Impact of Structured Teaching Programme on Rural Housewives Regarding Knowledge of Household Waste Management

Abstract

Introduction: Waste management is a key factor for a better environment and its initial step begins in the management of household waste. Proper disposal of waste prevent pollution that could endanger human health and environment. The house in which one and one's family live needs to be clean and tidy as well as hygienic for the good health of their family. The a Aims and Objectives: im of this structured teaching programme was to add on to the knowledge of housewives regarding household waste management besides to promote health and hygiene and to encourage them to establish healthy patterns of behavior that inuence their health, environment and psychological wellbeing. A pre-test Materials and methods: and post-test experimental design was used in the study to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding household waste management among housewives in rural community of Wasoora Pulwama, J&K, India. Systematic random sampling technique was used for selection of 60 housewives from accessible population. The ndings re Results: vealed that in pre-test group, maximum number of the study subjects (51.7%) had average level of knowledge, 38.3% of study subjects had poor knowledge and only 10% of study subjects were found to have adequate knowledge. Whereas in post-test group majority of the study subjects (76.7%) had adequate knowledge, 23.3% of study subjects had average knowledge and none of the study subjects were found to have poor knowledge regarding household waste management. The mean post-test knowledge score (82.3±2.36) of the study subjects regarding household waste management is signicantly higher than that of the mean pre-test knowledge score (46.5±2.32) indicating that structured teaching programme was effective in enhancing the knowledge of housewives. There was a signicant association between pre-test knowledge score and the selected demographic variables like age, educational status and monthly income. However, non-signicant association was found between pre-test knowledge score of study subjects with one demographic variable, i.e., Mode of waste disposal at p≤ 0.05. The structured teachi Conclusion: ng programme was found effective in improving the knowledge of study subjects regarding household waste management. Signicant association was found between pre-test knowledge with majority of the selected demographic variables (age, educational status, family income).