An intervention study to improve safe behaviour of pesticide handling among tobacco planters in Bachok, Kelantan

Di Malaysia, 6.7% pekerja pertanian mengalami keracunan pestisid setiap tahun secara tidak sengaja. Beberapa kajian telah dibuat untuk memahami penyebab-penyebab keracunan pestisid di kalangan pekerja-pekeija pertanian ini. Kajian intetvensi komuniti ini telah dijalankan di antara bulan Julai 2000 dan Jun 2001 untuk menilai satu pakej pendidikan kesihatan bertujuan untuk meningkatkan tingkahlaku yang selamat dalam pengendalian pestisid di kalangan penanam tembakau di daerah Rachok, Kelantan. Sejumlah 85 orang (kawasan intervensi) dan 71 orang (kawasan kawalan) sampel telah dipilih dari Tawang dan Telong (kadar respons sebanyak 95.3% dan 98.6% masing-masing). In Malaysia, 6.7% of agricultural workers were annually poisoned accidentally by pesticides. Few surveys have been done to understand the causes of pesticide poisoning among agricultural workers. This community intervention study was done between July 2000 and June 2001 to evaluate an education package aimed at improving safe behaviour of pesticide handling in tobacco planters in Bachok, Kelantan. A sample of 85 (intervention group) and 71 (control group) tobacco planters were randomly recruited from Tawang and Telong (response rate of 95.2% and 98.6% respectively)