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.

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...

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Autores principales:	David Hughes, Wisit Thongkum, Kukiat Tudpor, Niruwan Turnbull, Nachalida Yukalang, Vanphanom Sychareun, Thang Van Vo, Latt Latt Win, Alan Watkins, Sue Jordan
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:56c05b0c2cad4653823e6662d57398732021-12-02T20:13:52ZPesticides use and health impacts on farmers in Thailand, Vietnam, and Lao PDR: Protocol for a survey of knowledge, behaviours and blood acetyl cholinesterase concentrations.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0258134https://doaj.org/article/56c05b0c2cad4653823e6662d57398732021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258134https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Pesticides 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.David HughesWisit ThongkumKukiat TudporNiruwan TurnbullNachalida YukalangVanphanom SychareunThang Van VoLatt Latt WinAlan WatkinsSue JordanPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 9, p e0258134 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q David Hughes Wisit Thongkum Kukiat Tudpor Niruwan Turnbull Nachalida Yukalang Vanphanom Sychareun Thang Van Vo Latt Latt Win Alan Watkins Sue Jordan 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.
description	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.
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author	David Hughes Wisit Thongkum Kukiat Tudpor Niruwan Turnbull Nachalida Yukalang Vanphanom Sychareun Thang Van Vo Latt Latt Win Alan Watkins Sue Jordan
author_facet	David Hughes Wisit Thongkum Kukiat Tudpor Niruwan Turnbull Nachalida Yukalang Vanphanom Sychareun Thang Van Vo Latt Latt Win Alan Watkins Sue Jordan
author_sort	David Hughes
title	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.
title_short	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.
title_full	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.
title_fullStr	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.
title_full_unstemmed	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.
title_sort	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.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/56c05b0c2cad4653823e6662d5739873
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