Examining the Effects of Pollution on Human Health in Developing Regions: A Descriptive Analyses

Abstract

Pollution causes environmental damage i.e., air, water, and land inter alia noise through human activities. The change in the atmospherically patterns affect human health. This study aimed to examine the effect of pollution on human health from different perspectives. The population was comprised of all the teachers at public secondary schools of Dera Ismail Khan. A convenient sampling technique was used to take schools and simple random sampling was used to take respondents. Fifty teachers and fifty parents from secondary schools were the samples of the study. The study employed Likert scale to collect data. The data collection instruments comprised of two section i.e., demographic and items related to measurement of the impact of pollution on the human health. The instrument reliability and validity was examined through content validity and pilot study (Cronbach alpha). Descriptive statistics were used for data analyses. The study concluded that not proper cleanliness of the road affects human health, industrial wastage materials effect on human health, transportation noises from vehicles affect human health, Transportation noises from vehicles affect human listening ability, sleeping disorder developed through noise pollution, climate change due to pollution effect on human health, due to pollution human respiratory system affected.