of work by the investigators and involves the collaboration of all nine of the regional NIOSH Agricultural Centers, the National Agricultural Children's Center, and collaborators at NIOSH. The specific aims and organization of this project were developed with input from a wide array of stakeholders at national meetings. The project activities of this collaborative effort are interdependent and address the key components necessary for the implementation of a National Agricultural Tractor Safety Campaign. The project components are divided into evidence building aspects and stakeholder building aspects. Project components include: 1. Lead Center; 2. Costs of Tractor Operator Injuries from Overturns and Highway Collisions; 3. Developing a Model Vehicle Code for Tractors and Machinery on Public Roadways; 4.Impact of Changes in ROPS Standards, Regulations and Technology on Future Tractor ROPS Availability; 5. Documentation of ROPS Intervention Effectiveness; 6. Tractor Overturn and Roadway Crash Surveillance; 7.Documentation of Acceptability and Procedures for Financial Incentives for Rollover-Protective Structures (ROPS) Retrofitting; 8. Designing Community-based Social Marketing Programs for Tractor Safety; 9. Communications and Partners. A Leadership Council including representatives from all of the collaborating NIOSH Ag Centers will serve to facilitate the success of this effort through communication, coordination, and synthesis on a regular basis. At the conclusion of this project we will be poised to implement a National Tractor Safety Public Health Campaign. We will have identified barriers, strategies for success and resources needed for the National Tractor Safety Initiative. A well-planned and adequately funded national campaign using appropriate media and promotional means will drive: the initiative -earlier efforts have not had such a component. This effort involves an unprecedented collaboration among all of the NIOSH Ag Centers and NIOSH, and is truly an integrated national campaign.