This study was undertaken to assess the socio-economic impact of producing export oriented agricultural crops on the livelihoods of the farmers, in eastern Ethiopia. A random sample of 305 farmers was studied. Comparisons were made between producers and non-producers using the Ztest and regression analysis. It was found that producers of export oriented crops are better off than the non-produce...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to examine the predictive relationships between employee health risk factors (HRFs) and workers' compensation (WC) claim occurrence and costs. METHODS Logistic regression and generalised linear models were used to estimate the predictive association between HRFs and claim occurrence and cost among a cohort of 16 926 employees from 314 large, medium an...

This study assessed of youth involvement in agricultural production in Sabon Gari Local Government Area. The data used for this study were collected using interview schedule administered to 112 respondents who were selected through multi-stage sampling procedure. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentages and means were used to analyze the data. The result revealed that majority (95....

Deep knee flexion postures such as kneeling and squatting have been demonstrated, in recent review of occupational knee disorders, as a risk factor of developing knee osteoarthritis (OA). This study investigates a probabilistic method to analyze knee gait kinematics measurements of workers exposed to knee straining postures to determine if they are in any way similar to those of knee OA patient...

This study aims to examine the role of extension workers for breeders in buffalo farming Moa District, Southwest Maluku Regency. The method used this research is survey method, sample determined by purposive sampling., form qualitative descriptive analysis with first stage checking data, activity it carried out after conducting an interview (filling a list questions). Based on results research,...

Title: The role of health extension workers in improving utilization of maternal health services in rural areas in Ethiopia: a cross sectional study First of all on behalf of all authors, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all reviewers for their time in reviewing our manuscript. We are really grateful for their constructive comments. We found them very helpful in enriching our m...

The repair and maintenance of electrical power lines involves awkward postures, which are known risk factors for developing musculoskeletal disorders. The aim of the present study was to quantify postures and movements of upper arm, head, upper back and neck in the main tasks performed by line workers. Posture of twelve right-handed line workers was recorded by inclinometry and presented as per...

The recent rise in cases of intolerance Indonesia has encouraged the government to make various efforts maintain religious harmony for integrity Indonesian nation. One them is through strengthening moderation. Religious extension workers are at forefront realizing a program strengthen moderation all work units within Ministry Affairs Republic Indonesia, including North Tapanuli district. focus ...

the main objective followed in this study was to assess the rate of adoption of sustainable agricultural practices among extension volunteers in qazvin province. the study was a descriptive – correlational survey one. the population of the study was comprised of wheat farmers in province of qazvin who acted as agricultural extension volunteers (n=365). from among these members, 185 were selecte...