Pesticide Risk Communication, Risk Perception, and Self-Protective Behaviors Among Farmworkers in California's Salinas Valley
Pesticide Risk Communication, Risk Perception, and Self-Protective Behaviors Among Farmworkers in California's Salinas Valley
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DOI：
10.1177/0739986309331877
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发表时间：
2009-05-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Leckie, James O.
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作者：
Cabrera, Nolan L.;Leckie, James O.
农业杀虫剂的使用是所有行业中最高的，但很少有研究评估农场工人对化学品暴露造成的健康风险的理解。本研究调查了加州萨利纳斯山谷农场工人的农药教育、风险认知和自我保护行为。本研究采访了50名现任和前任农场工人。尽管存在一些风险沟通的潜在障碍（例如，例如，在一个实施例中，尽管存在语言差异和农药安全培训方法不统一等问题，但答复者了解接触农药的许多潜在健康后果，同时相对于一般公众而言，他们的风险认知水平较高。他们从种植者培训和个人社交网络中获得了有关农药暴露对健康影响的信息;然而，受访者继续参与不必要的危险行为。
Agricultural pesticide use is the highest of any industry, yet there is little research evaluating farmworkers' understandings of the health risks chemical exposure poses. This study examines pesticide education, risk perception, and self-protective behaviors among farmworkers in California's Salinas Valley. Fifty current and former farmworkers were interviewed for this research. Despite several potential barriers to risk communication (e. g., language differences and nonuniform methods of pesticide safety training), the respondents understood many of the potential health consequences of exposure while holding elevated levels of risk perception relative to the general public. They received information on the health effects of pesticide exposure from both grower-based training and personal social networks; however, the respondents continued to participate in unnecessarily risky behaviors.