Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Hazards of Plastic Wastes among the Housewives

Abstract

Background of the Study: Plastics are used on a daily basis throughout the world. Plastic is not biodegradable. When plastics are buried it will choke the drainage and when it is burnt will emit poisonous gases. The increasing awareness of the environment has contributed to concerns regarding our lifestyles and our indiscriminate disposal of wastes. During the past decade, we have been trying to address this complex problem, more aggressively.

Aim: This study is aimed to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on hazards of plastic wastes among the housewives residing at rural area. Methodology: A quantitative research approach with pre-experimental one-group pre-test and post-test design was used in this study. Data collected from the 30 housewives were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics.

Result: The overall knowledge score in post-test is 94%. In post-test, the 20% of the housewives had moderate knowledge and 80% of the housewives had adequate knowledge. In pre-test, housewives are having 13.9 ± 3.73 overall knowledge score while in post-test, housewives are having 14.5 ± 2.63 overall knowledge score. The paired t-test value is 2.71 which are statistically significant at 0.05 level. In association with age, education, previous awareness, and with the level of knowledge, the Chi-square value is significant at 0.05 levels and reveals that there is a significant association between them.

Conclusion: Structured teaching program improved the knowledge level of the housewives and so the health-care professionals can use this method in educating the housewives to facilitate the healthy growth and development and healthy practices in day-to-day activities.