Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài: Recruitment and retention of farm owners and workers for a six-month prospective injury study in New Zealand: a feasibility study | Horsburgh and Langley Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6 16 http content 6 1 16 _ JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH Open Access Recruitment and retention of farm owners and workers for a six-month prospective injury study in New Zealand a feasibility study Simon Horsburgh1 and John D Langley2 Abstract Background Agricultural workers experience high rates of occupational injury. There is a lack of analytic studies which provide detailed occupational exposure information to inform intervention development. Methods A feasibility study simulating a six month prospective cohort study was designed and undertaken. The levels of farm and worker participation and retention were analysed to determine the feasibility of the methods for wider deployment. Results Recruitment levels were comparable with other studies with 24 of farms and 36 of non-owner workers participating. Once recruited retention was high at 85 and 86 respectively. Conclusions The main challenges identified were in the recruitment process. Once recruited farms and workers tended to complete the study indicating that prospective studies in this the agricultural workforce may be feasible. Issues encountered and potential solutions for future studies are discussed. Background Agriculture is widely recognised as one of the most hazardous industries in both industrialised and developing countries 1 . In New Zealand agriculture is among the top three industries for fatal and non-fatal occupational injury 2 3 . Information available from descriptive epidemiological studies has highlighted potential avenues for reducing rates of injury in the agricultural sector 4 5 . However in the early 1990s researchers noted a dearth of risk factor and detailed exposure information and that this has hindered the development of properly informed injury control interventions 6-8 . One facet of this has been the collection of time-exposed information on occupational .
