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- Title
A Study of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding E-waste Management among Nursing Students at a Tertiary Care Hospital.
- Authors
Mane, Amit A.; Patil, Sujata V.; Durgawale, P. M.; Kakade, S. V.
- Abstract
Background: Our world is marching towards a major crisis regarding solid waste management and public health recognized as E-waste or WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipments). Aim: is to assess the general awareness of nursing students regarding E-waste management. Method: This cross sectional study was conducted amongst nursing students of GNM course at KINS, Karad, Maharashtra. After obtaining institutional ethical clearance,a predesigned pretested questionnaire was administered to nursing students with their informed consent. Sample size calculated was 86, but all students from all academic years of GNM course from KINS were included in this study (150). Percentages, Proportions were calculated from collected data. Chi-square Test was applied to get Chi-square value and p-value. SPSS - 20 and GraphPad InStat software used for statistical work. Results: Among the 150 study subjects 139 (92.7 %) subjects have heard the term E- waste. They were aware of toxic nature of E-waste (58.0%), impact of improper disposal of E-waste (84.7%) and its environmental and health hazards (73.3%). They knew that there were rules and regulations about E-waste disposal (69.3%). Conclusions: Creating awareness is not enough but concurrent change in the attitude of people will play measure role in handling of E-waste.
- Publication
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2019, Vol 10, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0976-0245
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.5958/0976-5506.2019.00470.4