Gamifying safety helps teens prevent farm injury
Gamifying safety helps teens prevent farm injury
Gamifying safety helps teens prevent farm injury
By Maddie Massy
November 27, 2023
Summary
The 'Calm Your Farm' game, created through a UNSW Sydney-led research collaboration, increases knowledge and awareness about farm safety.
This project is supported by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, through the National Farm Safety Education Fund: Improving Farm Safety Practices grant program.
According to Dr Peden, teenagers are an underserved group when it comes to farm safety education, as well as safety education in general.
"Like many other injury issues, I realised that farm safety and injury prevention is often promoted for very young children or adults. Adolescents get lost in between," Dr Peden says.
To deliver farm safety education in a more dynamic, interesting way, the researchers decided to create a game that would teach players about safety in the agricultural environment, with input from the students from the focus groups.
The researchers hope that the game engages teenagers more strongly in farm safety and helps to reduce the number of farm-related injuries.
"'Calm Your Farm' is a fun way to explore farm safety.
Reference
Massy, M. (2023, November 27). Gamifying safety helps teens prevent farm injury. UNSW Newsroom. https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/gamifying-safety-helps-teens-prevent-farm-injury