Non Technical Summary
Youth injuries and fatalities in production agriculture continue to be a significant public health concern. The USDA NIFA funded Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification (YFSEC) program has funded two major curriculums, Gearing Up and National Safe Tractor and Machinery Program (NSTMOP), to address Federal Labor Regulations involving youth in agriculture. However, this Tractor and Machinery Certification (TMC) program came under review with proposed revisions in 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 171, 2011). Both NSTMOP and Gearing Up have served as youth curriculum models to be delivered by Extension or SBAE teachers (Snyder et al., 2013) via face-to-face instruction via passive traditional PowerPoint lectures and student worksheets. Yet, there has been little effort to address instructor preparation regarding use of engaging digital delivery for providing training using YFSEC curriculum. This proposal seeks to promote and encourage a sustainable and highly qualified population of instructors who may serve youth representing farming communities as well as promote digital learning tools with YFSEC curriculum. As part of ensuring sustainability, well-trained youth engaged in production agricultural work alongside parents, co-workers or supervisors who may potentially positively impact the safety culture of farming communities. The success of the program will be assessed. Anticipated benefits include utilization of digital integration strategies with YFSEC curriculums. Anticipated results will include increased participation from instructors and youth in YFSEC programming and SAY curricula materials. An additional outcome will be a SAY advocacy and affiliate model to support the YFSEC programming.

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
723	6010	3020	100%

Knowledge Area
723 - Hazards to Human Health and Safety;

Subject Of Investigation
6010 - Individuals;

Field Of Science
3020 - Education;

Goals / Objectives
Goal (1) Enhance YFSEC instructor expertise in delivering safety training to youth. Objective 1.1 - Identify curriculum needs and potential barriers of extension and SBAE Instructors to deliver tractorand machinery safety instruction with youth among farming communities. Objective 1.2 - Deliver professional development of instructors to deliver specific SAY Clearinghouse resources for tractor and machinery safety for youth. Goal (2): Encourage a coordinated approach to a national YFSEC instructor professional development program for training youth in agricultural safety and health that is inclusive through digital delivery of SAY curriculums, projects, programs, activities. Objective 2.1 - Identify digital resource needs and potential barriers of extension and SBAE instructors to deliver SAY Clearinghouse Resources. Objective 2.2 Evaluate digital delivery platforms to serve SAY National YFSEC instructors professional development for farm safety education and certification Objective 2.3 Conduct a national outreach program for YFSEC instructor professional development utilizing digital resources with inclusive SAY clearinghouse curriculum

Project Methods
Survey questionnaires will be used to probe participants regarding implementation barriers, digital tool perceptions, practice of safety behaviors, work culture/climate barriers and motivators to safe behaviors, and injury experiences on a farm or ranch. Comparisons on risk perceptions and safety behaviors between populations will be made. Data will be used to develop future educational programs specifically targeting the prevalent areas of risk for each group. This will allow proper assessment of audience preferences as they relate to website development and social network utilization, which should produce successful results for digital tools for tractor and machinery safety instructors. The curriculum will be designed to encourage agriculture instructor dialogue with the underrepresented farming communities, students, and parents to implement supervision and safety guidelines that are centered on developmentally appropriate task analysis for youth working in agriculture. Data will be used to develop future educational programs specifically targeting the prevalent instructional areas. The development of curriculum resources will focus on utilizing interactive website components such as video-learning modules, virtual reality, and interactive quizzes.