ความรู้ ทัศนคติและการจัดการขยะมูลฝอยในครัวเรือนของอาสาสมัครสาธารณสุขประจำหมู่บ้าน เขตตำบลป่าแฝก  อำเภอกงไกรลาศ จังหวัดสุโขทัย

Kridchawa  Radapitukkul; Amornsak Poum; Phutthipong  Makmai

Authors

Kridchawa Radapitukkul Occicare Medical Center, Chonburi Province
Amornsak Poum Faculty of Public Health, Ramkhamhaeng University
Phutthipong Makmai Faculty of Public Health, Northern College

Keywords:

Village Health Volunteer, Waste Management, Household’s Waste

Abstract

This descriptive study aimed to determine associations between knowledge, attitude and household’s waste management among village health volunteers in Pafaek Sub-district, Sukhothai Province. The study populations were consisted of 159 village health volunteers in 2018. Participants were 97 cases calculated by using Daniel formula and selected by using systematic random sampling. Data were collected by questionnaires composed of 4 parts including, characteristics, knowledge about waste, attitudes about waste management and household’s waste management. Data were analyzed by using Pearson product moment correlation coefficient.

The result showed that knowledge about waste had mean score at high level ( =2.70, S.D.=0.550), attitude about waste management had mean score at high level ( =2.75, S.D.=0.432). In addition, household’s waste management had mean score at high level of reuse ( =3.45, S.D.=0.639), reduce ( =4.23, S.D.=0.470), and recycle ( =4.19, S.D.=0.486). Knowledge about waste and attitude about waste management were significantly positive association with household’s waste management among village health volunteers (r=0.296, P-value=0.006, r=0.503, P-value<0.001, respectively). This study suggested that Pa Faek Municipality should set activities for sorting the source of waste to reduce the waste in community. Moreover, it should be promoting the village health volunteers as the role model in case of household’s waste management by using 3R model, such as reduce, reuse, and recycle.

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