The Role of Cognitive Development in Safe Tractor Operation: A Simulation Study

认知发展在拖拉机安全操作中的作用：模拟研究

• 批准号: 8326964
• 负责人: BARBARA L MARLENGA
• 金额: $ 15.54万
• 依托单位: MARSHFIELD CLINIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8326964
• 关键词: Role; Cognitive; Development; Safe; Tractor

Project Summary/Abstract Farm tractors account for the majority of fatal injuries to youth working in agriculture.1-3 Tractors are also an important source of disabling non-fatal trauma4 and therefore represent a leading occupational priority for childhood injury prevention. It has been hypothesized that many tractor-related injuries occur because youth are assigned tractor jobs that are beyond their physical and cognitive capabilities.5 While past studies documented physical mismatches between anthropometric characteristics of children and the physical requirements of tractor operation,6-8 there is little available scientific evidence in the child development or biomedical literatures with respect to cognition and youth tractor operation. The purpose of this pilot study, "The Role of Cognitive Development in Safe Tractor Operation: A Simulation Study" is to investigate the cognitive development skills necessary for safe youth tractor operations. The pilot study will be conducted using the National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS).9 The availability of simulator technology for our research proposal will allow us to gather empirical evidence to answer important questions that could not safely be answered using any other methods. The results of this pilot study will assist us in generating a model of cognitive developmental factors relevant for safe tractor operations by youth that can be used and tested in future research, intervention development, and policy applications. The long term goal of this line of research is to prevent youth tractor fatalities and injuries by providing objective, empirical evidence to assist parents, employers, and policymakers on appropriate age parameters for this hazardous agricultural job.

项目总结/摘要 农用拖拉机是从事农业工作的青年致命伤害的主要原因。 拖拉机也是非致命性创伤致残的重要来源4，因此， 儿童伤害预防的主要职业优先事项。已经假设 许多与拖拉机有关的伤害发生，因为年轻人被分配到拖拉机工作， 他们的身体和认知能力。5虽然过去的研究记录了身体不匹配 儿童的人体测量特征与拖拉机的物理要求之间的关系 6-8在儿童发育或生物医学方面几乎没有科学证据 有关认知和青少年拖拉机操作的文献。 这项试点研究的目的是“认知发展在安全拖拉机中的作用”， 操作：模拟研究”是为了调查认知发展所需的技能， 青年拖拉机安全操作试点研究将使用国家先进的 驾驶模拟器（NADS）.9模拟器技术对我们研究建议的可用性 将使我们能够收集经验证据，以回答一些重要的问题， 用其他方法回答。这项试验性研究的结果将有助于我们制定一项 与青年安全拖拉机操作相关的认知发展因素模型， 在未来的研究、干预措施的制定和政策应用中使用和测试。的 这一研究的长期目标是防止青少年拖拉机死亡和受伤， 提供客观的经验证据，以帮助父母，雇主和政策制定者 适合从事这种危险的农业工作的年龄参数。