University of Kentucky
The Kentucky Community Partners for Healthy Farming ROPS Project
: Goals : Focus, Goals & Materials
1. GOALS - Focus, Goals and Materials
Component Part Name
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Abbreviation
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Comment
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The
Problem
Project Goals and their Reasons
Community Education Materials and Activities |
GOALS |
A
one-page chart that summarizes the
focus and goals of the project and the types of materials
included as part of the program. This one-page chart is
useful as a handout. These three additional landscaped
and large print pages repeat the same information. The
three landscaped pages are useful for making
overhead transparencies for presentations or for use as
posters. |
Content
The first one-page chart and the three charts that follow
printed in landscape format contain the same information.
The charts describe the tractor overturn problem, the Kentucky
ROPS project goals and their merit, and the community education
materials designed to promote those goals.
Objectives
The information in these charts can help community leaders,
farmers, and those who
provide advice and services to farmers to become more aware
of:
- The
problem of tractor overturn injury and deaths
- The
specific goals of the Kentucky ROPS Project
- The
types of community education materials and activities available
in the notebook
Intended
Audience
- Community
and farm leaders who need to know about the project materials
and become involved in their use and dissemination
- Farm
community organizations and groups that provide advice and
service to farmers and who can help disseminate the materials
- Businesses
and organizations that employ farmers and farm family members
who should know about and become involved in the dissemination
of the project materials
- Farmers
and farm family members who need to be informed about the
problem, the project goals and materials
How
to Use These Materials
- Examine
the charts and their messages. Think about how you could
use these materials
to introduce people and organizations to the project.
- Use the materials in any of these ways:
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Print the one-page chart on bright yellow paper. Use
it as a handout when you talk to people about the project
or when you make a presentation.
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Prepare overhead transparencies of the landscaped charts
and use them to make short 5-minute presentations to
community groups.
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Make paper copies of the landscape the charts and use
them for poster displays at farm community meetings,
farm businesses, fairs, safety day camps, or other gatherings.
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Distribute copies of the charts to FFA students, teachers,
extension specialists, and others that are involved
in farm safety programs so they can help spread the
word about the community education project.
Materials
Needed
- Paper
copies of the charts from this section of the Notebook
- Overhead
projector transparencies of the three landscape format charts
Discussion
Questions and Teaching Points
1. Why
do you think Kentucky farmers die at higher rates from tractor
overturns than farmers from other states do?
2. Do you know someone who overturned a tractor and who was
injured or killed?
3. What materials are included in the KY ROPS notebook and
in what ways can they be used to encourage the installation
of ROPS and seat belts on farm tractors?
4. Where and when can you get a ROPS for your tractor? (This
is a good time to hand out and go over the flyer titled How
to Get a ROPS and Seat Belt on Your Tractor.)
Ideas,
Notes, and Comments
Use this space to write down your ideas and plans for using
the materials.
Disclaimer
and Reproduction Information: Information in NASD does not
represent NIOSH policy. Information included in NASD appears
by permission of the author and/or copyright holder. More
NASD Review: 04/2002
Developed
by the University of Kentucky KY CPHF ROPS Project during
1996-00 with support from CDC/NIOSH Cooperative Agreements
U07/CCU408035-05-2 and 06-1 and U06/CCU412900-01, -02, and
-03 to the University of Kentucky, Southeast Center for Agricultural
Health and Injury Prevention
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