Prospective Investigation of Pesticide Applicators' Health (PIPAH)
PIPAH aims to monitor the exposure and health of workers in the United Kingdom who use pesticides as a part of their job and to better understand the relationship between long-term exposure to pesticides and health. Participants were recruited from registries of agricultural workers who work with pesticides and a sub-sample of the Pesticide Users Health Survey. Baseline assessment began in 2013, and recruitment has continued until the present. However, most of the almost 6,000 participants were recruited from 2013 to 2014. Participants complete a pesticide use questionnaire annually and a general health questionnaire every five years.
Study design
Cohort - open
Number of participants at first data collection
5,817 (participants as of 2017)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2013
Primary Institutions
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
