A community-based cluster randomised trial of safe storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: study protocol

Melissa Pearson; Flemming Konradsen; David Gunnell; Andrew H Dawson; Ravi Pieris; Manjula Weerasinghe; Dee Knipe; Shaluka Jayamanne; Chris Metcalfe; Keith Hawton; A Rajitha Wickramasinghe; W Atapattu; Palitha Bandara; Dhammika de Silva; Asanga Ranasinghe; Fahim Mohamed; Nicholas A Buckley; Indika Gawarammana; Michael Eddleston

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A community-based cluster randomised trial of safe storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: study protocol

Melissa Pearson, Flemming Konradsen, David Gunnell, Andrew H Dawson, Ravi Pieris, Manjula Weerasinghe, Dee Knipe, Shaluka Jayamanne, Chris Metcalfe, Keith Hawton, A Rajitha Wickramasinghe, W Atapattu, Palitha Bandara, Dhammika de Silva, Asanga Ranasinghe, Fahim Mohamed, Nicholas A Buckley, Indika Gawarammana, Michael Eddleston

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The WHO recognises pesticide poisoning to be the single most important means of suicide globally. Pesticide self-poisoning is a major public health and clinical problem in rural Asia, where it has led to case fatality ratios 20-30 times higher than self-poisoning in the developed world. One approach to reducing access to pesticides is for households to store pesticides in lockable "safe-storage" containers. However, before this approach can be promoted, evidence is required on its effectiveness and safety.

Original language	English
Article number	879
Number of pages	8
Journal	BMC Public Health
Volume	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-879
Publication status	Published - 21 Nov 2011

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Pearson, M., Konradsen, F., Gunnell, D., Dawson, A. H., Pieris, R., Weerasinghe, M., Knipe, D., Jayamanne, S., Metcalfe, C., Hawton, K., Wickramasinghe, A. R., Atapattu, W., Bandara, P., de Silva, D., Ranasinghe, A., Mohamed, F., Buckley, N. A., Gawarammana, I., & Eddleston, M. (2011). A community-based cluster randomised trial of safe storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: study protocol. BMC Public Health, 11, Article 879. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-879

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A community-based cluster randomised trial of safe storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: study protocol

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