A study on Health and hygiene practices among the Tea garden community of Dibrugarh district, Assam

Anand Sharma; Biplob Bhuyan

Volume : VIII, Issue : XII, December - 2018

A study on Health and hygiene practices among the Tea garden community of Dibrugarh district, Assam

Anand Sharma, Biplob Bhuyan

Abstract :

For every human being clean drinking water, sanitation and healthy hygiene practices are important to maintain healthy life. In many countries around the world, especially underdeveloped and developing countries, access to safe drinking water and hygienic sanitation facilities are not satisfactory till now. Health and hygiene status of a population group is one important indicator of human development. It is largely depends upon the physical quality of environment of a region. This paper is an attempt to analyze the status of water supply, sanitation and hygiene practices among the Tea garden community of Diugarh district, Assam. The data were collected from 68 households and one adult respondent was selected from each household randomly using observation, interview method.