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  title info:
    title: Health effects of pesticide among vegetable farmers and the adaptation level of integrated pest management program in Nepal, 2013
  name:
    name part: NHRC
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    date issued: c2016
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: vii,47p.
  abstract: SUMMARY: Introduction: Exposure to pesticides has been growing as a major public health challenge in developing countries. Overuse and misuse of pesticides have several acute and chronic adverse health consequences. Government of Nepal has implemented Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program to minimize the use of pesticides over the country, however farmers misuse and overuse pesticides in an agriculture sector. Organophosphate insecticide is commonly used pesticide in Nepal which inhibits the neurotransmitter acetyl cholinesterase and affects the central and peripheral nervous system. Organophosphate and organochlorine affect the endocrine system which can lead to diabetes mellitus. Apart from the limited information available on pesticide exposure from small scale studies, there do not exist large scale population level studies. Also, limited information exists on health hazards of pesticides. This study was designed to assess pesticide exposure level and its health effects and further to assess the adaptation process of Integrated Pest Management in Nepal. Materials & methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted during July 2013 to June 2014, with data collection spread from January 2014 to April 2014. Prior to data collection, ethical approval was sought from the independent Ethical Review Board of the Nepal Health Research Council. A sample size of 660 was calculated. Mix method (Qualitative and Quantitative) was used to collect data and two stage cluster sampling was applied using a mix of probability proportionate to size (PPS) and a simple random sampling using the sampling frame from the Annual Progress Report of Potato, Vegetable and Masala Development Program 2011 to select the participants. Primary sampling unit of this study was vegetable program. There were a total of 168 vegetable programs running across 75 districts of Nepal. Out of the total 168 vegetable programs, 15 vegetable programs were selected using PPS sampling method. A vegetable program…
  note: Research Report.
  subject:
    topic: Health effects
  subject:
    topic: Pesticide among vegetable farmers
  subject:
    topic: Adaptation level
  subject:
    topic: Integrated pest management
  subject:
    topic: Nepal
  classification: RES00793
  identifier: http://nhrc.gov.np/contact/
  record info:
    record creation date: 181219