Parent perspectives on the benefits and risks of child-livestock interactions.

Autor:	Klataske RT; Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States., Durbin TJ; Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States., Barnes KL; National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, WI, United States., Koshalek K; National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, WI, United States., Bendixsen CG; National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, WI, United States.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in public health [Front Public Health] 2023 Jan 27; Vol. 11, pp. 1050584. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 27 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.3389/fpubh.2023.1050584
Abstrakt:	Growing up on a farm or ranch often involves interactions with livestock that present both potential risks and benefits to children. While these "child-livestock interactions" contribute to the burden of agriculturally related injuries to youth in the United States, they may also result in improved immunological health and other benefits. Agricultural upbringings are also widely perceived to improve physical, cognitive, and skill development of children, contributing to a combination of potential benefits and risks known as the "farm kid paradox." Although previous studies show the health impacts of child-livestock interactions, less is known about the ways in which farm and ranch parents perceive the benefits and risks of these interactions, and how and why they choose to raise children around livestock. Our research addresses this gap by analyzing data from semi-structured interviews with 30 parents of children between the ages of 10-18 who produce beef cattle in Kansas. This research is part of a larger anthropological study of the benefits and risks of child-livestock interactions involving parents on beef and dairy operations in multiple states, along with agricultural safety and health professionals. The results offer insights into the experiences, practices, and perspectives of parents, outlining agricultural ways of life in which safety and relations to risk are shaped by patterns of production, family dynamics, values and habits, and other social and cultural dimensions. These insights deepen our understanding of parents' perceptions of both benefits and risks of agricultural childhoods. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2023 Klataske, Durbin, Barnes, Koshalek and Bendixsen.)
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