The Increase in Frequency of Protective Behavior against Pesticide Poisoning in Narail, Bangladesh through Use of an Easy Paper Checklist; an Interventional Study

Yurie Kobashi, Syed Emdadul Haque, Yoshitaka Nishikawa, Tomohiro Morita, Hiroshi Nagami, Kayako Sakisaka, Sanzida Mubassara and Masaharu Tsubokura
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Yurie Kobashi: Department of General Internal Medicine, Hirata Central Hospital, Hirata 963-8202, Japan
Syed Emdadul Haque: UChicago Research Bangladesh, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh
Yoshitaka Nishikawa: Department of General Internal Medicine, Hirata Central Hospital, Hirata 963-8202, Japan
Tomohiro Morita: Department of General Internal Medicine, Soma Central Hospital, Soma 976-0016, Japan
Hiroshi Nagami: Institute for Prevention of Pesticide Adverse Effect on Human, Yamatokoriyama 639-1001, Japan
Kayako Sakisaka: Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health, Itabash, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan
Sanzida Mubassara: Department of Botany, Jahangirnagar University, Savar Union 1342, Bangladesh
Masaharu Tsubokura: Department of General Internal Medicine, Hirata Central Hospital, Hirata 963-8202, Japan

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 17, 1-8

Abstract: Protecting the health of farmworkers is a crucial issue. Previous studies report that safety training and educational interventions might increase farmworkers’ protective behaviors. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of distributing a checklist as an interventional measure for pesticide protection in rural Asia, where pesticide poisoning is a major problem. This study was a community-based interventional study, using the distribution of a checklist with pesticide protective habits in Narail district, Bangladesh, with a total of 100 eligible males. Two questionnaire surveys were conducted before distributing the checklist and 25 days after. Change between the baseline and follow-up surveys was measured by frequency scores of protective behavior. The average pesticide-protective behavioral score increased from 4.58 in the baseline survey to 8.11 in the follow-up. Additionally, the checklist was more effective in the group with higher education, the younger group, and the group with lower pesticide-protective behavioral scores in the baseline survey. The paper checklist on protective behaviors against pesticide poisoning was effective because of the increase in the frequency of such positive behavior among farmworkers. Thus, intervention measures should be implemented to increase the knowledge and awareness regarding pesticide protection habits to protect the health of farmworkers.

Keywords: farmworker; checklist; interventional study; occupational health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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