| dc.description.abstract | The agricultural sector remains an important sector in Indonesia's economic development, and pesticides
have been essential in agricultural practice to protect crops and increase crop production. However,
pesticides can cause a negative impact on health as well as environmental. The purpose of this study was to
determine the effect of pesticides usage behavior on farmers' general health conditions. This was an
observational analytic study with cross sectional design. The respondent was 377 farmers selected by
cluster sampling. The variable of knowledge, attitude and practice were analysed. Data analysis showed
that there was a significant effect on the level of knowledge on the farmers' general health conditions with
a p-value of 0.001. As much as 47.2% of respondents had a low level of knowledge about the use of
pesticides. The attitude influenced the general health conditions of farmers with p-value of 0,000. As much
as 52.5% of respondents had a positive attitude related to pesticides and 47.5% had a negative attitude
concerning pesticides usage. The variable of practice on the use of pesticides significantly affected the
general health conditions of farmers with a p-value of 0.003. And as much as 17.0% respondents showed a
bad practice, 65.5% moderate practice and 17.5% good practice on pesticides | en_US |
