A quasi-experimental study to evaluate the effectiveness of a health education program in terms of knowledge and attitudes toward the prevention of common respiratory illnesses among sanitation workers in Gurugram, Haryana
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assess knowledge, attitude, sanitation hygiene, prevention, respiratory problems, sanitation worker, MCGAbstract
Objectives: The study's goal is to conduct research on the effectiveness of a Health Teaching Programme (HTP) in preventing common respiratory illnesses among sanitation employees in a specific region in Gurugram, Haryana. Methodology: Apre-experimental research was conducted to determine the effectiveness of HTP in preventing common respiratory disorders. A quantitative research technique, also known as a quantitative research design, was applied in this study. Purposive sampling was used to choose 60 people. The attitude scale on prevention of common respiratory disorders among sanitation employees was assessed using self-structured questionnaires and a Likert scale in chosen locations of Gurugram, Haryana. Result: The difference between the mean pre-test and post-test knowledge scores of sanitation work is 4.99 and the t-value is 11.675 with the df, 59 and the p-value is 0.000, which is significant at the 0.05 level. Similar to the sanitation work, there is a difference in the mean pre-test scores and post-test attitude scores of 23.55 and t-value is 44.740 with the df, 59 and p-value is 0.000, which is significant at the 0.05 level. There is an effectiveness of a health education programme on sanitation employees' understanding of how to prevent common respiratory illnesses.
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