An Overview of Hygiene and Sanitation, Education, Household Income, and Child Nutrition Among Tobacco Farmers at Risk of Exposure To Green Tobacco Sickness In Tobacco Plantations in Jember Regency
Abstract
Background: The lives of tobacco farmers are highly vulnerable to health aspects and are at risk of occupational diseases related to pesticide exposure and nicotine absorption of wet tobacco leaves. In Indonesia, 63.7% of Indonesian tobacco farmers experience symptoms of green tobacco sickness (GTS) and 86.5% of them lack prevention of GTS.
Method: This study used a quantitative correlational research method aiming to examine the correlation between the variables of hygiene sanitation status, children’s consumption patterns, farmers’ education level, and family income on the nutritional status of children of tobacco farmers who are at high risk of exposure to GTS. Data collection in this study was carried out through interviews with food recall questionnaire accompanied by the calculation of body mass index (BMI).
Results: The results showed that the risk factors for green tobacco sickness in children are the quality of sanitary hygiene, children's consumption patterns, farmers' education level, family income and nutritional status of tobacco farmers' children.
Conclusion: Further research needs to be done whether there is a significant relationship between some of these factors and the incidence of GTS in children of tobacco farmers.
Keywords: Children; Farmers; Green tobacco sickness
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