Abstract:

This research aims to identify health problems for women working in agriculture in their environmental, psychosocial, physiological and health behavior. The universe of the work of the characteristic type is composed of 46 women working in an apple business in a district. The study used a 146 question survey created according to the Problem Classification List of sociodemographic variables and Omaha system components. In the study, the data was collected by filling in the survey form, face-to-face interview and physical examination method. The data is summarized in the SPSS 15.0 statistical program with numbers, percentages, average and standard deviations and frequency tables are created. According to the Problem Classification List, the study identified a total of 1096 (23.8±4.3) signs of health problems. 7.02 percent of the 1096 signs identified using the omaha system are signs in the environmental area, 31.5 percent in the psychosocial area, 41.14 percent in the physiological area and 20.34 percent in the health behavior area. The most common symptoms and findings of women’s health problems are health problems in the environment (n=72); mental health in the psychological area (n=86); oral health in the physiological area (n=78) and nutrition in the health behavior area (n=54) The results from the study show that women working as farmers in rural areas have a very diverse and numerous health problems. As a result, we can say that health problems in the physiological field are common among farmers; that farmers have negative health behaviors, that they do not receive effective and adequate care for health problems, and that mental problems appear similarly to the urban area.

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