Effectiveness of participatory training for the promotion of work-related health and safety among Korean farmers
- Authors
- Kim, Jin-Seok; Yoon, Seong-Yong; Cho, Seong-Yong; Kim, Sang-Kyu; Chung, In-Sung; Shin, Hyeong-Soo
- Issue Date
- Jul-2017
- Publisher
- National Institute of Industrial Health
- Keywords
- Agricultural workers' diseases; Farmers; Education; Accidents; Occupational
- Citation
- Industrial Health, v.55, no.4, pp 391 - 401
- Pages
- 11
- Journal Title
- Industrial Health
- Volume
- 55
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 391
- End Page
- 401
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/7403
- ISSN
- 0019-8366
- Abstract
- This study was conducted to explore the effectiveness of participatory training for promoting farmer's health and reducing agricultural work-related injuries. Candidates for this study included 595 farmers in 8 rural villages of South Korea. The one-day course participatory training was administered to 217 (36.5%) farmers and included an action-checklist, a good example presentation, and group discussion. The follow-up visit to participants' houses and farms was performed after 1 to 3 months. A direct interview survey was administered pre- and post-trainings. The total number of proposed action plans for the improvement of working condition was 620. It was observed that 61.5% of action plans (72.2% of short term and 41.3% of long term plans) were completely implemented. In regards to health and safety indices, the proportion of current smokers was reduced from 29.8% to 25.3% in the group that underwent training. The pesticide intoxication was reduced from 16.1% to 4.8% in participants that underwent training. However, the agricultural injury rate was unchanged in both groups. This study reports significant beneficial effects of participatory training in the agriculture sector in Korea.
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