Correlation Knowledge, Attitude and Actions with Health Complaints from Exposure of Pesticides on Horticultural Farmers

Andree Aulia Rahmat, Eska Distia Permatasari, Retno Adriyani

2017

Abstract

Pesticides are substances used for controlling pests in the agriculture or plantation sectors. Pesticide is used for eliminating fungi, insects, rodents, and other organisms. On the one hand, using pesticides can increase production in agriculture. On the other hand, pesticides have dangerous effects for environment and health. This research aims were to analyze the correlation between knowledge, attitudes and practices in pesticides handling with horticulture farmers’ health complaints. This was a quantitative research with a cross-sectional approach, and was conducted in Nagari Padang Lua, District Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The sample included 55 horticulture farmers, taken in a systematic random sampling technique, Data was collected by questionnaires and analyzed with a chi-square test. The results showed that 56.4% of horticulture farmers have health complaints. Knowledge, attitude and practices have a correlation with health complaints for horticulture farmers. It is suggested that local governments should be more active in giving information on how to use pesticide to the horticulture farmers. Then, the horticulture farmers will have to use PPE to handle pesticide.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rahmat A., Permatasari E. and Adriyani R. (2017). Correlation Knowledge, Attitude and Actions with Health Complaints from Exposure of Pesticides on Horticultural Farmers.In Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium of Public Health - Volume 1: ISOPH, ISBN 978-989-758-338-4, pages 436-441. DOI: 10.5220/0007515504360441

in Bibtex Style

@conference{isoph17,
author={Andree Aulia Rahmat and Eska Distia Permatasari and Retno Adriyani},
title={Correlation Knowledge, Attitude and Actions with Health Complaints from Exposure of Pesticides on Horticultural Farmers},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium of Public Health - Volume 1: ISOPH,},
year={2017},
pages={436-441},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007515504360441},
isbn={978-989-758-338-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium of Public Health - Volume 1: ISOPH,
TI - Correlation Knowledge, Attitude and Actions with Health Complaints from Exposure of Pesticides on Horticultural Farmers
SN - 978-989-758-338-4
AU - Rahmat A.
AU - Permatasari E.
AU - Adriyani R.
PY - 2017
SP - 436
EP - 441
DO - 10.5220/0007515504360441