TY - JOUR
T1 - Occupational health behaviors and habits of women on dairy farms in Pennsylvania
AU - Fenton, Ginger D.
AU - Brasier, Kathryn J.
AU - Henning, George F.
AU - Radhakrishna, Rama B.
AU - Jayarao, Bhushan M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Ginger D. Fenton and Bhushan M. Jayarao are affiliated with the Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences. Kathryn J. Brasier is affiliated with the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. George F. Henning is affiliated with the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Penn State University College of Medicine. Rama B. Radhakrishna is affiliated with the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA. This research was funded by the Penn State University College of Agricultural Sciences Seed Grant program. Address correspondence to: Bhushan M. Jayarao, 115 W. L. Henning Building, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA (E-mail: bmj3@psu.edu; Phone: 814-863-5939).
PY - 2010/1
Y1 - 2010/1
N2 - The goal of this study was to determine what tasks women perform, behaviors that could result in exposure to zoonotic disease, and preventative measures practiced by women on dairy farms. A written survey was sent to a stratified, random sample of dairy farms in Pennsylvania (n = 3709) using a modified version of the Dillman method. The tasks most commonly performed by the respondents (n = 624) included milking (70.8%), feeding (60.6%), and cleaning stalls (42.6%). The use of personal protective equipment was infrequent. Gloves were always worn when milking by 32.7%. More respondents, 96.5%, changed their clothes at least sometimes before working in the barn as compared to when leaving the barn. Handwashing was always performed by 86.7% after assisting with delivering calves, whereas 71.1% always washed their hands after milking. Eating and drinking in the barn were practiced by 45.0% and 72.0%, respectively. Veterinary obstetric drugs were administered by 28.2% of the respondents. Most of the respondents, 89.7%, indicated that they felt they had minimal to no risk of contracting a disease from the animals with which they worked.
AB - The goal of this study was to determine what tasks women perform, behaviors that could result in exposure to zoonotic disease, and preventative measures practiced by women on dairy farms. A written survey was sent to a stratified, random sample of dairy farms in Pennsylvania (n = 3709) using a modified version of the Dillman method. The tasks most commonly performed by the respondents (n = 624) included milking (70.8%), feeding (60.6%), and cleaning stalls (42.6%). The use of personal protective equipment was infrequent. Gloves were always worn when milking by 32.7%. More respondents, 96.5%, changed their clothes at least sometimes before working in the barn as compared to when leaving the barn. Handwashing was always performed by 86.7% after assisting with delivering calves, whereas 71.1% always washed their hands after milking. Eating and drinking in the barn were practiced by 45.0% and 72.0%, respectively. Veterinary obstetric drugs were administered by 28.2% of the respondents. Most of the respondents, 89.7%, indicated that they felt they had minimal to no risk of contracting a disease from the animals with which they worked.
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U2 - 10.1080/10599240903389664
DO - 10.1080/10599240903389664
M3 - Article
C2 - 20390728
AN - SCOPUS:77951043739
SN - 1059-924X
VL - 15
SP - 16
EP - 23
JO - Journal of Agromedicine
JF - Journal of Agromedicine
IS - 1
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