Current knowledge- attitude and practice (KAP) of people for family toilet in Gia Luong district, Bac Ninh province in 1998
- Author:
Hiep Van Pham
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
latrine
- MeSH:
Toilet Facilities;
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):6-8
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A study aimed at investigation of knowledge- attitude and practice of people for family toilet and recommendation of intervention solutions for increasing the rate of families in using the hygienic toilet. The results have shown that 1.7% of households had no toilets, 96.6% of households had unhygienic toilet. 50.9% of households said that their family toilets were hygiene. The needs of knowledge of environmental hygiene and disease prevention were urgent (73-92% of households). While the education and communication for environmental hygiene only obtained 22.5% of households
