Effectiveness of an educational program to promote pesticide safety among pesticide handlers of South India

Abstract

Educational intervention among pesticide handlers improved the KAP score for safe pesticide handling. We recommend that continuous education and training programs for agricultural workers will promote awareness and minimize the hazards of occupational pesticide exposure.

Epidemiological Studies of Anticholinesterase Pesticide Poisoning: Global Impact

“…Similar findings can be obtained from a more recent study carried out in Southern India (Sam et al, 2008) in two villages of the Udupi district regarding 74 pesticide handlers. Three attitude and practice point assessments were carried out at baseline, immediately after training and after one month of training, demonstrating that the average baseline improved significantly ( p , 0.001) after education, underlying the importance of continuous education and training programs for agricultural workers.…”

Vulnerabilidades de trabalhadores rurais frente ao uso de agrotóxicos na produção de hortaliças em região do Nordeste do Brasil

“…(ORGANIZAÇÃO PAN-AMERICA-NA DA SAÚDE; ORGANIZAÇÃO MUNDIAL DA SAÚDE, 1997, p. 35) O uso de proteção individual específica, além de ser pouco adotado, não tem sua efetividade comprovada no contexto socioambiental das atividades agrí-colas no Brasil, podendo até constituir uma fonte adicional de contaminação (VEIGA et al, 2007;FARIA;ROSA;FACCHINI, 2009). Segundo Sam et al (2008), os agricultores dos países em desenvolvimento consideram os equipamentos de proteção pouco práticos e caros, sobretudo em climas tropicais. Além dos trabalhadores que lidam diretamente com os agrotóxicos, outros estão expostos, como os que "puxam" a mangueira de irrigação e os responsáveis pela capina manual e pela colheita das hortaliças.…”

Pesticide knowledge, practice and attitude and how it affects the health of small-scale farmers in Uganda: A cross-sectional study

“…and Pallisa primarily produces cotton. Forty to ninety percent of the farmers were expected to use pesticides [1,15,17,20]. Wakiso district, with a population of about 1.310,100, is situated in the central part of Uganda, and surrounds the capital city, Kampala, close to Lake Victoria.…”

“…not blowing or sucking nozzle, wash body after spraying, change clothes after spraying) may result in acute pesticide poisoning (APP) [16]. In the absence of appropriate handling of pesticides, not only the health of farmers, but also the health of their families is at risk [14,17,18].…”