1Associate Professor, Poltekkes Kemenkes, Jakarta, Indonesia
2Senior Lecturers, Poltekkes Kemenkes, Jakarta, Indonesia
3Associate Professor Poltekkes Kemenkes, Semarang, Indonesia
4Deputy to Chairman, STIA & Manajemen Kepelabuhan Barunawati, Surabaya, Indonesia
*Corresponding Author: Kusrini Wulandari, Poltekkes Kemenkes, Jakarta, Indonesia
Online published on 30 August, 2018.
Vegetable is a plant that has a high economic value but susceptible to pests and diseases. Pests are mainly controlled with insecticides, but the uses frequently do not follow the rules that jeopardize the health of the farmers.
This cross-sectional survey applied method of data analysis with the chi-square test. Population in this study was 31 farmers who used pesticides and willing to give blood samples out of 78 in Bogor, Indonesia. This study aimed to get an overview of the characteristics of pesticides users, behavior in the form of knowledge, attitudes, practices in the use of pesticides and the effects on their health.
This study showed that there is no correlation between knowledge and attitude of farmers’ pesticide users with cholinesterase enzyme activity. In the other hand the practice of using pesticides by farmers associated with cholinesterase enzyme activity in the blood.
In increasing the knowledge, attitudes, and practices the management of pesticides, farmers should be given technical training on safe pesticide management. Department of Agriculture and the local Health Department is also expected to supervise regularly about the activity of the use of pesticides by farmers.
Cholinesterase enzyme, farmers, pesticide, knowledge, attitudes
