Factors associated with pesticide safety practices in farmworkers.
Factors associated with pesticide safety practices in farmworkers.
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与农场工人农药安全实践相关的因素。
DOI：
10.1002/ajim.20519
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Meischke,Hendrika
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作者：
Strong,LarkinL;Thompson,Beti;Koepsell,ThomasD;Meischke,Hendrika
农场工人及其家庭通过多种途径接触农药。很少有研究调查了农场工人从事农药安全实践的频率以及与采用农药安全实践相关的因素。方法采用大样本农场工人（n = 554），评估农药安全行为与农场工人的信念、培训历史、工作中农药处理、感知职业暴露和雇主提供个人防护装备之间的关系。结果工作行为在很大程度上取决于是否提供个人防护装备。在家庭行为方面，女性、在劳改营生活、最近5年接受过培训、直接使用农药、没有意识到组织对保护自己的障碍与采取更多预防措施有关。这些发现呼吁采取涉及多个利益相关者的干预措施，以提高农药安全行为的采用，减少农场工人的农药暴露。点。中华医学杂志，2008,31(1):59 - 61。©2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc。
BackgroundFarmworkers and their families are exposed to pesticides through multiple pathways. Few studies have examined the frequency with which farmworkers engage in pesticide safety practices and the factors associated with their adoption.MethodsUsing a large sample of farmworkers (n = 554), we evaluated relationships between pesticide safety behaviors and farmworkers' beliefs, training history, handling of pesticides at work, perceived occupational exposure, and employers' provision of personal protective equipment.ResultsPerforming behaviors at work was determined largely by whether personal protective equipment was provided. For home behaviors, female gender, living in a labor camp, being trained in the last 5 years, handling pesticides directly, and not perceiving organizational barriers to protecting oneself were associated with taking more precautions.ConclusionsThese findings call for interventions that involve and engage multiple stakeholders to increase adoption of pesticide safety behaviors and reduce pesticide exposure in farmworkers. Am. J. Ind. Med. 51:69–81, 2008. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.