“A STUDY TO ASSESS KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE REGARDING WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE AMONG MOTHERS OF CHILDREN BETWEEN 6 MONTHS TO 5 YEARS OF AGE IN RHTC SEEPAT, BILASPUR”

Abstract

Introduction: “Sanitation is a way of life. It is the quality of living that is expressed in clean home, clean rm, clean business, and clean community. Hygiene is commonly known as cleanliness or conditions and practices that serve to promote or preserve health. Improved housing, improved nutrition and improved hygiene with improved access to safe water, sanitation and good hygiene are the essential components for the war against infectious diseases and bases for clean environment, socio-economic development. Objective: 1. To assess the knowledge regarding water sanitation & hygiene among mother groups of under-ve children. 2. To determine the association between knowledge and socio demographic prole of respondents. 3. To assess the attitude & practices on sanitation & hygiene among the respondents. Material and method: cross sectional study were carried out from 9 Anganwadi centers, from each Anganwadi center 16 mothers were selected for study, through the personal interview with pre-tested, pre-designed questionnaire, participants were mothers of children between 6 months to 5 years. The total sample size was 150. Mx-Excel and SPSS 20 was used for data analysis. 82.70% were aware about effect of water onResult: health. 71.30% know drinking untreated water have bad effect on health. 79.30% knows hazards of Open eld defecation. 73.30% have toilet in their house. 100% were aware about hand washing after defecation. 66% have clean house surrounding. 66% uses tap water as source of drinking water. Overall knowledge of mother regarding hand hygiene and open eld defecation hazards was good but their knowledgeConclusion: regarding proper treatment of drinking water was unsatisfactory. The most important factor affecting their knowledge was education.