The Effective Occupational Health Interventions in Agriculture: key characteristics of their development and implementation in New Zealand project sought to update the knowledge base on injury and disease in this sector and to provide a platform from which stakeholders could work toward developing evidence based policy and practice aimed at reducing injury and disease in this sector.
Purpose
The study had four main objectives:
(1) To identify the key agricultural risks and hazards;
(2) To identify effective interventions that address these risks and hazards;
(3) To identify the barriers to implementation and adoption of the key interventions;
(4) To identify the critical factors which need to be considered when designing and implementing interventions.