Farmer's Knowledge, Attitude and Practice about Health hazards of Pesticides at El - Hammam village (original) (raw)
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2018
Background: Globally, pesticides poisonings and its side reactions are dramatically effecting the agricultural sector that accounted for between 250,000 to 370,000 human deaths annually, most of these deaths occurred in developing countries. Aim: Study aims to assess the impact of health education program on the safe use of pesticides for farmers at a village of El-Minia city. Design: Quasi-experimental design was utilized for this study with pre/posttest. A simple random sample of 322 pesticides users was selected. Data were collected through one tool that includes; 1st. part; questions related to demographic characteristics of the study sample, 2nd. part; knowledge questionnaire related to the using of pesticides in general, and the knowledge regarding the first aid of pesticide poisoning, 3rd. part; an attitudes regarding the usage of pesticides and the 4th .part; was a self-reported practices use of pesticides among farmers. Results: the mean age of the farmers who participated in the study was 47.7± 8.3 and 53.4% of them were illiterates. The current study showed that the general knowledge and also the first aid knowledge among studied sample were improved; from 7.8% and 23.6% respectively before implementation of the program to 69.3% and 90.4% have high level after implementation of the program. Farmers' attitudes revealed that an improvement from 13.4% of farmers before implementation of the program to 80.4% of the farmers have positive attitude. Regarding the reported practice; 79.8% have poor practice before implementation of the program improved to 63.4% fair practice after implementation of the program. Conclusion: Statistically significant relationships were found of general knowledge of studied farmers, attitudes and their self-reported practice regarding safety using of pesticides after the implementation of the health education program. Recommendations: continuous training and health education for Egyptian farmers are essential for safe practices during pesticides' usage also further researches are needed.
2018
This study was conducted in the Department of Rural Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan during the year 2016. Unnecessary and improper use of pesticides produces many kinds of health hazards. Objectives of the present study are to access the knowledge, attitude and practices of farmers regarding use of pesticide and its implications on their health. The study was conducted in rural area of district Okara and 180 respondents were interviewed for collection of data through using multistage sampling technique. The results showed that the educational level of 39.4% of the respondents was below primary, 42.2% of the respondents had poor level of knowledge and 39.4% of the respondents were cultivating less than five acres of land. A highly significant association (p = 0.000***) between level of knowledge and level of practicing PPEs is found. With regards to implications on health hazards, 90.6% of the respondents reported headache follow...
BioMed Research International
Introduction and Purpose. Farmers are particularly at high risk of pesticide exposure due to added risk from occupational exposure. The aim of this study is to evaluate knowledge level of farmers in the Çukurova region of the effects of pesticides, toxic symptoms, and protective equipment as well as assessing their attitudes and practices regarding pesticides. Material and Method. A total of 420 seasonal agricultural workers in Karataş District of Adana Province, Turkey, were included in the study. The questionnaire form consisting of 3 sections was administered using face-to-face interview method. Results. The mean age of the participants was 40.2±10.6 years. They were engaged in farming for a mean duration of 18.5±10.6 years. All of them used pesticides, but none of them had been trained on the use of pesticides. Only 26.2% of them stored pesticides in a private depot. The farmers who took empty pesticide containers to special collection bins or centers constituted only 4.3% of th...
Background In Ethiopia, pesticides are widely used for a variety of purposes. The occurrence of contamination and poisoning for farmers is highly reported due to unsafe handling practices and their usage. We assessed knowledge, attitudes and experiences of previous pesticide exposure, and related health problems among farmers who use irrigation in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. Methods A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among farmers living in the zone. Respondents were 796 irrigation farmers from 20 kebeles (lowest administration unit) in Jimma Zone. Data were collected using a pretested and structured questionnaire via face-to-face interviews. Both descriptive and inferential statistics analysis were performed. A binary logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with attitudes of farmers towards the safe use of pesticides at P value of ≤ 0.05 in the final model. Results Among the participants, 54.4% (95%CI, 50.7–58%) knew at least one pesticide control method and 53.7% had positive attitudes towards safe use of pesticide. The mean score of attitudes was found to be 3.9(±0.4). Knowledge including each of the following: the names of the pesticides (AOR, 0.41; 95%CI, 0.25–0.67), methods of pest control and the use of gloves during pesticide exposure (AOR, 1.52; 95%CI, 1.07–2.16) was found to be independent predictor of the farmers’ attitudes about safe use of pesticides. Past exposure of pesticide was reported by 89.6% of farmers. Participants reported ingestion (88.9%) and inhalation (90.4%) as possible mechanisms of pesticide exposure. Nearly 42% of farmers had never used any personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect themselves against pesticide exposure. Farmers reported several health complications, which were perceived as complications of pesticide exposure, including: headache, nausea and vomiting, skin rash and irritation and abdominal pain. Conclusions The study exposed the existence of high probability of pesticide exposure, the low safe use of pesticide and the low use of PPE. However, but farmers had positive attitudes towards safe use of pesticides. These findings appeal for the development of effective public health strategies to improve farmers’ awareness and safe use of PPE. In addition, there is a need to inform farmers about integrated pest management to prevent severe health complications, which may occur as a result of unsafe and inappropriate use of pesticides.
Assessment on knowledge and perception regarding health risks of pesticide usage among farmers
International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS), 2022
Globally, pesticides are essential substances that have significant importance in increasing food production and pest management. Although, the serious concern about the health risk of pesticide toxicity should be investigated. The aim of the study is to assess the knowledge and perception of health risks of pesticide usage among farmers. This online-based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among farmers in Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu, India. A validated questionnaire was prepared, assessing the sociodemographic and analyzing the level of awareness, perception of pesticide usage among farmers. There were 412 farmers participated, in which 98.5% use pesticides and among them, 72.4% of farmers do not use personal protective equipment (PPE) on pesticide application. Hence, 68% are not aware of the harmful effects of pesticides even though 94.5% experienced health related problems while using them. Therefore, 95.4% of farmers think it is necessary to create awareness about safe handling practices and health risks regarding the usage of pesticides. Our study revealed that farmers do not have adequate knowledge about safe pesticide handling and are not aware of pesticide toxicity levels along with the risk associated with the degree of toxicity which is essential for implementing strategies regarding pesticide safety education and training.
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) on Pesticide Exposure Among Farmers in Kota Bharu, Kelantan
Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2020
Introduction: : The increased pesticide usage is due to intensification of agricultural sector. Pesticide is known to give an adverse effect to human health and environment. This study aims to investigate the level of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on pesticide exposure among farmers. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among vegetable and fruits farmers in the district of Kota Bharu, Kelantan. A modified KAP questionnaire was adapted and interviewed among 144 respondents. KAP level was constructed from the scores obtained. Results: About 85.4% of them were males with mean age of 48 years old, and 66% of them finished secondary school. The respondents' complaint that they had experienced symptoms such as excessive sweating (34.7%), blurred vision (27.1%) and numbness in legs (22.9%). Around 63% of farmers stored the pesticide bottle at designated place, while 62% wore personal protective equipment during spraying pesticides. About 61.1% of respondents had moderate knowledge of the pesticide used, 56.3% of them showed a not concern level of attitude towards pesticide usage, and 21.5% of them indicated a good practice while handling the pesticide. Significant correlation was observed between attitude with knowledge and practice (p<0.001), respectively. No correlation was found between knowledge and practice (p=0.142). Education level was shown to be the influencing factor for knowledge, while gender and age were the influencing factors for practice (p<0.05). Conclusion: Improvements in pesticide safety education should be conducted to minimize the risk from pesticide application, thus help the farmers' quality of life becomes better.
Knowledge’s Level Of The Child’s Farmers Against The Use Of Pesticide And The Dangers
2018
Indonesian farmers depend on pesticide, which is deemed as their life-saver for harvests. However, unconsciously the chemicals are toxic and dangerous to the farmers' health, consumers, and the other micro-organisms. Pesticides even threaten children's health as the next generation. This study aimed to identify the level of knowledge of child's farmers against the use of pesticide and the dangers. The method of the study was cross-sectional with interview technique, located in Curut and Wedoro villages, sub-district of Penawangan, Grobogan district. The population of the study is child's farmers in Curut and Wedoro villages. The sample has been taken based on inclusion criteria with child's farmers in the grade of 3, 4, ad 5 of primary school, with a total of 52 children. Results showed that children's farmers have had low knowledge of pesticides and its dangers. It showed 76,8% did not know about pesticides, 61,5% did not know the use of pesticides, 69,2% di...
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