Peter Ssekkadde, Vica Marie Jelena Tomberge, Curdin Brugger, Aggrey Atuhaire, Mohamed Aqiel Dalvie, Hanna-Andrea Rother, Martin Röösli, Jennifer Inauen, Samuel Fuhrimann
BACKGROUND: Smallholder farmers receive educational interventions on safe pesticide handling by governmental agencies, industries, or nongovernmental organizations to reduce exposure risks. However, existing educational interventions have limited effects on changing behaviors. Targeting psychosocial determinants of behavior change in educational interventions through theory- and evidence-based approaches may enhance their effectiveness. OBJECTIVE: We aim at describing the intervention development and study design of a 3-arm cluster-randomized controlled trial to assess the effects in improving safe pesticide handling and reducing pesticide exposure of (1) an existing educational intervention and (2) a newly developed SMS text messaging intervention based on the Risks, Attitudes, Norms, Abilities, and Self-regulation (RANAS) behavior change approach...
May 8, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols