Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

Impact of awareness program on "causes and prevention of water borne diseases" among housewives at selected villages of waghodia taluka

Mr. Swamy Pgn, Ms. Kinjal Patel

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BACKGROUND:The burden of waterborne diseases is paramount in the global. About 4% of the global burden of diseases is attributable to water, sanitation and hygiene. Nearly 2.2 million people die every year due to diarrheal diseases globally. Of these, 1.8 million deaths occur alone in low–income countries. Further, in low and middle–income countries one of the tenth leading causes of death is attributable to diarrhoea–related diseases. AIM&OBJECTIVES:The aim of study was to assess the impact of awareness program on causes and prevention of water borne diseases among housewives. METHODS: An evaluative research approach with pre–experimental one group pre–test post–test design was used. Sample was selected by using purposive sampling technique. Data was collected by using structured knowledge questionnaire. The data was tabulated and analyzed in term of objectives of the study, using descriptive and inferential statistics.RESULTS: the mean post–test knowledge score (19.43) also was higher than the mean pre–test score (6.87). It was found that calculated value 57.48 was much higher than the tabulated’ value–1.98 at 0.05% level of significance. The chi–square value shows that there is a significant association between knowledge of housewives with selected demographic variables such as age and education. There is no significant association between sources of water, drainage system, previous knowledge and types of family.CONCLUSION: The study finding revealed that awareness program was highly effective in improving knowledge of housewives.

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Mr. SWAMY PGN, Ms. Kinjal Patel, Impact of awareness program on , INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-4 | April-2018

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