Factors Associated with Safe Use of Agricultural Pesticides in Minnesota

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• Personal Author:
  Carr WP ; Halberg JU ; Hillmer T ; Leonard PR ; Mandel JH ; Mandel JS ; Sanderson, Wayne T.
• Description:
  This study obtained data on chemically resistant glove and other protective equipment use as they relate to the type of farming practice, demographic characteristics of farmers and their farming operations, farmers' preventive health beliefs and behaviors, and factors related to their health care. Data were obtained by telephone interviews conducted in six rural Minnesota counties. Survey respondents totaled 1,327 (82% response rate), with 502 reporting pesticide use. Ninety-five percent of the latter respondents believed in the effectiveness of protective equipment and 88 percent believed that pesticide exposures are harmful. Fifty-six percent of the subjects wore chemically resistant gloves and 22 percent wore other protective clothing 75 percent of the time or more when using pesticides. Glove use and certification to use restricted pesticides was less frequent for women. The use of protective equipment in this group of Minnesota farmers was weakly related to being certified to apply restricted pesticides, believing in the effectiveness of protective clothing, believing that smoking causes serious health problems, using crop insecticides, and distance to a health care facility. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Insecticides Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-chemicals Agricultural-workers Gloves Pesticides Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Protective-clothing Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs
• ISSN:
  0890-765X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  301-310
• Volume:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024884
• Citation:
  J Rural Health 1996 Dec; 12(S4):301-310
• Contact Point Address:
  W. Peter Carr, MPH, Research Fellow, Enviromental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Box 807, 420 Delaware St., S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19910601
• Source Full Name:
  The Journal of Rural Health
• Supplement:
  S4
• End Date:
  19960630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:67ce24244b876520c145e818164998cbdfda72a84ea6fbdfeb58b77b503f6d1a9bee83b54e24a57272351025838fba34e3e59df8606d9089916d6dff6cd2628d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196476/cdc_196476_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 699.11 KB ]