KAP regarding Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.

      Аннотация: This book is based on a research study done on water sanitation and hygiene. The study highlighted an approach that can elicit the best outcomes in the area of water sanitation and hygiene. Salient issues raised in this book are that assessment of knowledge levels among the target communities could be an inevitable undertaking as knowledge is known to influence attitude and practice. Adequate knowledge, positive attitude and good practices play a vital role in disease prevention both at personal and community level. Here a reader is provided with an insight on how individuals, family and community members can protect themselves from water, sanitation and hygiene related diseases. This book is an inspiration to health education providers as it touches on the best approach to use in water sanitation and hygiene education. Further, Local Authorities who are the main service providers would use this book as resource and reference material in their various civic duties. Further, the book can also inform policy formulation and implementation as it reveals how budgets on purchases of medical supplies for the treatment of water, sanitation and hygiene related diseases can be reduced.

Ключевые слова: sanitation, water, Practices, knowledge, hygiene, attitudes, participatory hygiene and sanitation methodology