scholarly journals The impact of different education strategies on rice farmers’ knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) about pesticide use

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Sharif Sharifzadeh ◽  
Gholamhossein Abdollahzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Pesticide Use ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practice of pesticide use and serum cholinesterase levels among rice farmers in Nakhon Nayok Province, Thailand

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 379-387
Author(s):  
Sapsatree Santaweesuk ◽  
Paisit Boonyakawee ◽  
Wattasit Siriwong
Keyword(s):  
Health Effects ◽  
Pesticide Exposure ◽  
Serum Cholinesterase ◽  
Pesticide Use ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
The Government ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

PurposeThe study purposes were to investigate the knowledge, attitude and practice of pesticide use and to determine the levels of serum cholinesterase among rice farmers in Nakhon Nayok province, Thailand.Design/methodology/approachA cross-sectional study was carried out in communities in Nakhon Nayok Province, Thailand. Multistage random sampling was employed, selecting one person per each rice farmer household. Data was collected from 188 rice farmers using a structured face-to-face interview questionnaire. A reactive-paper finger-blood test was used to determine SChE levels. Chi-square test was used to determine the relationship between the practice of pesticide use and SChE levels.FindingsThe results indicated that the rice farmers had a fairly good knowledge and a neutral attitude toward the practice of pesticide use. Most of the respondents had a fairly proper practice of pesticide use. However, serum cholinesterase levels of the farmers were unsafe and risky. It signified that 68.1% of the farmers had a health risk from using pesticides. The prevalence of abnormal SChE levels among rice farmers with improper use was significantly higher than that among rice farmers who had a proper use.Research limitations/implicationsThe result provided a guideline for operational planning and control and prevention of health effects from pesticides use in farmers or other agriculturists who use pesticides in cultivation.Practical implicationsConcerned local agencies especially health-related agencies are able to conduct a training to educate and build safety awareness including monitoring continuously the safety behaviors toward pesticides use. It can be implemented by establishing leaders from health promoting hospitals led by village health volunteers, community leaders and participation from farmers to collaboratively monitor proper use of pesticides beginning with health surveillance in the abnormal SChE group to be screened for pesticide exposure every six months or one year.Social implicationsFarmers gained knowledge and understanding of pesticides use and used it properly, which resulted in a reduction of pesticide residues in body as well as in the environment. In addition, the government policy should legislate measures for related agencies to promote proper use of pesticides. For instance, Department of Agriculture, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives should regularly supervise, monitor and inspect the production and distribution of pesticides in local shops and also systematically encourage agriculturists to adopt using pesticides that are less harmful.Originality/valueHaving knowledge, understanding and proper practices toward pesticides use, farmers can reduce health effects of pesticides use in themselves and family members.

Assessment of parental knowledge, attitude and practice towards antibiotic use in children

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-41
Author(s):  
Thejaswini Karanth ◽  
Someswar Deb ◽  
Lal Ruatpuii Zadeng ◽  
Rajeswari Ramasamy ◽  
Teena Nazeem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parental Knowledge ◽  
Antibiotic Use ◽  
Case Report Form ◽  
Standard Case ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Antibiotics Use ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Objective to assess the impact of pharmacist assisted counselling in improving Parental Knowledge, Attitude and Practice [KAP] towards antibiotic use in children. A Prospective, Educational Interventional Study was conducted in 200 subjects, from the randomly chosen communities in Bangalore. The investigators did door to door visit. The primary demographics data of parents and their children were collected using standard Case Report Form (CRF), and the baseline towards antibiotic use in Children was obtained from parents using validated Questionnaire. In the presence of both parents, only one was supposed to answer the Questionnaire. Pharmacist assisted parent centred interventional counselling was provided with the help of Patient Information Leaflet1s (PIL). Follow-up and post interventional KAP assessment were done after two months from the baseline measurement. The changes in parental KAP towards antibiotics use in children were being assessed by comparing the Pretest and Posttest responses using statistical analysis. The knowledge of parents towards antibiotic use in children was medium to good in the baseline KAP assessment; however, in the majority of the participating parents it was not satisfactory in attitude and practice domains. A statistically significant improvement was seen in the KAP of parents towards antibiotic use in children after the pharmacist assisted interventional counselling. Thus, Investigators could bring excellent changes in the knowledge part; whereas the result for changes in the Attitude and Practice was good to medium respectively.

Knowledge, Attitude And Practice Towards Routine Medical Examination Among University Lecturers In Rivers State

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 648-656
Author(s):  
Ene Emilia Abigo ◽  
J. E. F. Okpako
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Medical Examination ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
University Lecturers ◽  
Rivers State ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

The study examined the knowledge, attitude and practice of routine medical examination among university lecturers in Rivers State. A descriptive survey research design was adopted. The sample size consisted of 381 (12% of the total population) on a random sampling technique. Three research questions guided the study. A self-structured instruments titled “Knowledge Attitude and Practice of Routine Medical Examination Scale (KAPRME), Cronbach Alpha value of 0.78 was obtained for the content reliability. Simple percentage, Mean and standard deviation were used to analyse research questions. Findings showed that University Lecturers in Rivers State have knowledge and positive attitude on Routine Medical Examination. But, there is low level of practice for routine medical examination among the universities lecturers in Rivers State. Based on the findings, it was concluded that lecturers are aware of the impact of Routine Medical Examination but most times claim to be task-oriented taking for granted the nitty-gritty of life to be healthy. It was recommended that University administrators vis-à-vis individual lecturers should place optimum priority to Routine Medical Examination at least twice a year.

scholarly journals Implementasi Model Bada dalam Pengendalian Schistosomiasis di Desa Lengkeka, Kecamatan Lore Barat, Kabupaten Poso, Sulawesi Tengah

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Erlan ◽  
Junus Widjaja ◽  
Anis Nur Widayati ◽  
Malonda Maksud ◽  
Intan Tolistiawaty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Schistosomiasis Control ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Endemic Areas ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Central Sulawesi ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Abstract Schistosomiasis in Indonesia has been found in three endemic areas of Central Sulawesi Province and its control program has long been implemented for more than 35 years, but the transmission has remained unchanged. A new integrated and community based strategy, namely “Bada”was implemented in Lengkeka Village.in 2019. The study aimed to determine the impact of the implementation of Bada model to control schistosomiasis using mixed methods. The Bada model consisted of four actions, namely design of village regulations, formation of schistosomiasis control team, the improvement of capacity for several key persons and integrated schistosomiasis control with various sectors. The results showed the increase of stool collection coverage from 54.59% in 2018 to 71.92% in 2019 and the mass drug administration coverage, from 53% in 2018 to 86.04% in 2019. The snail focci areas were reduced from five to three areas. The schistosomiasis prevalence in human was 0% in 2019. The study also found the increasing of the knowledge, attitude, and practice about schistosomiasis and its prevention of people in the study area.. Based on the results, the Bada model can be considered to be implemented in other schistosomiasis endemic areas, with regard to the local wisdom. Keywords: Schistosomiasis, community empowerment, development of Bada model, Lengkeka, Poso Abstrak Schistosomiasis di Indonesia ditemukan di Provinsi Sulawesi Tengah dan upaya pengendalian sudah dilakukan selama lebih dari 35 tahun terakhir, tetapi sampai saat ini penularan masih terjadi. Sebuah strategi baru pengendalian schistosomiasis terintegrasi dan berbasis masyarakat, yang disebut pengembangan model “Bada” diimplementasikan di Desa Lengkeka tahun 2019. Penelitian dilakukan dengan mixed methods Pengembangan tersebut terdiri atas empat kegiatan, yaitu penyusunan peraturan desa, pembentukan tim pengendalian Schistosomiasis desa/Tim Peda’, peningkatan kapasitas dalam pengendalian schistosomiasis melalui beberapa tokoh masyarakat dan program pengendalian Schistosomiasis terintegrasi lintas sektor. Hasil implementasi menunjukkan terjadi penurunan kasus schistosomiasis pada manusia dan hewan mamalia ternak menjadi nol, meningkatkan cakupan pengumpulan tinja manusia, dari 54,59% menjadi 71,92%, juga meningkatkan cakupan pengobatan dari 53% pada tahun 2018 menjadi 86,04% pada tahun 2019. Pengembangan Model Bada dapat menurunkan jumlah daerah fokus dari 5 menjadi 3 daerah fokus, juga menambah pengetahuan, sikap dan perilaku masyarakat secara signifikan. Berdasarkan hasil tersebut Pengembangan Model Bada dapat dipertimbangkan untuk diimplementasikan di daerah endemis schistosomiasis lain di Provinsi Sulawesi Tengah, dengan tetap mempertimbangkan kearifan lokal masingmasing desa. Kata kunci: Schistosomiasis, pemberdayaan masyarakat, pengembangan model Bada, Lengkeka, Poso.

scholarly journals Impact of Nutrition Education on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) Levels of Selected Osteoporotic Subjects

2022 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-109
Author(s):  
B. Deshpande ◽  
◽  
C. Divya ◽  
K. Hiremath
Keyword(s):  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Knowledge Gain ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Family Medical History ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Male Subjects ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice ◽  
Female Subjects

The study was undertaken to evaluate the impact of nutrition education on knowledge, attitude and practice levels of thirty volunteer osteoporotic subjects visiting orthopedic clinics of Davangere district of Karnataka state. Socioeconomic and nutritional status was assessed by standard procedures and nutrition education imparted on relevant aspects. A well-structured questionnaire of 15 statements with multiple answers was developed and used before and after one day counselling to determine knowledge, attitude and practice of the subjects. Hypertension was the common family medical history followed by diabetes mellitus and fractures. Absence of physical activities or exercises was evident. Rice was consumed on daily basis whereas ragi on weekly basis by maximum number of respondents. Grade I obesity was more prevalent among males (20%) than female (5%) whereas Grade II obesity was only observed in females (30%). Assessment of knowledge gain after nutrition education revealed that Per centage gain in knowledge was more among male subjects (54.8%) than female subjects (36.9%) and that of attitude for both the subjects was at a range of 35.6 to 36.5%. The per cent gain in practice was slightly higher among male subjects (19.3%) compared to female subjects (15.0%) The overall per centage gain of knowledge, attitude and practice for all subjects was 42.9 per cent, 37.4 per cent and 15.4 per cent respectively which was statistically significant (p<0.05) indicating the positive impact of nutrition education on KAP levels of the subjects.

Impact of Nutrition Education Interventions on Knowledge Attitude and Practice of Food Hygiene and Food Safety Habits of Food Handlers from various Food Service Establishments

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Food Service ◽  
Food Hygiene ◽  
Food Handlers ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Food Borne ◽  
Education Interventions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Food-borne illnesses have a dramatic impact in both developing and developed countries. The health status of the food handlers, their personal hygiene, knowledge and practice of food hygiene play an important role in food contamination. The aim of this review is to study the impact of nutrition education interventions on knowledge attitude and practice of food hygiene and food safety habits of food handlers from various food service establishments. Two hundred and fourty eight food handlers were selected by simple random sampling method from various food service establishments were involved in the study. A pretest posttest experimental design was employed among randomly selected food handlers to study the impact of nutrition education intervention on food safety and hygiene knowledge attitude and practice of food handlers. Significant increase in the knowledge attitude and practice of food safety and hygiene among food handlers were observed after nutrition education. The study shows that nutrition education is the need of the hour which would help food handlers to imbibe food safety and hygiene knowledge attitude and practice to prevent transmission of food-borne pathogens to the public during food preparation.

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