Farm parents' attitudes towards farm safety experts

Farm parents' attitudes towards farm safety experts

Using both qualitative and quantitative data, this article analyzes farm parents' attitudes towards the trustworthiness, usefulness, and use of advice from farm safety experts. The article evaluates four different perspectives on trust in expert: the Validity of Knowledge perspective, the Salie...

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Published in:Rural sociology Vol. 69; no. 4; pp. 532 - 551
Main Authors: Neufeld, S.J, Cinnamon, J.L
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-12-2004
Rural Sociological Society
Subjects:
agricultural health and safety
Agricultural Occupations
Agricultural Production
Agriculture
Attitude Measures
Attitudes
Beliefs
Change Agents
Consultants
Cultural values
Diffusion
Experts
Farmers
farmers' attitudes
Farms
Indigenous Knowledge
Information dissemination
Information Sources
Innovation
knowledge
Land Grant Universities
Literature Reviews
Local Knowledge
Negative Attitudes
Parent Attitudes
Parents
Parents & parenting
Public safety
Qualitative analysis
Rural and urban sociology
Rural Areas
Rural sociology
Rural studies
Safety
Scientific knowledge
Scientific Research
Scientific validity
Social Attitudes
Social Class
Sociocultural Factors
Sociology
Trust
Trust (Psychology)
Trustworthiness
Validity
New York
United States > US
Farmer
Security
Attitude
Trust
Expert
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Summary:Using both qualitative and quantitative data, this article analyzes farm parents' attitudes towards the trustworthiness, usefulness, and use of advice from farm safety experts. The article evaluates four different perspectives on trust in expert: the Validity of Knowledge perspective, the Salient Values Similarity perspective, the Diffusion of Innovation perspective, and the Local Knowledge perspective. Among other factors, the results show that negative attitudes towards experts are strongly influenced by attitudes towards the validity of scientific knowledge vs. farm experience. They also show that experts who are more involved in farm production have higher levels of trust and usefulness. While all of the perspectives receive some degree of support, the results suggest that local knowledge and culture are critical in shaping attitudes towards experts. Attitudes towards experts are shaped not solely by expert characteristics but by the meanings and significance they assume in specific socio‐cultural contexts.
Bibliography:This research was funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Grant #1 R01 OHO4257-01. We would like to thank Dr. Sue Marie Wright for her support with the research and her helpful comments on earlier drafts of the paper. Direct correspondence to: Steven J. Neufeld, 314 Patterson Hall MS-38, Department of Sociology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA 99004; phone: (509) 359-6027; email: sneufeld@ewu.edu
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This research was funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Grant #1 R01 OHO4257–01. We would like to thank Dr. Sue Marie Wright for her support with the research and her helpful comments on earlier drafts of the paper. Direct correspondence to: Steven J. Neufeld, 314 Patterson Hall MS‐38, Department of Sociology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA 99004; phone: (509) 359–6027; email
sneufeld@ewu.edu
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ISSN:0036-0112
1549-0831
DOI:10.1526/0036011042722769