A Study to Assess the Health Status and Knowledge of Unsafe Rag Picking with a View to Educate the use of Safety Measures among Rag Pickers of Durg District (C.G.)

Clean environment is very necessary to live a peaceful and healthy life. But our environment is getting dirty day by day because of negligence of human beings. Not enough attention has been paid on the crucial linkage between the crippling waste disposal system, a by-product of the population explosion and degradation of both environmental as well as human health. Waste management remains a major challenge for any society. A high incidence of illness is caused such as dysentery, typhoid fever, enteritis, cholera and diarrhoea. The objectives of the study were 1) To identify the socio demographic variables of rag pickers of Durg district Chhattisgarh. 2) To assess the health status of rag pickers of Durg district Chhattisgarh. 3) To assess the knowledge of rag pickers related to unsafe rag pickers. 4) To assess the knowledge regarding use of safety measures among rag pickers of Durg district Chhattisgarh. 5) To find the association between knowledge of rag pickers related to unsafe rag picking and selected sociodemographic variables. 6) To find the association between knowledge of rag pickers regarding use of safety measures and selected socio demographic variables. 7) To provide need based awareness regarding unsafe rag picking and use of safety measures among rag pickers.