Role of sanitation awareness workshop in enhancing the knowledge and awareness among self-help group members

Abstract

Sanitation is one of the essential areas need to be concentrated in India. Swach Bharat mission was launched in India with an aim to make India open defecation free. Action research is one of the approaches to create awareness. Hence the study was conducted to assess the sanitation awareness among self help group members. In the beginning stage, pre -test was conducted to assess the sanitation practices. After that, a workshop on ‘Sanitation Awareness” was conducted to provide inputs in terms of knowledge and methods to sensitize about sanitation practices. Post-test was also conducted to assess the impact of the workshop with regard to knowledge and awareness to make the participants adopt better sanitation practices. It was found that there is significant difference in pre and post test results. The awareness among the self help groups is been enhanced after the conduct of the workshop.