The effectiveness of health belief program on pesticide prevention behavior among the farmers

Abstract

This research was an experimental study to examine the effectiveness of health belief program on pesticide prevention behavior among the farmers. Samples were 61 famers in Moo 10 Nongbua subdistrict, Kosumphisai district, Mahasarakham province. Thirty one famers participated in the experimental group and 30 in control group. The experimental group joined the health belief program. Data were collected by using questionnaire on perception of health belief in farmer and questionnaire on pesticide prevention behaviors in farmer. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon testand Mann-Whitney U test. The result before implementation, there was no difference of the perception of health belief between experimental group and control group but pesticide prevention behaviors was significantly difference. After the experimentation, the experimental group had mean scores regarding the perception of health belief and pesticide prevention behaviors significantly higher than that before program (p<0.01). The experimental group had mean score of the perception of health belief and pesticide prevention behaviors significantly higher than that of the control group (p<0.01). This study shows that the health belief program on pesticide prevention behavior among the farmer are productive. Increasing the level of perceived health belief and pesticide prevention behaviour.