Abstract
Introduction: Biocidal products refer to the general name of substances used in order to prevent, control or reduce the harmful effects of hazardous organisms present in all areas of public health describing human settlements, working areas, physical places and environment related to daily living [1]. The use of biocidal product around the world is, on average, 3 million tons per year; this amount is 13.000 tons in Turkey.
Objective: Objective
this study is to measure the knowledge, attitude and behaviors of Pesticide sellers
and Pest Control Companies during February-May 2017 in the cities of Antalya
(Aksu), Denizli (Center), Isparta (Center) and Ankara (Center).
Materials and Methods:This study was
conducted in the cities of Antalya, Denizli, Isparta and Ankara during the
months of February-May 2017 by means of surveys prepared to measure knowledge,
attitude and behaviors of pesticide sellers and home pest control companies. In
the survey study, 37 questions in total were addressed to pesticide sellers
while 48 questions were directed to managers and workers in home pest control
companies. Statistical significance value was accepted as p< 0.05. For
statistical analyses and calculations, IBM SPSS Statistics 21.0.
Results: The average age
of respondents was 36.77±10.73 years for home pest dusters and 37.50±9.74 for
pesticide sellers. Pesticide sellers (86.7% was university graduate) were found
to have higher education level in comparison to home pest dusters (53.3% was
university graduate). When the questions of surveys were evaluated, average
score of home pest dusters were defined as 64.69±7.79 whereas pesticide sellers
scored 64.18±9.74 on average.
Keywords: Biocidal
product; Pest control; Biocide poisoning; Agriculture
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