According to WHO every year more than 3.4 million people die as a result of water borne diseases, making it the leading cause of morbidity and mortality around the world. Most of the victim are young children, the vast majority of whom die of illness caused by organisms that thrive in water sources contaminated by raw sewage. Developing country carry a heavy burden of water borne disease, the heaviest being diarrheal diseases when compared to developed countries. In India, 128 million people lack safe drinking water. According to world bank estimates, 21% of the communicable diseases in India are related to unsafe water. Further according to ministry of drinking water and sanitation, nearly 24% of the habitations in India do not have full access to drinking water supply.,Title of the study was “A quasi experimental study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding water borne diseases among upper primary school going children studying at class 6th to 8th in selected school, , Chaubepur, Kanpur. Objectives to assess the pretest knowledge regarding prevention of selected water borne diseases among upper primary school going children. to determine the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding prevention of water borne diseases among upper primary school going children. to find out the association between pretest knowledge scores regarding prevention of selected water borne diseases with their selected demographic variables. Methodology adopted for the study was quantitative research approach with a quasi-experimental design was adopted. In this study, the sample consists of 30 upper primary school children who fulfilled the inclusion criteria for the study. The systemic random sampling technique was used for this study. A structured Socio demographic variables and Knowledge questionnaire on prevention of water borne disease were selected based on the objectives of the study. The tools are prepared in two sections. Section A was socio- demographic data, and the Section –B was Knowledge questionnaire on prevention on water borne disease. Validity of the tool was established with experts. For the main study the data collected from upper primary school children who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The collected data was tabulated according to various parameters and the complete analysis was done with descriptive and inferential statistics. The study concluded STP was effective to bring good knowledge regarding prevention of water borne diseases among upper primary school children.
Raw Sewage, Diarrheal Disease, Safe Drinking Water, Sanitation
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