The Childcare and Farm Children's Safety Conundrum

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Discusses the family, community and interpersonal, and policy factors impacting farm safety decisions by exploring child care on the farm. Study included 68 farm women in Ohio, Vermont, and Wisconsin, states chosen based on their rates of child injuries, policy approaches to child care, production types, and rates of female and beginning farmers.

Florence Becot, Sarah Ruszkowski

Rural Sociology, 91(4)

10/2026

Agricultural health and safety · Child care · Children and youth · Families · Farmers and farmworkers · Injuries · Policy · Ohio · Vermont · Wisconsin