Pesticides use and health impacts on farmers in Thailand, Vietnam, and Lao PDR: Protocol for a survey of knowledge, behaviours and blood acetyl cholinesterase concentrations.

Autor: Hughes D; Faculty of Medicine, Health & Life Science, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom., Thongkum W; Faculty of Public Health, Mahasarakham University, Tambon Khamriang, Amphur Kantarawichai, Mahasarakham, Thailand., Tudpor K; Faculty of Public Health, Mahasarakham University, Tambon Khamriang, Amphur Kantarawichai, Mahasarakham, Thailand., Turnbull N; Faculty of Public Health, Mahasarakham University, Tambon Khamriang, Amphur Kantarawichai, Mahasarakham, Thailand., Yukalang N; Faculty of Public Health, Mahasarakham University, Tambon Khamriang, Amphur Kantarawichai, Mahasarakham, Thailand., Sychareun V; Faculty of Public Health, University of Health Sciences, Vientiane, Lao PDR., Van Vo T; Institute for Community Health Research, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University, Hue City, Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam., Win LL; Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine, Taunggyi, Myanmar., Watkins A; Faculty of Medicine, Health & Life Science, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom., Jordan S; Faculty of Medicine, Health & Life Science, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2021 Sep 30; Vol. 16 (9), pp. e0258134. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 30 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258134
Abstrakt: Pesticides use in Southeast Asia has increased steadily, driven by the growth of large-scale commercial farming, as well as a desire to maximise food production in rural subsistence economies. Given that use of chemical pesticides, such as organophosphates and carbamates, has known potential health impacts, there are concerns about the safety of agricultural workers, and a need for a better evidence base to underpin regulation and worker education. This study, undertaken in 9 districts in Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam, will interview agricultural workers to investigate how they use pesticides, their knowledge of risks and self-protective practices, and their self-reported illness symptoms. In each district researchers will recruit and interview 120 participants engaged in vegetable farming, who have recently used pesticides, making a total of 1080 subjects divided equally between the three study countries. Workers' degree of pesticides exposure will be determined from acetyl cholinesterase concentrations in capillary blood samples collected using field test kits, and these data will be analysed together with the interview findings. Country findings will be compared and contrasted, and general patterns noted. Knowledge gained about risky behaviours, self-protective practices and degree of association with serious pesticides exposure will assist policy makers and inform health improvement programmes.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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