分析影响埃塞俄比亚西南部农民安全农药处理实践的因素:对政策的影响
Hawi Hussen Ahmed1, Higemengist Astatike1, Samuel Fekadu1
1Department of Environmental Health Science and Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Environmental health insights
|June 3, 2024
概括
只有45.7%的埃塞俄比亚农民实行安全的农药处理. 教育,农业经验和积极的态度显著改善了安全的农药处理 (SPHP) 实践,这对于减轻健康风险至关重要.
科学领域:
- 农业科学 农业科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 环境健康 环境健康
背景情况:
- 杀虫剂对于农业生产力至关重要,但由于处理不当,会给健康带来风险.
- 在低收入国家,特别是埃塞俄比亚,关于安全的农药处理实践的数据有限.
- 不充分的农药管理对人类健康产生重大影响.
研究的目的:
- 评估埃塞俄比亚农民实施安全农药处理实践的情况.
- 确定与埃塞俄比亚农业环境中的安全农药处理实践相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及468名随机选择的农民的横截面研究.
- 通过结构化问卷和面对面采访收集的数据.
- 二元物流回归分析用于识别与安全农药处理实践 (SPHP) 相关的因素.
主要成果:
- 只有45.7%的农民报告说他们安全地处理农药.
- 高等教育,5年农业经验和对安全的良好态度与更好的SPHP有关.
- 拥有小学教育或以上学历的农民实行SPHP的可能性是其两倍;具有有利态度的农民的可能性是其4.2倍.
结论:
- 在埃塞俄比亚农民中,安全的农药处理实践不足于最佳.
- 学历,农业经验和态度是SPHP的关键决定因素.
- 针对这些因素的干预措施对于减少与农药使用相关的健康风险至关重要.
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