Exposure to agricultural hazards among children who visit farms.

Background: Children are commonly injured on farms, yet no studies provide evidence about exposures that leave rural children visiting farms at risk.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to study (a) how frequently rural nonfarm children are exposed to farms, farm work and associated activities; and (b) the safety conditions and practices on farms being visited.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was administered in Saskatchewan, Canada to rural parents during 2014.

Towards a deeper understanding of parenting on farms: A qualitative study.

Background: Children living on farms experience exceptionally high risks for traumatic injury. There is a large body of epidemiological research documenting this phenomenon, yet few complementary studies that have explored the deep underlying reasons for such trends. Fundamental to this is understanding the decision-making processes of parents surrounding their choice to bring children, or not, into the farm worksite.

Correction to: Cohort profile: the Saskatchewan Rural Health Study-adult component.

Following publication of the original article [1] the authors notified Production that the names of three authors-Valerie Elliot, Louise Hagel, and Roland Dyck-had been unintentionally omitted in the final online version of the manuscript. The corrected author list is shown in this Correction.

Impact of sleep on injury risk among rural children.

Objectives: To examine sleep patterns in a large cohort of rural children and explore the association between sleep patterns and injury occurrence.

Methods: Cross-sectional analyses of the baseline survey from a prospective cohort study (2012 to 2017) was conducted with 46 rural schools in Saskatchewan, Canada who distributed surveys to parents of 2275 rural dwelling farm and nonfarm children aged 0 to 17 years. Parents reported child sleep characteristics and farm or nonfarm injury in the previous calendar year.

Cohort profile: the Saskatchewan Rural Health Study-adult component.

Objectives: Less is known about the respiratory health of general farming and non-framing populations. A longitudinal Saskatchewan Rural Health Study (SRHS) was conducted to explore the association between individual and contextual factors with respiratory health outcomes in these populations. Hence, the objectives are to: (i) describe the updated methodology of longitudinal SRHS-an extension of baseline survey methodology published earlier; (ii) compare baseline characteristics and the prevalences of respiratory health outcomes between drops-outs and completers; and (iii) summarize key findings based on baseline survey data.