Methodological aspects of studying predisposition to allergic diseases in children of agricultural workers

In this article presented was the substantiation of the methodology of studying the work environment factors among parents, particularly the mothers, and their influence on the development of allergic diseases in children taking into account the specifics of the working conditions in the agricultural sector. The proposed study algorithm includes investigation of sanitary conditions of labor and adverse industrial factors in women of the reproductive age, employed in the agricultural sector, as well as investigation of the incidence of disease, including allergic disease, among their children. Analysis of variance allows us to quantitatively determine the significance and share impact of the industrial environment factors and of the working process of parents, as well as the of the social and hygienic conditions on the incidence of allergic disease of their children. Complex studies make it possible to determine the clinical and immunological features of allergic diseases in children of agricultural industry workers, to develop and validate the criteria for long-term effects of the factors of professional activity of parents of the agricultural industry on the formation of allergic diseases in children, as well as to determine the proportion of the effect of individual risk factors on the parameters and structure of allergic diseases of preschool children with their isolated and combined effects. The study of the relationship «professional female hazards - allergic diseases of the child» is based on the usage of a united methodological approach, which includes hygienic, sociological, allergological, immunological methods of investigation and makes it possible to determine the significance of occupational exposures of parents in the implementation of mechanisms of allergic diseases development in children and to develop a model of priority measures for improving prevention of allergic diseases in children of agricultural workers.

allergic disease incidence, children, agriculture