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KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE PRACTICES TOWARDS SAFE WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE CONDITIONS IN SOUTH PUNJAB PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-IV).03      10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-IV).03      Published : Dec 4

Knowledge, Attitude & Practices towards Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Abstract

    Affordable and sustainable access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is a key public health issue and focus of Sustainable Development Goals. Literature showed that households having prior knowledge and an acceptable attitude towards WASH practices have less number of diseases. The main objective of the study was to explore the level of respondents' knowledge, attitude and practices towards safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Conditions in South Punjab, Pakistan. The study was mixed-method research. SPSS also applied, and results demonstrate that there was very lack of knowledge about safe WASH practices; the majority of respondents have a traditional attitude. Whereas only 27.3% of respondents have always access to safe drinking water, 96% of respondents were not using any domestic water treatment method, 22.9% were defecating in the open, and the percentage of always handwashing with soap was found to only 29.6%. Social Mobilization programs along with government action to ensure safe WASH conditions are recommended.

    Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), Knowledge, Attitude & Practice KAPs,Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), South Punjab, Pakistan

    (1) Hasan Ghaffoor
    PhD. Scholar, Department of Sociology, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Muhammad Farooq
    Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Babak Mahmood
    Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Ghaffoor, H., Farooq, M., & Mahmood, B. (2021). Knowledge, Attitude & Practices towards Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. Global Social Sciences Review, VI(IV), 15-25. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-IV).03

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Ghaffoor, Hasan, Muhammad Farooq, and Babak Mahmood. 2021. "Knowledge, Attitude & Practices towards Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene." Global Social Sciences Review, VI (IV): 15-25 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-IV).03

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    HARVARD : GHAFFOOR, H., FAROOQ, M. & MAHMOOD, B. 2021. Knowledge, Attitude & Practices towards Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. Global Social Sciences Review, VI, 15-25.

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    MHRA : Ghaffoor, Hasan, Muhammad Farooq, and Babak Mahmood. 2021. "Knowledge, Attitude & Practices towards Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene." Global Social Sciences Review, VI: 15-25

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    MLA : Ghaffoor, Hasan, Muhammad Farooq, and Babak Mahmood. "Knowledge, Attitude & Practices towards Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene." Global Social Sciences Review, VI.IV (2021): 15-25 Print.

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    OXFORD : Ghaffoor, Hasan, Farooq, Muhammad, and Mahmood, Babak (2021), "Knowledge, Attitude & Practices towards Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene", Global Social Sciences Review, VI (IV), 15-25

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    TURABIAN : Ghaffoor, Hasan, Muhammad Farooq, and Babak Mahmood. "Knowledge, Attitude & Practices towards Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene." Global Social Sciences Review VI, no. IV (2021): 15-25. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-IV).03