Child Farm-Related Injury in Australia: A Review of the Literature

Children on farms have been identified as a population vulnerable to injury. This review seeks identify child farm-related injury rates in Australia and determine the key hazards contributing risk factors. critical utilised PRISMA guidelines for database searching. Research from year 2000 onward was included well earlier seminal texts. Reference lists were searched, relevant research material explored. Our primary focus Australian peer-reviewed literature with international grey examples included. Evidence suggests that there is limited focusing injuries. Child representation injuries has remained consistent over time, causing these same 20 years. The factors of farm described include development exposure dangerous environments, risk-taking culture, multi-generational farming families, lack supervision, labour regulation, targeted safety programs, underuse safe play areas, financial priorities poor understanding operationalisation hierarchy control. It known children experience farms, cause this clearly identified. However, level typical attitudes, behaviours actions their parents around contribute chid remain unexplored.