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24.8% of the subjects preferred open field defecation and https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5278.93196
56.8% of the subjects were disposing solid waste in Geeta, J., & Kumar, S. S. (2014). Open defecation:
community bins. The proportion of people disposing Awareness and practices of rural districts of Tamil
solid waste in community bins and using soap and water Nadu, India. International Journal of Scientific
for handwashing was significantly higher among people Research, 3(5), 537-539.
who were aware about SBA. Increasing awareness https://www.worldwidejournals.com/internationa
regarding health hazards of open-air defecation and l-journal-of-scientific-research-
improper disposal of waste will create a change in their (IJSR)/fileview.php?val=May_2014_149304129
behavior in adopting healthy lifestyle. Planning and 7__176.pdf
conducting Information Education Communication Gopal, S., Sarkar, R., Banda, K., Govindarajan, J.,
activities on this important issue on a regular basis is Harijan, B. B., Jeyakumar, M. B., Mitta, P.,
extremely necessary. Effective political and Sadanala, M. E., Selwyn, T., Suresh, C. R.,
administrative support is needed to scale up the sanitation Thomas, V. A., Devadason, P., Kumar, R.,
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Study of water supply & sanitation practices in
Acknowledgments India using geographic information systems:
Authors are thankful to Indian Council of Medical some design & other considerations in a village
Research for considering this study under “Short Term setting. The Indian Journal of Medical Research,
Studentship Programme 2021”. We heartily 129(3), 233–241.
acknowledge the cooperation and support of Team https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19491414/
Adiyakamangalam PHC for supporting this study. Jeratagi, S., Kumar, Y., & Mallapur, M. D. (2017).
Awareness about sanitary toilets in a rural area of
Ethical Approval north Karnataka, India: A cross sectional study.
Institutional Ethical Committee approval was obtained International Journal of Community Medicine
from the institution, No. 012/IEC/GTMC/2019 from and Public Health, 4(2), 363-369.
03/05/2019. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20170256
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Funding Source Harikrishna, B., & Malhotra, V. (2018). Study to
This research did not receive any outside funding or assess knowledge, perception and practices
support. regarding Swachh Bharat Abhiyan among rural
people of Nalgonda district in Telangana state.
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