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Research Paper | Nursing | India | Volume 8 Issue 8, August 2019
Effectiveness of IEC Package on Level of Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Safe Water and Environmental Sanitation among School Students in Selected Schools at Vallur
Vidhya.G
Abstract: Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and adequate treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage. Environmental sanitation aims to protect human health by providing a clean environment that will stop the transmission of disease. The Human Right to Water and Sanitation was recognized by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 2010. The estimate in 2017 that 4.5 billion people currently do not have safely managed sanitation. The objective of level of knowledge and attitude on safe water and environmental sanitation among school students. As per quasi experimental research design, pretest and posttest was conducted using convenient sampling technique among 60 samples in experimental group and 60 samples in control group. The result shows in post-test after IEC package of school students were gained 33.4 % and 1.75 % knowledge score in experimental and control group, 21.8 % and 3.70 % attitude score in experimental and control group and the mean difference were 2.18 and 0.37 using paired ‘t’ test. Hence the Information Education and Communication was effective in improving knowledge and attitude of the school students on safe water and environmental sanitation.
Keywords: Environmental Sanitation, Safe water, School Students
Edition: Volume 8 Issue 8, August 2019,
Pages: 2062 - 2065
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