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

描述（由申请人提供）：农用拖拉机是从事农业工作的青少年致命伤害的主要原因。1 -3拖拉机也是致残性非致命创伤的重要来源4，因此代表了预防儿童伤害的主要职业优先事项。据推测，许多与拖拉机有关的伤害是因为青年被分配从事超出其身体和认知能力的拖拉机工作。5虽然过去的研究记录了儿童的人体测量特征与拖拉机操作的身体要求之间的身体不匹配，6-8但在儿童发育或生物医学文献中，关于认知和青年拖拉机操作的现有科学证据很少。 这项试点研究的目的，“认知发展在安全拖拉机操作中的作用：模拟研究”是调查安全的青少年拖拉机操作所需的认知发展技能。9我们的研究建议采用模拟器技术，这将使我们能够收集经验证据，以回答使用任何其他方法都无法安全回答的重要问题。这项试点研究的结果将有助于我们生成一个模型的认知发展因素相关的安全拖拉机操作的青年，可以使用和测试在未来的研究，干预措施的发展和政策的应用。这项研究的长期目标是通过提供客观的经验证据，帮助父母，雇主和政策制定者为这一危险的农业工作提供适当的年龄参数，以防止青年拖拉机死亡和受伤。 公共卫生相关性：农用拖拉机是所有年龄组青年农业工人致命伤害的最大来源，3也是致残性非致命创伤的主要来源。这项研究的长期目标是通过提供客观的经验证据，帮助父母，雇主和政策制定者为这一危险的农业工作提供适当的年龄参数，以防止青年拖拉机死亡和受伤。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): 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. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Farm tractors are the largest source of fatal injury across all age groups of youth agricultural workers,3 and also a major source of disabling non-fatal trauma.4 This pilot study will investigate the cognitive development skills necessary for safe youth tractor operations by youth ages 10 to 17. 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.