title: Socio-environmental approach in nursing: focusing on rural labor and the use of pesticides.
abstract: to apply a socio-environmental approach to the relationship between human health and rural labor through a link verification/association between health disorders and the use of pesticides.
  this is a quantitative, cross-sectional, observational and exploratory study with 331 inhabitants of two cities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data analysis was conducted by Poisson regression.
  reported health disorders included: mental (62.2%); circulatory (49.8%); dermatologic (45%); respiratory (41%); and gastric (36.2%). Workers who apply pesticides showed a 90% higher prevalence of dermatological alterations when compared to those who did not.
  the socio-environmental approach, comprising elements of the rural environment, of workers, and of the use of pesticides in the work process in connection/association with potential health disorders has shown that rural workers who apply pesticides present a higher prevalence of dermatological alterations.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Escola de Enfermagem. Rio Grande-RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marta Regina
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Cezar-Vaz
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Faculdade de Enfermagem, Pelotas-RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Clarice Alves
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bonow
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Escola de Enfermagem. Rio Grande-RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marlise Capa Verde Almeida de
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Mello
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Escola de Enfermagem. Rio Grande-RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Mara Regina Santos da
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002947:Cities; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010575:Pesticides / Q000506:poisoning*; D012424:Rural Population; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D010575:Pesticides