Effectiveness and Accessibility of Toilet Facility and Its Impact on Health

Abstract

This thesis entitled“Effectiveness ofAccessibility of Toilet facility and itsimpact on health”.The objectives of the study were to find out accessibility andmanagement of toilet facility andhealth status between toilet user and non-user. The research design adopts for the present study was descriptive design fromthe Pakali VDC ward no. 4 and 5 among220 households. Thus altogether 110households were taken as sample for the studywhich was selected simple randomsampling (lottery) method.The interview schedule used to collect data from therespondents in a face to face situation. About 51.81 percent of the respondents were in the age group of 18-39 years.6.36 percent of the respondents were 60 and above years. Majority of people 59.09percent of respondent were Janjati and 36.36 percent of respondents were chhetri.60 percent respondents were engaged in agriculture,majorityof74.54 percent of therespondentswere literate and 25.45 percentwere illiterate. 92.72 percent respondenthave toilet used in own house while 7.27 percent of respondents was not used inown house. 73.52 percent of the respondents were used to toilet their children and26.47 percent of the respondents didn’t used to toilet 62.96 percent respondentswere go open place, 22.22 percent of the respondents were going khola and 14.81percent were 90 field. 62.56 percent of the respondents did not use toilet due to nothabit and 37.03 percent of respondents did not use toiletdue to cause of culture. About77.01 percent of the respondents had used soap after toilet, 14.94percent of the respondents used only water and 8.05 percent of the respondents usedkharani after toilet. Large proportion 84.54 percent of the respondents had knownabout disease cause by open toilet and 15.45 percent of the respondents had notknown about disease cause by open toilet. The higher proportion 74.45 percent ofthe respondents had suggested to usea lot of water after toilet and 4.54 percent ofthe respondents had suggested to keep cleanand wash hands after toilet. In conclusion accessibility and management of toiler facility condition seemspositive but thereis still need more activities for people participation andeducational awareness program.