Factors Associated with Health Problems from Rice Farming of Rice Farmers in Nakhon Ratchasima Province
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Most rice farmers face risks from working, resulting in health problems from farming. This cross-sectional analytical research aimed to study health problems from rice farming and factors related to health problems among rice farmers in Nakhon Ratchasima Province. The samples were 376 rice farmers from 3 districts in Nakhon Ratchasima province. Data was collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using mean and standard deviation, including relationship analysis using multiple linear regression at 0.05 significantly. The results showed that health problems from farming were holistically moderate. The statistically significant factors associated with health problems from farming include exposures to ergonomic health hazards, psychosocial health hazards, chemical health hazards, biological health hazards, physical health hazards, knowledge about safety farming, self-confidence in actions for preventing health problems, self-expectations for results in action to prevent health problems, and behavior to prevent health problems. These factors have explained the relationship to the health problems from farming for 52.60%. Therefore, relevant agencies should promote health risk reduction innovations to support farming processes, work behavior modification, and properly manage self-stress.
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