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Pesticide Use, Perceived Health Risks and Management in Ethiopia and in Hungary: A Comparative Analysis

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  • Roba Argaw Tessema

    (Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4000 Debrecen, Hungary
    Doctoral School of Health Sciences, University of Debrecen, 4000 Debrecen, Hungary
    Department of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar P.O. Box 235, Ethiopia)

  • Károly Nagy

    (Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4000 Debrecen, Hungary)

  • Balázs Ádám

    (Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4000 Debrecen, Hungary
    Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain 999041, United Arab Emirates)

Abstract

Pesticides play a very important role for ensuring food security and economic growth but their use can cause harmful effects to human health and to the environment. The study aimed to investigate the level of knowledge, health risk perceptions, and experiences on the practice of pesticide use and management among extension officers in Ethiopia and plant doctors in Hungary. A questionnaire survey among 326 officers was conducted in the two study areas and data were analyzed by ordinal logistic regression. According to the findings, Hungarian officers had much better knowledge of pesticide products (92%), and less frequently experienced pesticide poisoning among applicators (7%) than the Ethiopians (66% and 41%, respectively). Hungarian officers perceived less health risk of pesticide use (AOR = 0.46, 95%, Cl: 0.27–0.80), were ten times more likely to deem the pesticide management system effective (AOR = 10.23, 95%, Cl: 5.68–18.46) and were nine times more likely to report that applicators used personal protective equipment (AOR = 8.95, 95%, Cl: 4.94–16.28). A significant proportion of officers from both countries reported inappropriate methods of pesticide residue disposal. These observations point out that the situation of pesticide use and knowledge and management of pesticide products is definitely better in Hungary; nevertheless, the issue continues to need more attention in both settings.

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  • Roba Argaw Tessema & Károly Nagy & Balázs Ádám, 2021. "Pesticide Use, Perceived Health Risks and Management in Ethiopia and in Hungary: A Comparative Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-14, October.
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    1. Netsanet Fetene & Erika Linnander & Binyam Fekadu & Hibret Alemu & Halima Omer & Maureen Canavan & Janna Smith & Peter Berman & Elizabeth Bradley, 2016. "The Ethiopian Health Extension Program and Variation in Health Systems Performance: What Matters?," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(5), pages 1-19, May.
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