Knoledge, Attitude and Awerness on Diarrhoea among Secondary School Students of Itahari Municipality.
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Abstract
This is a field-based study to reflect the picture of knowledge, attitude and
awareness of secondary school students regarding diarrhea in selected school of
Itehari municipality of Sunsari district. This study is manly based on the primary data,
collected from six government secondary school of Sunsari district in 2011, which
include 200 students of grade 10 out of 700 was taken for the sample size, Among
them 96 (48%) are the male and 104 (52.0%) are the female, by adopting systematic
random sampling method.
The objectives of the study were, to awareness the community about their
health problems and encourage solving their problem by themselves, to identify
knowledge and attitude of the ten graders on diarrhea, to examine the students’
knowledge, about mode of transmission and preventive measure. To carry out
effectively, semi-structured questionnaire was designed for the quantitative data
collection. Most of the questions were pre coded and some open question had also
been included in the questionnaire. The questionnaire was pre tested to 5% students in
the same type school. After the pre-testing and suggestions from supervisor, some
modifications were made on previous questionnaire and finalized them.
Knowledge on diarrhea is universal. Almost all (91.5%) respondents know
about the symptoms of diarrhea. Most of all known about the preventive measure of
diarrhea. Majority of them, know the transmitting rout (63.5%) of the diarrhea. Most
of them were know about the treatment process, by providing Jeevan-Jal (29%) and
salt+sugar+water (58.5%) for the diarrheas patient. The main sources of information
are the radio and television. That means mass-media plays a vital role in creation
awareness on diarrhea. Majority of the respondents have positive attitude towards
love and affection, which is needed for infected person.
Various INGOs and NGOs have been working intensively against health
program but findings of this study do not agree with the effectiveness of the program.
The knowledge and attitude of the students in secondary level towards diarrhea seems
to, not enough. To develop high level of knowledge, special care should be given in
designing course and including the content about it.
It is recommended that, the perceptions perceived by the respondents can be
considered as the entry point for the planners and policy makers relating to these
matters.