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Nevertheless, there is limited knowledge regarding the extent of safe pesticide handling practices, particularly in low-income settings like Ethiopia. Hence, this study seeks to evaluate the implementation of safe pesticide handling practices and identify the factors associated with the status of the handling practices in low-income settings in Ethiopia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cross-sectional study was undertaken, involving 468 farmers randomly selected for participation. Data collection was carried out through structured questionnaires and face-to-face interviews. The analysis aimed to assess the proportion of safe pesticide handling practices (SPHP) and investigate the factors associated with SPHP was done using binary logistic regression. Explanatory variables with a P-value &lt;0.25 were included in the final analysis. The factors were determined based on adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals, P-value &lt;.05. Model fit was evaluated using the Hosmer and Lemeshow tests.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>From the findings of our study, only 45.7% of farmers practiced SPHP, with factors such as education, experience, pesticide usage, and attitude toward safe practices influencing their practices. Farmers with education status primary and above were two times more likely to practice good handling of pesticides than those who didn\u2019t attend formal education. Farmers with a maximum of 5\u2009years of experience in vegetable farming were 2.4 times more likely to exhibit good handling practices compared to their counterparts. Furthermore, farmers with favorable attitudes toward pesticide handling were 4.2 times more likely to engage in good pesticide handling practices than those with unfavorable attitudes. Therefore, the agricultural sectors, health sectors, and farmer associations should focus on these factors in order to mitigate the health risks associated with poor pesticide handling.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/11786302241256495","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,30]],"date-time":"2024-05-30T05:34:23Z","timestamp":1717047263000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Analyzing Factors Affecting Farmers\u2019 Safe Pesticide Handling Practices in Southwest of Ethiopia: Implications for Policy"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Hawi","family":"Hussen Ahmed","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environmental Health Science and Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Higemengist","family":"Astatike","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environmental Health Science and Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Samuel","family":"Fekadu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environmental Health Science and Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Seblework","family":"Mekonen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ethiopian Institute of Water Resources, Water and Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-11786302241256495","volume-title":"Pesticides in the Modern World: Trends in Pesticides Analysis","author":"Stoytcheva M.","year":"2011"},{"key":"bibr2-11786302241256495","first-page":"33","volume":"200","author":"Kesavachandran CN","year":"2009","journal-title":"Rev Environ Contam Toxicol"},{"key":"bibr3-11786302241256495","first-page":"1704","volume":"53","author":"Bassil KL","year":"2007","journal-title":"Can Fam Phys"},{"key":"bibr4-11786302241256495","first-page":"1712","volume":"53","author":"Sanborn M","year":"2007","journal-title":"Can Fam Phys"},{"key":"bibr5-11786302241256495","unstructured":"WHO. 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