Research Article
Effectiveness of a Participatory Program on Pesticide Use Behavior and Blood Cholinesterase Levels in Chiang Mai Province, Northern Thailand
Table 2
Levels and scores of knowledges before, between, and after chemical use between pretest and posttest evaluations in both farmers and consumers.
| | Knowledge | Farmers (n = 32), number (%) | Consumers (n = 48), number (%) | value | | Pretest | Posttest | Pretest | Posttest |
| | Before | Low (0–3) | 20 (62.5) | 5 (15.6) | 31 (64.6) | 13 (27.1) | 0.001 | | Moderate (4–6) | 7 (21.9) | 19 (59.4) | 13 (27.1) | 2 (4.2) | | | Good (7–9) | 5 (15.6) | 8 (25.0) | 4 (8.3) | 33 (68.7) | | | Score (mean ± SD) | 4.22 ± 1.86 | 5.75 ± 1.68 | 4.06 ± 1.55 | 7.23 ± 2.70 | |
| | Between | Low (0–8) | 3 (9.4) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (18.7) | 1 (2.1) | 0.741 | | Moderate (9–16) | 19 (59.4) | 22 (68.7) | 32 (66.7) | 20 (41.7) | | | Good (17–24) | 10 (31.2) | 10 (31.3) | 7 (14.6) | 27 (56.2) | | | Score (mean ± SD) | 14.81 ± 3.22 | 14.97 ± 4.29 | 11.67 ± 3.30 | 18.06 ± 4.72 | |
| | After | Low (0–5) | 5 (15.6) | 5 (15.6) | 21 (43.8) | 2 (4.2) | 0.008 | | Moderate (6–10) | 16 (50.0) | 20 (62.5) | 11 (22.9) | 9 (18.7) | | | Good (11–15) | 11 (34.4) | 7 (21.9) | 16 (33.3) | 37 (77.1) | | | Score (mean ± SD) | 9.06 ± 3.27 | 8.53 ± 3.24 | 7.81 ± 2.96 | 12.00 ± 3.02 | |
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using the independent t-test. using Fishers’ exact test. |
