Development of Health Promotion Program to Reduce the use of Pesticides for Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention of Farmers
Keywords:
health promotion program development, reduce the use of pesticides, non-communicable diseases, farmersAbstract
The purposes of this research were to develop a health promotion program to reduce the use of pesticides in order to prevent non-communicable diseases in farmers and to study the effectiveness of the program. The sample comprised of 40 registered farmers from Mae -Chan, Chiang-Rai. The research methodology was divided into 2 phases. Phase1: Develop health promotion program to reduce the use of pesticides for the prevention of non-communicable diseases in farmers. Phase 2: Pre and Post evaluation of participation in health promotion program to reduce the use of pesticides for the prevention of noncommunicable diseases in farmers. The instrument used in the research was the questionnaire to assess ฅfarmers’ knowledge on pesticide use to prevent non-communicable diseases. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, and Paired t-test. The results showed that the behavioral scores for pesticide use before and after receiving the health promotion program was significantly different. (t = 14.866, p <.05).
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