Health Awareness Package to Enhance Family Knowledge and Healthy Practices Regarding Household Waste Management

Abstract

Background: The proper management of household waste is a significant public health issue within the community and is intricately connected to the everyday lives of individuals. Residents can play a crucial role in overseeing the effective management of household waste. The aim of study: is to evaluate the effect of health awareness package on families’ knowledge and practices regarding household waste management. Design: Quasi-experimental design; one group pre-posttest. Setting: El-Sheikh Makram Village, Sohag governorate. Sample: A simple random sample included 110 families representing 2% of Overall Village families. Tools: two tools were utilized in the current study;tool I:a structured interview questionnaire encompassed four parts; Part 1: Families’ Socio-demographics, Part 2: Families’ home assessment sheet, Part 3: Families’ knowledge assessment, and Part 4: Families’ Health awareness assessment. Tool II: Families’ health awareness Likert scale. Results: the families’ satisfactory knowledge, reported practices, and heightened awareness regarding household waste management were improved from (28%, 29.1%, 13.9% pre to 85.5%, 90%, 82.8% respectively) post health awareness package implementation with high statistical significance at (P<0.000). Additionally, a strong positive correlation, with high statistical significance at (P<0.000), was identified between the total knowledge, reported practices, and awareness levels of families. Conclusion: health awareness package improved the families’ knowledge, reported practices, and awareness regarding household waste management. Recommendations: implementing continuous and targeted health awareness initiatives, coupled with community participation and media engagement, to the improvement of household waste management and the overall well-being of the community.