Peasant association member's knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards safe use of pesticide management

Karunamoorthi, Kaliyaperumal; Mohammed, Ahmad H.; Jemal, Zeid

doi:10.1002/ajim.21008

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“…These results are quite consistent with previous studies conducted in Ethiopia and they have also shown that; the handling and storage of chemical pesticides, personal hygiene and the proper use of personal protective equipment by farm-workers are below standard (13,14). A recent study also found that only a few workers use some sort of PPE, and most do not take a shower after pesticide application (12). The proper use of PPE reduces the worker's exposure to insecticides and safe insecticide management practices reduce the risk to workers, the public, and the environment.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…Though much effort has been made to introduce alternative environmental, biological, and immunological methods of control, chemical insecticides are still essential for most vector-borne disease control programs, especially where no alternate means of preventing disease transmission are available (2). However, they also have certain undesirable effects on human health and the environment which cannot be ignored (12).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Insecticide Risk Indicators and Occupational Insecticidal Poisoning in Indoor Residual Spraying

Karunamoorthi

Yirgalem

2012

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Background: Occupational insecticidal poisoning (OIP) is a global phenomenon, which is even more prevalent among indoor residual sprayworkers and this can pose a serious threat to their health. Objectives: This study aimed to assess spray-workers' management of insecticide risk indicators and occupational insecticidal poisoning. Materials and Methods: An analytical cross-sectional survey was adopted, that involved all of the professional indoor residual spray-workers serving in the Omo-Nada woreda (district), Ethiopia. The survey was conducted between January and April 2011 by administering a pretested questionnaire. All statistical analyses were performed by using SPSS v.19.0. A two-sided Fisher's exact test was performed to determine associations between the variables. Results: Overall, 52.4% of the study participants had an awareness of the usage of personal protective equipment (PPE), whereas 41.9% were unable to read the pesticide labels. About 75.3% of spray-workers never drink or eat or smoke, while spraying. Statistical analysis (two-sided Fisher's exact test) confirmed that there is no statistically significant association between safe insecticide practice with the spray-worker's gender (P = 0.332), whereas, there were strong correlations found with age (P = 0.001), educational status (P = 0.001) and years of work experience (P = 0.001). Conclusions: Despite adequate awareness of safe insecticide management, most of the spray-workers were observed to be reluctant to put this knowledge into practice, either due to the inadequacy of PPE or negligence. Furthermore, a sizable faction of these workers still had limited knowledge and erroneous risk perceptions, thus increasing their risk of OIP. Therefore, appropriate communication strategies and training could reduce the occupational risk of insecticide exposure, which would ultimately minimize the related health hazards of insecticidal poisoning.

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Insecticide Risk Indicators and Occupational Insecticidal Poisoning in Indoor Residual Spraying

Karunamoorthi

Yirgalem

2012

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“…Furthermore, he indicates in the same study that empty packages were found on the farms of those who had declared to have returned them to the collection posts; actually 54.4% had stored the empty packages in their houses, in some areas and at last 34.8% had burnt or buried them in the fields [6] . The absence of current precautions found mostly with our surveyed is in higher proportions in Senegal 95%, in Ethiopia 76.3% [23,24] . But similar data to ours are reported in Spain 65% and in Thailand 64.4% [25,26] .…”

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Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices of Farmers Exposed to Pesticides at Banikoara Township (Republic of Benin)

A.V¹,

Hinson²,

Lawin³

et al. 2015

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The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of the farmers related to the pesticides use in a zone of strong use in Benin. Method: it was a descriptive and cross sectional study which focuses on adult and teenagers of both gender living in Banikoara district. By a random sampling 384 farmers were selected. The data collected have been processed and analyzed using Excel 2007 and Epi-Info Version 3.5.1. The results of the quantitative variables are presented as mean ± SD and categorical variables such as percentage. Categorical variables are compared using chi-square tests. Results: The average age was 36.5 ± 10.6 years old. 52.1% of respondents reported that they were able to recognize their packaging without pesticides, 53.4% from their forms and 65.2% by labeled and know their meaning. Approximately 75% of the respondents reported having been trained on more than one occasion pesticides. Nevertheless, only 13.2% of respondents were storing pesticides in stores dedicated solely to pesticides. None of the respondents do not use protective mask. Literacy and membership in farmers' organization have an impact on the recognition of the labeled pesticides, knowledge of the importance of labeling, knowledge of the meaning of the symbols, storage in a single pesticide store. But they are not for storage in the bedroom. Conclusion: Management of toxic risk relating to pesticides handling in our study area is dependent on human factors: in terms of risk awareness and good storage practices and handling.Keywords: Pesticides; Poisoning; KAP study; Benin

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“…Exposure to pesticides in agriculture is mainly through dermal and inhalation contact (IPCS, 2004), and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) may help reduce exposure levels (IPCS, 2004;Blanco and al 2005). Studies to determine knowledge, attitudes and practices (PAC) on the use of pesticides have been conducted around the world to understand the working environments and conditions in which pesticides are handled and applied by agricultural workers (Ngowi and al 2002;Recena and al 2008;Ospina and al 2009, Karunamoorthi 2011, Ribeiro 2012. The harmful effects of pesticides are divided into two categories: acute toxicity and chronic effects.…”

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Variations in Cholinesterase activity in Oil Palm Plantation Workers Exposed to Pesticides

Yapo¹,

Camara²,

Nigué³

et al. 2017

GJBS

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Pesticides including organophosphates (OPs) and carbamates are used extensively in public health and agriculture to increase crop yields. The abuse of pesticides can have a serious impact on farmer's health. The objective of this study is to study changes in serum cholinesterase activity (BChE) as a biological marker of PO poisoning. Workers in a palm tree oil unit during periods of exposure and non-exposure to pesticides, as well as a control group were selected randomly. The clinical signs reported are those observed in the subjects exposed to organophosphates and anticholinesterase carbamates. The serum enzymatic activity (AES) of cholinesterase was quantified by spectrophotometry. The average serum cholinesterase level during the exposure and non-exposure period was 4225.64 U / l ± 791.10 and 4766.47 ± 873.32 versus 6588.95 U / l ± 1303, respectively, 42 the control level (n = 43) (p <0.001). The average enzymatic activity of workers (n = 19) during non-exposure and exposure periods increased from (78.95%) to non-exposure (36.84%) (Data Not shown) with a significant difference (p = 0.00750). Inhibition of enzymatic activity greater than 40% was observed during the non-exposure phase in 21.05% of cases, and during the exposure period in 26.32% of cases, a bi-annual biological factor necessary for these workers.

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Peasant association member's knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards safe use of pesticide management

Abstract: Ethiopian peasant farmers appeared to have limited knowledge of the hazards of pesticides and generally did not handle pesticides in a safe manner. Active health education campaigns and appropriate training programs should be instigated to promote safe use of pesticides.

Cited by 34 publications

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Insecticide Risk Indicators and Occupational Insecticidal Poisoning in Indoor Residual Spraying

Insecticide Risk Indicators and Occupational Insecticidal Poisoning in Indoor Residual Spraying

Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices of Farmers Exposed to Pesticides at Banikoara Township (Republic of Benin)

Variations in Cholinesterase activity in Oil Palm Plantation Workers Exposed to Pesticides

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