ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Dusadee Ayuwat, Adirek Rengmanavong

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Sugar Cane Labors and Alcohol Drinking (or drink), A Case Study in A Village in Northeast, Thailand.

แหล่งที่มา/Source: The 3rd National Alcohol Conference "Alcohol : No Ordinary Commodity", 21st-22nd November 2007, Richmond Hotel, Nonthaburi, Page 157.

รายละเอียด / Details:

Introduction: The northeast is the region possessing the most amounts of sugar cane-growing-areas and sugar cane labors in Thailand. The sugar cane labors have more varieties of works than that of other agricultural labors. The conditions of works are also hard, weary and risky to health and alcohol drinking. Objectives: The objectives of this research were 1) to look at the aspect of health and society of sugar cane labors and alcohol drinking: 2) to study the effects of health and society of sugar cane labors and alcohol drinking and 3) to perceive a community and health management of sugar cane labors and alcohol drinking. Method: The quality process was applied for this research. Data were recorded from the target people, sugar cane labors, living in project area. A study was performed from January to August 2550, in the total of eight months. Triangulation technique was used to analyze data. Results: The result showed that of observed families in this community, 95% was sugar cane labors and 87% of these workers drank alcohol. Sugar cane labors could be categorized in to 4 group that were 1) cultivating labor, 2) maintaining labor such as, getting rid off grass, adding fertilizer and spraying the herbicide, 3) harvesting labor (like, cutting and picking up of sugar cane to a truck) and 4) transferring labor transferring sugar cane to plant 1)In the aspects of health and society of sugar cane labors and alcohol drinking, results revealed that male labors like drinking containing 40 degree alcohol whereas female and younger labors preferred beer than others. Sugar cane labor spraying herbicides was the group that spent the largest amount of money on drinks than other groups that was 1/3 of daily income. Most of female labors worked in cutting process and drank alcohol increasingly as a result of their working income. This was also found in younger labors older than 13 years old during their vacation because they could work for their receipts by themselves. In addition, the all day works such as picking up of sugar cane to trucks, were induced for alcohol drinking because employers provided the alcohol to encourage their working. 2) For the effects of health and society of sugar cane labors and alcohol drinking, results showed that the hardest task and the riskiest task for health from drinking was the sugar cane labors in herbicide spraying class. They believed that drink before work could protect them during herbicide spraying and lift up the bucket o herbicide solution. They also thought that drink after work could detoxify toxic of herbicide. 3) In the aspect of community and health management of sugar cane labors and alcohol drinking, result revealed that in present community, neither roles nor strategies was observed for health management of sugar cane labors and alcohol drinking. Conclusion: The community should careful;, as well as collect problem-information and effects of sugar cane labor and alcohol drinking occurring with them. For employers, either plant or field levels should have rules to limit alcohol drinking and contro9l the protected equipment utility during work. For the public health organizations they should play role to take care of and follow up sugar cane labors' health and after data collection, the activities should be set to manage sugar cane labors' health and alcohol drinking.

Keywords: alcohol, drinking alcohol, northeast, sugar cane

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2007

Address: -

Code: 200800186

ISSN/ISBN: 978-974-09-4574-1

Country of publication: Thailand

Language: English

Category: Abstract

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