A Study of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding E-waste Management among Nursing Students at a Tertiary Care Hospital Mane Amit A1,*, Patil Sujata V2, Durgawale P M3, Kakade S V4 1MPH Student, Department of Community Medicine, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India 2Guide and Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India 3HOD and Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India 4Statistician, Directorate of Research, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Deemed to be University, Karad, Maharashtra (India) *Corresponding Author: Dr. Amit Ankush Mane, Department of Community Medicine, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra (India), Email: amitam2487@gmail.com
Online published on 20 March, 2019. 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. Top Keywords E-waste, Management, Awareness, KAP, WEEE. Top |