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A survey on compliance with heat-illness prevention guidelines among floriculture farmers
Joon-Hyung Park2
,
Jeong-Hun Kim12
,
Hyun-Jin Cho3
,
Ju-Seok Nam12*
1Interdisciplinary Program in Smart Agriculture, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
2Department of Biosystems Engineering, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
3Gimpo Agricultural Technology Center, Gimpo 10025, Republic of Korea
*Corresponding Author
30 September 2026. pp. 280-290
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Abstract

This study investigated the level of compliance with heat-illness prevention guidelines among floriculture farmers during summer agricultural work. A survey was conducted with 20 floriculture farmers (13 male, 7 female) using a 14-item self-check checklist developed by the Rural Development Administration (RDA), covering four stages: pre-work preparation, in-work monitoring, post-work recovery, and additional recommendations. The overall compliance rate was 84.7%, ranging from a high of 100% in the post-work recovery stage to a low of 76.7% in the in-work monitoring stage, since this stage requires interrupting work or performing repeated actions at set intervals, making it more difficult to implement in the field. Items requiring sustained self-management during work, such as water intake, rest, and periodic symptom checks, showed relatively low compliance, indicating that farmers tend to prioritize work efficiency over these repetitive behaviors. A sex-based comparison revealed that male farmers showed higher compliance than female farmers for personal protective equipment, and female respondents showed lower compliance across several in-work monitoring items, particularly rest, suggesting that structural and social factors may compound environmental heat exposure risks for female farmers. All surveyed farms cultivated flower crops in facility environments, with 10 farms using facility cultivation only and 10 combining facility and open-field cultivation. These findings provide baseline data for developing heat-illness prevention education and support measures for floriculture farmers.

Keywords
Compliance rate
Facility environments
Floriculture farmers
Heat-illness
Prevention guidelines
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  • Publisher :Korean Society of Precision Agriculture
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국정밀농업학회
  • Journal Title :Precision Agriculture Science and Technology
  • Journal Title(Ko) :정밀농업과학기술
  • Volume : 8
  • No :3
  • Pages :280-290
  • Received Date : 2026-08-20
  • Revised Date : 2026-09-07
  • Accepted Date : 2026-09-08
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.22765/pastj.20260020
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