Knowledge, participation and attitude about swachh bharat mission in rural Hisar
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2018
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CCSHAU
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Universal sanitation and the dream of clean India is not a distinct one as “Swachh Bharat
Mission” has been introduced on 2nd of October 2014 (145th birth anniversary of Bapu) by Prime
Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at Rajghat, New Delhi who himself picking up the broom swept roads
and streets, making Swachh Bharat Mission largest ever cleanliness drive in the country. The present
study was conducted in Hisar district of Haryana state. Two villages; Mangali and Aryanagar from
Hisar I and Hisar II (blocks) were selected randomly by selecting 20 females, 20 males and 10 field
functionaries from each village which made total sample to be 100. Knowledge, attitude and
participation of respondents in Swachh Bharat Mission were assessed. Low knowledge about the
mission was reported among rural respondents. Participation was reported low to medium. Attitude was
found to be unfavourable. A training session of three days was organized in each village to impart
knowledge on various aspects of the mission. 10 males and 10 females from each village were selected
randomly for the training. Respondents selected for training showed highly significant gain in
knowledge at post-exposure stage (‘t’ value; 19.21** for females and 17.50** for males). Attitude of
the respondents after the training also witnessed a significant change (‘t’ value was 7.20* for females
and 5.87* for the males). Correlation between independent variables such as age, marital status,
occupation, family size, education, occupation and media use were found to be significant with the
knowledge. Respondents with high family income, media usage and professional occupation had more
favorable attitude towards the mission. Highly significant positive correlation was found between
knowledge, attitude and participation of respondents in Swachh Bharat Mission.
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