ABSTRACT

Objective

Objective data on farmers’ awareness of occupational safety and health are needed for the development of national policy measures. Yet, relevant research is lacking in South Korea.

Methods

This study investigated occupational safety and health education experience, perceived needs for prevention services, and factors affecting these among South Korean farmers. The data are from a personal-visit survey conducted on 9,970 sample farms nationwide.

Results

While 69.9% of the farmers felt the need for agricultural health and safety education and 60.6% were willing to receive it, only 30.3% had at least one educational experience. A total of 51.9% felt the need for professional on-farm services. By group, education experience and perceived need for prevention services were consistently low among women, people aged 70 or older, low-income individuals, or farmers with a farming career duration of less than five years. Experience of safety and health education increased the desire for other prevention services: people who had received safety and health education were 6.4 times more likely to feel the need for education, 5.5 times more willing to participate in education, 2.0 times more likely to feel the need to improve their work environments, and 1.7 times more likely to feel the need for professional on-farm services.

Conclusion

Despite the high desire for injury prevention services, farmers have had very limited opportunities to receive safety education; measures are also needed for groups whose safety education has been neglected. Further studies on education methods and on-farm services tailored to South Korean farmers are needed.

中文翻译：

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韩国农民职业安全卫生教育经验与预防服务需求：全国调查

摘要

客观的

制定国家政策措施需要农民职业安全卫生意识的客观数据。然而，韩国缺乏相关研究。

方法

本研究调查了韩国农民的职业安全和健康教育经验、对预防服务的感知需求以及影响这些的因素。这些数据来自对全国 9,970 个样本农场进行的个人访问调查。

结果

69.9%的农民认为有必要进行农业健康安全教育，60.6%的农民愿意接受，但只有30.3%的农民至少有过一次教育经历。共有 51.9% 的人认为需要专业的农场服务。按群体划分，女性、70 岁或以上人群、低收入人群或从事农业工作不足 5 年的农民的教育经验和对预防服务的感知需求一直较低。安全与健康教育体验增加了对其他预防服务的渴望：接受过安全与健康教育的人感到需要教育的可能性增加 6.4 倍，愿意参与教育的可能性增加 5.5 倍，感到需要接受教育的可能性增加 2.0 倍需要改善他们的工作环境，以及 1.

结论

尽管对伤害预防服务的需求很高，但农民接受安全教育的机会非常有限；安全教育被忽视的群体也需要采取措施。需要进一步研究针对韩国农民的教育方法和农场服务。