SynthesisPloS one2021
Effectiveness of interventions to promote pesticide safety and reduce pesticide exposure in agricultural health studies: A systematic review.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Understanding determinants related to farmers' protective measures towards pesticide exposure: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to Reduce Pesticide Exposure from the Agricultural Sector in Africa: A Workshop Report.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Educational Intervention Effects on Pesticide-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, Exposure, and Health Among Ugandan Smallholder Farmers: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of public health · 2025Trial
- Federal Protections for Farmworker Health in the United States: A Scoping Review of Three Decades of Research.American journal of industrial medicine · 2026Review
- Environmental Justice and Pesticides in the Global South-A Scoping Review.Current environmental health reports · 2026Article
- Impact of an educational intervention model on pesticide practices among farmers: a randomized controlled trial protocol.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Interventions to prevent noise-induced hearing loss in farmworkers: a scoping review.International journal of audiology · 2025Article
- First trimester urine glyphosate concentrations and gestational diabetes in nulliparas: a nested case-control study.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2025Article
- The effect of educational intervention based on the health action model on safe use of pesticides in Iranian farmers.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Exploring Pesticide Knowledge, Practices, and Health Perceptions Among Farmers in Akkar, Lebanon.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of educational interventions to promote safe handling of pesticides: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Rational design, synthesis, and antimicrobial evaluation of novel 1,2,4-trizaole-substituted 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives with a dual thioether moiety.Molecular diversity · 2025Article
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- Diets cannot be sustainable without ensuring the well-being of communities, workers and animals in food value chains.Nature food · 2024Review
- Increasing Access to Medical Care for Hispanic Women Without Insurance: A Mobile Clinic Approach.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2024Article
- Evaluating and Enhancing an Educational Intervention to Reduce Smallholder Farmers' Exposure to Pesticides in Uganda Through a Digital, Systematic Approach to Behavior Change: Protocol for a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Personal Strategies to Reduce the Cardiovascular Impacts of Environmental Exposures.Circulation research · 2024Review
- Increasing Machine-Related Safety on Farms: Development of an Intervention Using the Behaviour Change Wheel Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Experiences and perceptions of final-year nursing students of using a chatbot in a simulated emergency situation: A qualitative study.Journal of nursing management · 2022Article
- Breathing-Focused Yoga Intervention on Respiratory Decline in Chronically Pesticide-Exposed Farmers: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThere is a relationship between pesticide exposure and farmworkers' health. Well-conducted evaluations can provide an insight into how to develop and implement more effective interventions to prevent farmers and farmworkers' exposure to pesticides. This review aimed to summarize the literature on the effectiveness of interventions to promote pesticide safety and reduce pesticide exposure among farmers and farmworkers.
methodsA comprehensive search on PubMed, Embase, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, Science Direct, Agricola, NIOSHTIC, and Agris databases was performed to identify relevant studies published from 2000 to 2019. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-experimental studies assessing the effectiveness of interventions on a variety of outcomes related to pesticide exposure were considered. The searches were restricted to articles written in English. The methodological quality of included reviews was appraised using the Effective Public Health Practice Project quality assessment tool (EPHPP).
resultsThe initial search led to 47912 records, 31 studies of which including nine RCTs and twenty-two quasi-experimental studies met the criteria. The majority of the included studies focused on the educational/ behavioral approach. The studies that applied this approach were effective in improving the participants' knowledge and attitude; however, these interventions were less effective in terms of making changes in participants' behaviors and their risk of exposure to toxic pesticides. Multifaceted interventions were moderately effective in terms of improving farmers' and farmworkers' behaviors and reduction in exposure to toxic pesticides. We did not find any studies that had evaluated the effectiveness of engineering/technological, and legislation/enforcement interventions.
conclusionsAlthough the majority of studies were based on an educational/behavioral approach and did not assess the effect of interventions on objective measures, the results of this review highlight the significant effectiveness of educational programs and some potential key elements of these interventions. These findings may inform policymakers to develop interventions to reduce pesticide exposure among farmers and farmworkers.
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