A Study on the Knowledge and Practices Related WaSH in Nepal

To find out the knowledge and practices related to sanitation and hygiene among rural population. A community household-based descriptive study was conducted in 2 months (1st February - 30th April 2018). Siraha municipality of siraha district was selected and the sample size is 358. Pretested interview schedule was used. Data was collected by face to face interview. The collected data was compiled and coded in the SPSS software. Analysis and interpretation of data was done in diagrammatic form, table and tested for the significance by using appropriate statistical test. Study found that the 91.9 % of the respondents were not aware about hand washing technique whereas minimum 8.1 % of the respondent were aware about the washing and majority (89.1%) of the respondents were using ash for cleaning pots after cooking and eating. People were aware that hand wash is necessary but they do not know about hand wash technique. In the present study, most of the respondents had their own pets at home and they wash their hand after handling the dung but they used plain water instead of using soap for maintaining better hygiene. This shows that respondents were aware towards sanitation but they do not have proper knowledge regarding sanitation.