Knowledge and Practices of Household Waste Management among Medical and Allied Graduate Students.

Abstract

Objective: To evaluateand compare the knowledge and practices of students from the medical and allied section of Isra University, Hyderabad.

Material and Methods: Cross sectional study conducted at Isra University, Hyderabad from July 2019 to December 2019.All students (male or female) registered in the medical and allied section (MBBS, Nursing and Physiotherapy) were included in the study. Stratified random sampling technique was used for participant's selection. Information was gathered using a written pre-tested questionnaire prepared for this study. Data was entered in epi data and analyzed using SPSS ver. 23 with p value 0.05 was considered significant.

Result:Total 120 students were included in the  study,the mean age of the participants was 20 7+1.23 years. Majority of participants were female while half were from MBBS section. Most of them throw their house hold waste in the container placed nearby to their houseswhile 17.2%throwtheir household waste openly on the street. Moreover, majority of them use bins or drums for storage of house hold wastefollowed by use card board boxes. There was a statistically significant difference (p-value /0.05) in knowledge observed between students of MBBS compared with others faculty.

Conclusion: Knowledge and practicesregarding the household waste management are not satisfactory and significant difference between the students of medical and allied section. MBBS students seems more aware regarding household waste management compared to others.