ArticleThe international journal of occupational and environmental medicine2019
Knowledge and Practices of Safe Use of Pesticides among a Group of Farmers in Northern Iran.
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- Pesticide safe use practice and acute health symptoms, and associated factors among farmers in developing countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of an epidemiological evidence.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Assessment of pesticide handling and use practices and associated health and safety concerns among rice farmers, in Northern Iran.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Determinants of Safe Pesticide Handling and Application Among Rural Farmers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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- Factors Associated with Practice of Chemical Pesticide Use and Acute Poisoning Experienced by Farmers in Chitwan District, Nepal.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Evaluating the Level of Pesticides in the Blood of Small-Scale Farmers and Its Associated Risk Factors in Western Ethiopia.Environmental health insights · 2021Article
- Pesticide application, educational treatment and infectious respiratory diseases: A mechanistic model with two impulsive controls.PloS one · 2020Article
- Occupational safety and health in the agricultural sector: a bibliographic review.Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMTReview
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Abstract
backgroundThe unsafe use of chemical pesticides, along with the lack of appropriate preventive protocols and equipment may damage the health of users.
objectiveTo determine the knowledge and practice of the safe use of chemical pesticides by farm workers in northern Iran.
methodsThe present cross-sectional study was conducted on 300 farmers in Mazandaran province, in 2017. The data collection instrument was a two-part questionnaire: The first part was concentrated on demographic and agricultural characteristics of the participants; the second part dealt with the farmers' knowledge and practice of the safe use of pesticides.
resultsThe mean knowledge and practice scores (out of 100) of the participating farmers in the safe use of pesticides were 84.8 (SD 13.5) and 50.8 (13.2), respectively. There was a significant positive correlation (r=0.466, p<0.001) between their knowledge and practice. Wearing protective clothes, while applying pesticides, was among safe practices. Although more than 60% of farmers had a sufficient level of knowledge of the safe use of pesticides, they did not implement their knowledge in practice. There was a significant (p<0.001) association between the education level and knowledge of the safe use of pesticides.
conclusionThere was a significant correlation between knowledge and practices of the safe use of pesticides among farmers in northern Iran. There was a clear know-do gap-although the majority of the participants possessed a sufficient level of knowledge of the safe use of pesticides, they did not implement it in practice.
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