Kim Kyungsu, Kim Hyocher, Choi Dongphil, Lee Hyeongyeong, Kim Insoo, Choi Wonjong
Agricultural Safety and Health Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.
J Agromedicine. 2022 Jan;27(1):64-74. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2021.1879700. Epub 2021 Jul 24.
Objective data on farmers' awareness of occupational safety and health are needed for the development of national policy measures. Yet, relevant research is lacking in South Korea.
This study investigated occupational safety and health education experience, perceived needs for prevention services, and factors affecting these among South Korean farmers. The data are from a personal-visit survey conducted on 9,970 sample farms nationwide.
While 69.9% of the farmers felt the need for agricultural health and safety education and 60.6% were willing to receive it, only 30.3% had at least one educational experience. A total of 51.9% felt the need for professional on-farm services. By group, education experience and perceived need for prevention services were consistently low among women, people aged 70 or older, low-income individuals, or farmers with a farming career duration of less than five years. Experience of safety and health education increased the desire for other prevention services: people who had received safety and health education were 6.4 times more likely to feel the need for education, 5.5 times more willing to participate in education, 2.0 times more likely to feel the need to improve their work environments, and 1.7 times more likely to feel the need for professional on-farm services.
Despite the high desire for injury prevention services, farmers have had very limited opportunities to receive safety education; measures are also needed for groups whose safety education has been neglected. Further studies on education methods and on-farm services tailored to South Korean farmers are needed.
制定国家政策措施需要有关农民职业安全与健康意识的客观数据。然而，韩国缺乏相关研究。
本研究调查了韩国农民的职业安全与健康教育经历、对预防服务的感知需求以及影响这些的因素。数据来自对全国9970个样本农场进行的个人走访调查。
虽然69.9%的农民认为有必要接受农业健康与安全教育，60.6%的农民愿意接受，但只有30.3%的农民至少有过一次教育经历。共有51.9%的农民认为需要专业的农场服务。按群体划分，女性、70岁及以上的人、低收入者或务农年限少于五年的农民，其教育经历和对预防服务的感知需求一直较低。安全与健康教育经历增加了对其他预防服务的渴望：接受过安全与健康教育的人感觉有必要接受教育的可能性高6.4倍，愿意参与教育的可能性高5.5倍，感觉有必要改善工作环境的可能性高2.0倍，感觉有必要获得专业农场服务的可能性高1.7倍。
尽管对伤害预防服务的需求很高，但农民接受安全教育的机会非常有限；对于那些安全教育被忽视的群体也需要采取措施。需要进一步研究适合韩国农民的教育方法和农场服务。
