Impact of Pesticide Awareness module (PAM) in Improving the knowledge of Farmers Community about Pesticide Poisoning: A Pre- and Post- Intervention Study in Wardha District in Maharashtra, India | Zendy

Sonali Chalakh | Zendy; Priti Desai | Zendy; Dhirajsingh Rajput | Zendy

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Impact of Pesticide Awareness module (PAM) in Improving the knowledge of Farmers Community about Pesticide Poisoning: A Pre- and Post- Intervention Study in Wardha District in Maharashtra, India

Author(s) -

Sonali Chalakh,

Priti Desai,

Dhirajsingh Rajput

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of pharmaceutical research international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2456-9119

DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i38b32111

Subject(s) - pesticide , environmental health , significant difference , intervention (counseling) , medicine , toxicology , test (biology) , socioeconomics , nursing , biology , paleontology , agronomy , sociology

Background:Pesticide poisoning is a major concern in developing countries like India due to a lack of knowledge about its hazardous effect. It can be minimised by creating awareness among the farmers .This study was conducted to assess the impact of pesticide awareness module in improving the awareness among the farmers' community about pesticide poisoning. Methodology: This was a pre and Post-intervention study in six villages in the Wardha district in Maharashtra. Forty farmers from six villages were interviewed regarding the knowledge, about pesticide poisoning before and after the sensitization with pesticide awareness module with the predesigned questionnaire. Result: Statistically high significant difference is detected in pre and post-test. It was found that average Pre-test score was 1.84 (out of 10) which was increased in post-test score to 6.52(out of 10). The observed change was 46.79%. Conclusion: The intervention of PAM was highly effective in knowledge gaining of farmer community

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