Effectiveness of safety training program on use of pesticides and eliminate pests of farmers in Kaset Wisai Subdistrict Municipality, Roi-Et

Abstract

Purpose :  To  compare  knowledge, attitudes and practices  on  use of pesticides and eliminate pests of farmers in Kaset Wisai subdistrict Municipality Roi-Et Province

Design :  Qua-si  Experimental   Design

Materials and Methods : It was a qua-si experimental study. 65 of subjects were farmers in Kaset Wisai subdistrict municipality who meet the criteria for culling and culling and domiciled in Kaset Wisai subdistrict municipality from September, 2018 – September, 2019, 30 of subjects into experimental group and 35 of subjects into control group. Data were collected by using a questionnaire with a reliability of 0.74. Data were analyzed using univariate analysis and multivariate analysis.

Main Findings : After  intervention, it was found that the subjects in experimental group had significantly increased  knowledge scores when compared with control group (p <.001) with a 5.20 score increase (95% CI; 4.444, 5.955), The experimental group had a significantly higher attitude score when compared with the control group (p <.001) with a 0.83 score increase (95% CI; 0.580,1.076), and

and subjects in experimental group had scores of practices increased significantly when compared to control group (p <.001) with a 0.83 score increase (95% CI; 0.629,1.023).

Conclusion and recommendations:  The results of the research indicate that a training program results in the samples' knowledge, attitude and practice scores, so that relevant agencies should continue to develop their target groups.