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Abstract : Clean and safe water is one of the basic needs of humans beings. Inaccessibility to this and poor sanitation leads to various water borne diseases, gastro entropathy and under nutrition. In Coimbatore, only 40% and 37% of total population had excellent knowledge and practice and30 % and 53% of housewives had good and poor knowledge and practice of water purification. So the objective of this study was to assess the level of knowledge and practices regarding safe drinking water among women.
Materials and methods: a descript cross- sectional research design was adopted for the study. A convenient sampling technique was used for sample collection. A self designed structured questionire along with face to face interview was to evaluate the knowledge .Data were analysed by using descriptive as well as inferential statistics to find out association between levels of knowledge of safe drinking water.
Result: the findings showed that among 100 participants, 40 % had adequate knowledge, 30% had moderate knowledge regarding safe water and sanitation. In this study most of the participants had moderate knowledge about safe drinking water and sanitation. Thus, the author feels community mass health education is required in this community to prevent water borne diseases.
"A Study To Assess The Knowledge And Practice Of Domestic Water Purification Among Housewives At Selected Village Coimbatore ", International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no.b171-b174, November-2025, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2511123.pdf
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