Health Situation of Farmers from the use of Pesticides in Group T60.0, Mueang District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Abstract

The purposes of this research were Study the health situation of farmers from the use of pesticides in group T60.0. Applied geographic information system showing areas of health risk from pesticide use And analyze the relationship between the size of the planting area and the time of planting and the process of planting vegetables and the maintenance of vegetables That affects the health of farmers in Mueang District Nakhon Ratchasima Province. The population is vegetable growers in Mueang District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, in the amount of 1,716 people. The sample consisted of 333 people, by opening the Taro Yamane table. The prediction level was 5 percent. Stratified random sampling. Conducted a study of 1 representative from each household. The tools used for collecting data were structured interview forms. Content validity test The 3 experts had the accuracy level 0.5 with the accuracy of 0.83. The statistics used were frequency, percentage and correlation coefficient of Pearson Correlation. The results, Most vegetable growers are female. (55.13%), the average age is 51-60 years (33.33%), marital status (80.77%), primary education (68.38%), the average monthly income is about 4,001-6,000 baht (39.74%) status Fair financial (73.93%) Planted area 1-5 Rai (53.41%) Rental area (56.41%) Most of them were related to pesticides, which were in the sprayed area (90.60%) and by themselves (39.74%). Chlorine ester enzyme test results Risk level (42.30%) Unsafe level (33.00%), The map, found 3 sub-districts that have health risks at unsafe level, namely Pru Yai Sub-district, Mueang Subdistrict District and Pudsa Sub-district. The relationship between the size of the planting area and the planting period has a negative relationship (r = -0.548). The planting and maintenance procedures have a significant positive (r = 0.329) direction. Statistically at the level of 0.01.