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...

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Main Author:	Selamat, Mohamad Ikhsan
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2002
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health Hygiene Preventive Medicine
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spelling	my-usm-ep.363272017-08-25T00:53:21Z An intervention study to improve safe behaviour of pesticide handling among tobacco planters in Bachok, Kelantan 2002 Selamat, Mohamad Ikhsan RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine 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). 2002 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/36327/ http://eprints.usm.my/36327/1/Dr_Mohamad_Ikhsan_Selamat_-_TNM_%28NN24%29.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan (School of Medical Sciences)
institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
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language	English
topic	RA0421 Public health Hygiene Preventive Medicine
spellingShingle	RA0421 Public health Hygiene Preventive Medicine Selamat, Mohamad Ikhsan An intervention study to improve safe behaviour of pesticide handling among tobacco planters in Bachok, Kelantan
description	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).
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Selamat, Mohamad Ikhsan
author_facet	Selamat, Mohamad Ikhsan
author_sort	Selamat, Mohamad Ikhsan
title	An intervention study to improve safe behaviour of pesticide handling among tobacco planters in Bachok, Kelantan
title_short	An intervention study to improve safe behaviour of pesticide handling among tobacco planters in Bachok, Kelantan
title_full	An intervention study to improve safe behaviour of pesticide handling among tobacco planters in Bachok, Kelantan
title_fullStr	An intervention study to improve safe behaviour of pesticide handling among tobacco planters in Bachok, Kelantan
title_full_unstemmed	An intervention study to improve safe behaviour of pesticide handling among tobacco planters in Bachok, Kelantan
title_sort	intervention study to improve safe behaviour of pesticide handling among tobacco planters in bachok, kelantan
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan (School of Medical Sciences)
publishDate	2002
url	http://eprints.usm.my/36327/1/Dr_Mohamad_Ikhsan_Selamat_-_TNM_%28NN24%29.pdf
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An intervention study to improve safe behaviour of pesticide handling among tobacco planters in Bachok, Kelantan

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