Factors affecting use of personal protective equipment and pesticide safety practices: A systematic review

Sapbamrer, Ratana; Thammachai, Ajchamon

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2020.109444

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“…Male, literate farmers were more careful during purchase compared to female and illiterate farmers. Association of literacy status of farmers and knowledge with safe practice during purchase can be logically explained, as done by a systematic review conducted between 1999 and 2019 with 121 articles [34]. Also from the present study, gender and literacy status were found signi cantly associated where 73.0% males were literate as compared to 63.3% literacy among females, therefore it is more likely that gender could be a confounding variable for higher knowledge among males with regards to pesticides.…”

Section: Factors Affecting Safe Practice Of Pesticidessupporting

confidence: 51%

Factors Associated With Practice of Chemical Pesticide Use and Acute Poisoning Experienced by Farmers in Chitwan District, Nepal

KAFLE¹,

Vaidya

Pradhan

et al. 2020

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Background: Irrational use and unsafe handling of pesticides in agriculture farming is a serious public health concern in developing countries including Nepal. This study was conducted to assess the practice of chemical pesticide use and associated factors along with the acute health symptoms experienced by farmers in Chitwan District, Nepal.Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study using quantitative methods with 790 farmers from Chitwan district, Nepal selected through systematic random sampling. Scores for knowledge, attitude/perception and practice were calculated by aggregating variables where each variable was scored 1 or 0 based on a right or wrong answer. Further, the practice variable was segregated into three groups namely practice during purchasing, practice during mixing and spraying and practice during storage and disposal. Statistical analysis was performed with X2 test, T-test and Multiple Logistic Regression. Confounder controls were made for age, sex and education.Results: Out of the 790 farmers, 663 (84.0%) were found to use exclusively chemical pesticide. Among them, 62% had no idea about its label. Farmers with better knowledge on pesticide handling were 8.3 times more likely to practice safe purchasing (95% CI=5.0-13.8), four times more likely to practice safe mixing and spraying (95% CI=2.5-5.9) and two times more likely to safe storage and disposal (95% CI=1.6-3.6). Similarly, perception/attitude of farmers about chemical pesticide policy and market management was significantly associated with the practice of farmers during purchasing (95% CI=1.1-2.8), mixing and spraying (95% CI=2.0-4.5) and storage and disposal (95% CI=1.1-2.5). Farmers with unsafe practice of pesticide handling were two times more likely to suffer from acute poisoning (AOR = 2.1, 95% CI = 1.3-3.3).Conclusion: There was a high use of pesticide in agriculture farming in Chitwan District. Improving knowledge of farmers on safe handling of pesticides and developing strategies for proper market management would promote the safe handling practices among farmers and reduce the acute pesticide poisoning in Nepal.

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Section: Factors Affecting Safe Practice Of Pesticidessupporting

confidence: 51%

Factors Associated With Practice of Chemical Pesticide Use and Acute Poisoning Experienced by Farmers in Chitwan District, Nepal

KAFLE¹,

Vaidya

Pradhan

et al. 2020

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“…Factors explaining this higher use of specific PPE may be higher income and larger farm size. 60 PPE for airways and eyes (ie, masks with carbon filters and glasses) were only used by a small fraction of farmers in both countries. These findings are consistent with those of previous studies.…”

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confidence: 99%

Comparative Analysis of Pesticide Use Determinants Among Smallholder Farmers From Costa Rica and Uganda

Staudacher

Fuhrimann

Farnham

et al. 2020

Environ�Health�Insights

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Pesticides are used globally in agriculture and pose a threat to the health of farmers, communities, and the environment. Smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries have generally a low socio-economic status and educational level. Consequently, they are particularly vulnerable to negative impacts of pesticides on their health, yields, or land. In a Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices study, we compared the pest management practices between a market-oriented farming system in Zarcero County, Costa Rica, and a subsistence-based farming system in Wakiso District, Uganda. We conducted a cross-sectional survey among smallholder farmers from Costa Rica (n = 300) in 2016 and from Uganda (n = 302) in 2017. We enrolled conventional and organic farmers, but also farmers with mixed practices and non-applicators of any pest management strategy. We found that the majority of pesticides used in both case studies are classified as highly hazardous by the World Health Organization. While more than 90% of smallholder farmers from both countries were aware of the negative health effects of pesticide exposure, <11% in Costa Rica and <2% in Uganda reported using personal protective equipment every time they handled or applied pesticides. Hygiene and other safe use practices were not adopted by all farmers (<61%), especially among farmers applying more hazardous pesticides. Conventional farmers from Costa Rica (14%) and Uganda (19%) reported disposing pesticide residuals into rivers. Using a logistic regression we found that organic farmers were more likely to having been trained on safe pesticide use practices. Using a robust regression, we observed that smallholder household income was primarily driven by education and not directly by the use of synthetic pesticides. Our results suggest that negative effects of pesticides can be managed over the whole life cycle, from purchase, via storage and application to residual and waste management by fostering professionalization of farmers. We advise future safe use and handling interventions to consider the pesticide use-related socioeconomic and demographic findings highlighted in this paper.

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“…The results showed that approximately 90% of the vegetable farmers used chemical pesticides. Pesticide usage in vegetable production has been increasing around the world and the pesticide use reflects the situation in underdeveloped and developing countries 11,13,15 .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As the proper use of PPE reduced the implications on the health of the farmers 14 . Therefore, the use of PPE and the adoption of other safely protective measures and attitudes during preparation and application of pesticides are extremely crucial to mitigate occupational exposure to pesticides 15 . Farmer trainings can be a key tool to increase the use of PPE and to adopt Good Agriculture Practices in vegetable farming.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Patterns of Chemical Pesticide Use and Determinants of the Use of Personal Protective Equipment to Minimize Chemical Exposure in Vegetable Farming, Maldives

Mariyam Shajua,

Wongsa Laohasiriwong

2021

MLU

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Background: The overuse of chemical pesticides without proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) use has put vegetable farmers at risk and has been an extreme concern over the past decades in the Maldives. Therefore, this study aimed to describe the patterns of chemical pesticide use and determinants of PPE use to diminish chemical exposure. Method: This cross-sectional study applied a two-stage random sampling method to select the study subjects to respond a structured questionnaire. The multiple logistic regression was applied to determine the association. Results: Of 306 respondents, 90% used chemical pesticides while only 23% used PEE. Themultivariable analysis indicated the use of PPE was significantly associated with education attainment (adj.OR=3.17, 95% CI=1.80-5.57, p-value=<0.001), amount of chemical pesticide used per month (adj.OR=2.20, 95% CI=1.37-4.43, p-value=0.002), main sources of pesticide information (adj.OR=2.31, 95% CI=1.33-4.01, p-value=0.003), hired someone to spray chemical pesticides (adj. OR=2.46, 95% CI=1.13-4.31, p-value=0.02), and ever participated in any farming-related trainings (adj.OR=2.97, 95% CI=1.63-5.49, p-value=<0.001). Conclusions: Almost all of the farmers used chemical pesticides and less than a quarter used full PPE. Educational attainment, quantity of pesticides used, sources of pesticide information and other farming practices have a strong relationship with PPE use.

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Factors affecting use of personal protective equipment and pesticide safety practices: A systematic review

Cited by 79 publications

References 112 publications

Factors Associated With Practice of Chemical Pesticide Use and Acute Poisoning Experienced by Farmers in Chitwan District, Nepal

Factors Associated With Practice of Chemical Pesticide Use and Acute Poisoning Experienced by Farmers in Chitwan District, Nepal

Comparative Analysis of Pesticide Use Determinants Among Smallholder Farmers From Costa Rica and Uganda

Patterns of Chemical Pesticide Use and Determinants of the Use of Personal Protective Equipment to Minimize Chemical Exposure in Vegetable Farming, Maldives

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