The Study of Public Toilets Management of the University, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior for Using Public Toilets among Students in the University

Abstract

A cross-sectional study was conducted. The aim of the study was to explore the public toilet of the university management. Moreover, the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of students who used public toilets in the university were explored. Factors associated with public toilet management were determined. The public toilets for students in 15 buildings were surveyed by using the HAS (Health, Accessibility, Safety) criteria of the Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health. The data were collected from 283 bachelor's degree students in the university, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. The standard toilet of the university was evaluated. The questionaries for asking behavior when using the public toilets were used. The data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, maximum, minimum, and Chi-Square statistic. The results showed that 60.0% of public toilets of universities were passed at the standard level. The majority of the participants (50.5%) had knowledge about public toilets at a moderate level, 79.5% had attitudes towards using public toilets at a moderate level. Moreover, 91.2% had good behavior for using public toilets. And also, the study found that behavior for using public toilets was statistically significantly associated with the public toilets of university management at 0.05. Therefore, the university should be had a mechanism to inspect and improve the condition of the toilet to be ready to use and sufficient for users. Besides, the policy of public toilet management should be established seriously by using the development of public toilets by HAS guidelines.