Mazlan, Siti Mariam (2017) Knowledge, attitude and practice of pesticide usage and the health effects among the estate workers in oil palm plantations at Kuala Lipis, Pahang. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Abstract
Introduction: Pesticides are commonly used for pest control in agriculture sector. The practices of pesticides usage and handling may potentially result in adverse health effects among the estate workers at the oil palm plantations. Objectives: The aims of this study were to dete1mine the knowledge, attitudes and practices of pesticides used and their association with the health effects among the estate workers. Methodology: This study involved l 20 male estate workers who use pesticide in their daily work routine in the oil palm plantation at Kuala Lipis, Pahang. A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the knowledge, attitude, practice and its self-reporting symptoms by using questionnaires distribution among the respondents. The program of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22 was used to perform descriptive and bivariate analysis. Results and Discussion: The results of this study indicate that mixtures of pesticides were used by both local and foreign estate workers in the oil palm plantation. Finding of this study shows that, herbicides are commonly used at the oil palm field, followed by types of insecticide. In summary, 85.8% of respondents had a good knowledge of pesticide used, 46. 7% of them indicated neutral level of attitude on the pesticide usage, and 68.3% of them demonstrated a good practice of while handling mixture of pesticides. Overall, there is a significant association between the practices of pesticide usage with the self-reporting health effects among the respondents. Headache is among the most common complaints of symptoms, followed by difficulty of breathing, vomiting, dizziness, redness of skin, and blurred vision or cough. At the same time, there is significant association between 'knowledge and attitude'(X2=11.065; p=0.026) and 'knowledge and practice' (X2=10.406; p=0.034) demonstrated the significant results. Conclusion: The study found that, estate workers are at risk of direct exposing to mixture of pesticides due to their self-reported symptoms. Nevertheless, study shows that the knowledge, attitude and practices of the safe handling of pesticide are vary among the estate workers. In view of this, study suggests that, replacing the traditional field training of pesticide usage to the sustainable field learning of pesticide usage is of crucial needs. The latter training approach should emphasize on implementing practicable practices, at the same time, inculcate right attitude and instil knowledge through comprehensive field intervention learning.
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
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| Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Depositing User: | Ms Norafizah Radzuan |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2024 03:13 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Aug 2024 03:13 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2003 |
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