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Abstract
Globally, pesticides poisonings and its side effect are dramatically affecting the agricultural sector that accounted between 250,000 to 370,000 human deaths annually, most of these deaths occurred in developing countries. Aim: Study aims to evaluate the impact of health education program on the safe use of pesticides among farmers at village in Minia city. Design: Quasi-experimental design was utilized for this study with pre/posttest. A sample: simple random sample of 322 farmers was selected. Sitting: The study was conducted in one selected village, the researcher randomly selected one villages (Damaris village) from total number of 43 villages belonging to minia city.Tools of data collection: Data were collected through one tool named ( knowledge, attitude and self- reported practice questionnaire related to safe use of pesticides among farmers) that included; 1st part; questions related to demographic characteristics of the study sample, 2nd part; knowledge questionnaire related to the using of pesticides among farmers, and the knowledge regarding the first aid of pesticide poisoning among farmers, 3rd part; an attitudes regarding the usage of pesticides among farmers and the 4th part; was a self-reported practices in using of pesticides among farmers. Results: The current study showed that the mean age of the farmers who participated in the study was 47.7± 8.3 and 53.4% of them were illiterates. Regarding general knowledge and also the knowledge about first aid of pesticides toxicity among studied sample were improved; from 7.8% and 23.6% respectively before implementation of the program to 69.3% and 90.4% have high level after implementation of the program. Farmers’ attitudes revealed that an improvement from 13.4% of farmers before implementation of the program to 41% and 53.8% of farmers have neutral and positive attitudes respectively. Regarding the reported practice; 79.8% have poor self-reported practice before implementation of the program improved to 63.4% fair self-reported practice after implementation of the program. Conclusion: Statistically significant relationships were found of general knowledge of studied farmers, attitudes and their self- reported practice regarding safety using of pesticides after the implementation of the health education program. Recommendations: continuous training and health education for farmers are essential for safe practices during pesticides’ usage, also further researches are needed.