Balikesir University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Public Health Nursing, Balikesir, Turkey.
Karabuk University Health Sciences Faculty, Midwifery Department, Demir Çelik Campus, Karabuk, Turkey.
Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig. 2020;71(3):341-348. doi: 10.32394/rpzh.2020.0123.
The determination of farmers' knowledge and attitudes towards pesticide use is very important in terms of preventing pesticide use-related short- and long-term damages.
This study was aimed at investigating the relationship between the sociodemographic characteristics of farmers in Karacabey District of Bursa, a province in northwest Turkey, and their knowledge and attitudes towards pesticide use.
This cross-sectional study was conducted in Karacabey district between December 2018 and April 2019. The sample size was calculated as 1924 using the Epi info program by assuming the prevalence as 50%, type I error as 5%, standard deviation as 3% and design effect as 2. The dependent variable of the study was the farmers' knowledge of and attitudes towards pesticide use whereas the independent variables were their sociodemographic characteristics. The relationship between the dependent and independent variables was analyzed using the chi-square test and binary logistic regression model.
The mean score the participants obtained from the Knowledge and Attitude Index was 12.8±2.8 and the median value was 13. While 49.5% of the participating farmers obtained a score lower than the median, 51.5% of them obtained a score equal to or above the median. While advanced age increased the possibility of getting a low score from the Knowledge and Attitude Index 2.7 times, not being married increased it 35.7 times, not getting formal education increased it 30.1 times, living in a non-crowded household increased it 2.1 times, and low income (2000 Turkish liras equal to ≤$310 according to April 2019 exchange rates) increased it 3.1 times.
The study indicated that the participating farmers' knowledge and attitudes towards the proper use of pesticides were inadequate, and that there was a strong relationship between their Knowledge and Attitude Index scores and their sociodemographic characteristics.
了解农民对农药使用的知识和态度非常重要，因为这可以预防与农药使用相关的短期和长期损害。
本研究旨在调查土耳其西北部布尔萨省卡拉切贝伊地区农民的社会人口学特征与他们对农药使用的知识和态度之间的关系。
本横断面研究于 2018 年 12 月至 2019 年 4 月在卡拉切贝伊区进行。使用 Epi info 程序，根据流行率为 50%、I 型错误率为 5%、标准差为 3%和设计效应为 2%，计算出样本量为 1924。研究的因变量是农民对农药使用的知识和态度，而自变量是他们的社会人口学特征。使用卡方检验和二元逻辑回归模型分析了因变量和自变量之间的关系。
参与者从知识和态度指数中获得的平均得分为 12.8±2.8，中位数为 13。虽然 49.5%的参与农民的得分低于中位数，但 51.5%的农民的得分等于或高于中位数。年龄较大使获得知识和态度指数低分的可能性增加了 2.7 倍，未婚使获得知识和态度指数低分的可能性增加了 35.7 倍，未接受正规教育使获得知识和态度指数低分的可能性增加了 30.1 倍，居住在非拥挤家庭使获得知识和态度指数低分的可能性增加了 2.1 倍，而低收入（2000 土耳其里拉相当于 2019 年 4 月的≤$310）使获得知识和态度指数低分的可能性增加了 3.1 倍。
研究表明，参与农民对农药合理使用的知识和态度不足，他们的知识和态度指数得分与社会人口学特征之间存在很强的关系。
