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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

The Increase in Frequency of Protective Behavior against Pesticide Poisoning in Narail, Bangladesh through Use of an Easy Paper Checklist; an Interventional Study.

Yurie Kobashi, Syed Emdadul Haque, Yoshitaka Nishikawa, Tomohiro Morita, Hiroshi Nagami, Kayako Sakisaka, Sanzida Mubassara, Masaharu Tsubokura

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. 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-ANAMT
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Yurie KobashiDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Hirata Central Hospital, Hirata 963-8202, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3442-3779
Syed Emdadul HaqueUChicago Research Bangladesh, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh.
Yoshitaka NishikawaDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Hirata Central Hospital, Hirata 963-8202, Japan.
Tomohiro MoritaDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Soma Central Hospital, Soma 976-0016, Japan.
Hiroshi NagamiInstitute for Prevention of Pesticide Adverse Effect on Human, Yamatokoriyama 639-1001, Japan.
Kayako SakisakaTeikyo University Graduate School of Public Health, Itabash, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan.
Sanzida MubassaraDepartment of Botany, Jahangirnagar University, Savar Union 1342, Bangladesh.
Masaharu TsubokuraDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Hirata Central Hospital, Hirata 963-8202, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8027-202X
Murata (Japan) · JPJahangirnagar University · BDSoma Central Hospital · JPTeikyo University · JPUniversity of Chicago Research Bangladesh · BD

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protecting the health of farmworkers is a crucial issue. Previous studies report that safety training and educational interventions might increase farmworkers' protective behaviors. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of distributing a checklist as an interventional measure for pesticide protection in rural Asia, where pesticide poisoning is a major problem. This study was a community-based interventional study, using the distribution of a checklist with pesticide protective habits in Narail district, Bangladesh, with a total of 100 eligible males. Two questionnaire surveys were conducted before distributing the checklist and 25 days after. Change between the baseline and follow-up surveys was measured by frequency scores of protective behavior. The average pesticide-protective behavioral score increased from 4.58 in the baseline survey to 8.11 in the follow-up. Additionally, the checklist was more effective in the group with higher education, the younger group, and the group with lower pesticide-protective behavioral scores in the baseline survey. The paper checklist on protective behaviors against pesticide poisoning was effective because of the increase in the frequency of such positive behavior among farmworkers. Thus, intervention measures should be implemented to increase the knowledge and awareness regarding pesticide protection habits to protect the health of farmworkers.

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Occupational ExposurePesticidesAgricultureBangladeshChecklistHumansMalePesticideschecklistfarmworkerinterventional studyoccupational health

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PMCPMC8431624
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