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Community Education, Training
Health Organisation

ACKNOWLWDGEMENTS
The implementation of
the CETHO p

programme
was dependent on the
approval from the district level
authorities
a.
--- to utilise
existing government
the
infrastructure. We
a+.a
keen
interest taken in the programme by Shri B. apprecciate
Vir, C.E.O Beed,
for
the approval to utilise the ICDS infrastructur
and
in Georai
Taluka.

For Paithan TaIuka
we extent our gratitude to Shri. S. S.
Yadwadkar for the guidance
and leadership and personal interest
that he has taken in the involvement
of ICDS workers, the Z.P
school teachers and
through them the school children
organising
for
one of the largest
information, education
and
communication(IEC) programmes implemented
in the state.
dedicate this report to
We
the
staff
of
the
IHMP
and the I CDS
workers,
school teachers and
1
'
-J balsevaks(child health educators)
who have collectively inspired
change in their communities
towards a healthier environment,
We would like to put on record
our appreciation for < '' ‘
all those who implemented this programme
and assisted in the evaluation.
CETHO Staff
1- U.B. Mahankale
2. S.Dhakne

list a collection
1• S.
S. D. Kakade
2. A.
A. B. Pawar
3. R. Salgaonkar
4. K. Kharat

Data Analysis
1. S. Sen
2. N. Kurian
3. K. Abraham
4. R. Salgaonkar
5. R.R. Chaudhuri
6. J. Weiner

S£W TECHNICAL STAFF
1. V.M. Mitkari
2. S.M. Shinde
3. B. Sasane
4 . E. Bansode
5. R. Ahire
6• A. Sonwane

Report Writing
1■ S. Sen
2. M. Khale
3. J. Weiner
Drivers
1. G. Dahiwal
2. S. Ghule
3. M. Bankar

A. Dyal Chand
(Director)
d
institute of Health Managemnet
achod, Aurangabad, Maharashtra 431 121.

COMMUNITY EDUCATION TRAINING AND HEALTH ORGANISATION

1,THE CETHO IEC

CONCEPT

The Institute of Health Management Pachod
an

i nnovative

(I EC)

ComiDun i c a t i on

and

Informati on 5 Educat.i on

(IHMP) has evolved

strategy for the Safe Drinking Water Programme implemented in the

Gearai t a. 1 u k a h EHeed Di str i c:t -

experi ence

It is based on the IHMP

of the health p r o y r a m m e b e i n g i m p 1 e m e n t e d s i n c e 1977I EC

The

concept

a

e n c o mp a s s e s

d e m o n s t r a t e ch n g e s in c o m m u n i t y b e h a v i o u r .

to

perspective

broad

The I EC st r at eg y £■< i ms

e
at

maki n g i n d i vi dua1s„ a n d the c o m m u. nit y a w a r e of

related to

prob1ems

the

dr i n k i ng wa.t er ;i an d g en er at i n g t he i r par t i c i pat i on i n

assessing interventions to overcome these problems.

the

as

B€?haviour relate?d to drinking water needs to change at

both

Ind i vidual practices

such

d i seases

are

Change in community behaviour.

such

i nd!vi dual a n d communi t y 1eve1s.
water

storage

and management of

relatively easier to change.

as

mai ntenance

d i sposal j,

change

of hygenic source surroundings and

in

nor ms

if

can only be e st ab1i sh ed

waste

every

water

single

deci si on

a

t h e c o m m u n i t y compile s a n ci makes

to

i ni tiated

and

on 1 y if the st i mu1 us for change comes f rom wi thin

the

h i s or her p r act i ce.

sustained

born

is difficult and requires a longer time period.

Commun i t y
ind i vi dual

water

T h i s p r o cess can be

communi ty rather t han being i mpose?d by an external change

Indivi dual

behavi our

may be

influenced

by

agent.

i n t er p er so n a 1

c ommun i c a.t i on b u t normati ve change in a c o m m 11 n i t y c a n o c c u r

onl y

w i t h e f f e c t i v e g r o u p i n t e r actio n w h i c h f a c i 1 i. t a t e s p a r t i c i p a t ion.

A

mechanism which generates peer pressure is required t o

comp1i anee

and

sustained

n o r m a t i v c? c h a n g e

in

the

ensure

communi ty.

T h e IE C s t r a t e g y s h o u 1 d e m p h a s i s e d e c i s i o n m a k i n g and ensure
fol 1ow-up

through

a process of

r e i n f or c e me n t h

mot ivat i on

and

mobi1i sation

of

c: o n i m u n i t y a c t i o n .

involve

It. should

c. 1 ear

a

mechanism whereby i ndi vi dua1s make an i n f or med choice. Hence, the
s t r a t e g y t h a t e v o 1 v e s is situation, ti me and pr ob1em specific-

The
whi ch

I EC

was

i ni ti ated

attempted

of the Safe

componG?nt

in

Dri nki ng

Georai Taluks, of

Water

in

Deed

t o o p e r- a t i o n alls e t h e s e c o n c e p t s.

Programme
1988

has

T h e r e s u 11 s o f

the

CETHO programme i n Georai a r e p r e s e n t e d EVOLUTION OF THE PROGRAMMES

The
wh i ch

first phase of the Safe Drinking Water
in

began

1986-87,

was

or i entcd

(SDW>

towards

Programme

meet i ng

the


i mmediate

d r i n k i. n g

water

needs of the

people.

The

prcgramme

st-arted with t h e r e c o n s t r la c t i o n and react i va t ion of h and pump s «

In

the

s e c o n cl p h ass the foe u s s h i f t e d t o

mai nt©nance

and

of handpumps and communi ty educat ion and organ!sat i on.

CETHO

activities

si tuational

were

introduced in

analysis was u nde rt a ken i n the area.

practices

were?

studied and i nter vent ion s

awareness

were

planned.It

heal th

i nf or mat i on

behavi oural

of

1988.

in

the

was assumed

communi ty

to

that
wi 1 1

Initial], y

Water

create

method„

Change in com m u n i. t y b e h a v i o u r woul d

dynami c

process

of

prob1em

community

fi nally

thi s

i nteract ion,

related

d i ssemi nat i on

change. The CETHO team soon realised the

a

1 ead

of

to

inadequacy

require

i den t i f i cat i on

a
and

deci si on n t a. k i n g a t. t h e c o m m u n i t y 1 e ve 1 .

4
The

IHMF

p a r t. i c i p a t i o n

evolved

an

TEC

strategy

to

f oster

communi ty

a n d < a. c i ] i t a t e n o r m a t i v e c: h a n q e s in water

r el ated

behavi ours. Th i s IE C s t r a t e g y i n v o 1 v e d t h e c o n d u c t i o n of

women's

awareness

women

camps on water. The focus of t hese camps has

as they a r e t h e c r u c i a 1 elements

1. Fl

f u1 f i 1 1 i ng

been
t he

on

dai 1 y

*

water

r equ.i r emen t s ot their f ami 1 y «

sources

is

women.

by

So f

38

8671 of contact
a w a r e n ee s s

with

camps

water

have

been

conducted by the IHMF' st af f „

S
By the encl

1989 thc? CETH0 team realised that covering the

w o lx 1 d req u i r e a 1 a r g e m a n p o w e r i n p u t.. A p a r t

ta1 uka

entire

— r
UT

11' i i s t h e i m p a c t. of t h e a w a r g? n e s s c a m p s c o u 1 d o n 1 y b e

IHMP

estab1i shed

s u s t a i n e? d c o n t a c t u To ensure a r ep 1 i cab1e IEC

through

deci deci to involve the government.

I CDS

the

supervisi on,

have conducted 39 water camps in

strategy,

inf r astructure f or

under

IE C p r cj g r a mme. A n g a n w a d i w o r k e r s ?

i mplementing

from

thei r

IHMP

respect!ve

vi11 ages„

The
i n De t.

*

negot i at i ons

89.

to obt ain Govt - permi ssion

started

were

The? approval for the involvement of ICDS workers

was

on 1 y ob t a i n ed i n March 1990.
Fol low!ng
workers

and

approval,

government

30 he 1 ps?r s were trained

c arnp s.

The?

Anganwadi

workers

results

of awareness

encouraged

IHMP

for

Anganwad i

conduct i ng

awareness

camps

to

In Sept.

f un c 11 on ar i e?s

in Georai t a 1 u k a.

Sevi kas

another two batches of AiWWs

and

27

a batch

of

organ!sed
all

tra i n
and Oct.

were

by

the

1990,

the

I CDS

Mukhya.

trained.

To st r g?ngt hen 3.nd suppor t commun i ty mon i t c<ring of handpumps,

CETHD conducted in—service
4

4
4

volunteers.

field train in g of

1/00 village

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T h e t h r e e S t r a t e g i e s a r e:
A) H

Awar eness;

Government

wc'cnen

or gain i seel

by

IHMF

st a.-f f

and

In vo1vement ot c cmmunity r e p r esen tat i ve s i n

t he

■f or

ICDS workers.


8) .

Ca.mprs

T r aini n g an d

inanagement of thei r w/ater resources.
A

C) .

H e 11 h e d u c a t i o n an d niot i vat i on of adults by school

chi 1 dren

(Child Educators or Bals evak st r at eg y).

5.

AWARENESS CAMPS FOR WOMEN -(MANILA MELAWAS>QN WATER;
wi th in

CETHO has independently conducted 38 awareness camps

*

a period of

t w o y e a r s. T hi e IE C s t r a t e g y i n v o 1 v e d i n these camps i s

t he

t i m e 1 y i ci e n t i f i c a t i o n o f p r o b 1 e m s.

1 ed

by

and

parti ci pate

ca

process of
in

Th e c ommun i t y

g r o u p d y n a tn i c s t o t a k e c o 11 e c t i v e

f o ]. 1 ow

up

act i on

to

women

are

deci si ons

ex i st ing

overcome

problems.

The Awareness Camp strategy is as follows :
I.

Preparatory Phase.

11.

C o fi d u c t i n g t h e c. a m p.

III.

Fol 1ow—up Phase.

I.

PREPARATORY PHASE FOR THE CAMP:

a)

Situational
A

s i 111 t i o n a 1

conduc ti on
sources

Analysis

of

and

a n <3.1 y s i s is done i n every vi11 age

the? melawa.

dr i n h: i ng

Th i s i n c 1 ud es i d en t i f i c a t i o n of

studying t h e i r condi t i on ..

user habits such as storage
water

pr i or

methods 5

s o u r c e s la r r o u n d i ng.

Ubserving

water

c1ea nliness of

act i v i t ies 1i ke

to

water

r el at ed

t In e

washing

of

c1othes,

animals at t h e cl r i n k i n q w a t e r source.

vessel s j,

d e -f- a e c a t i n g a.t t h e

knowledge

of

of

water.

t hi e i r

and

var ious

water

w c j m e n? s c o n c e p t

t hi e r e 1 a t i o n s h i p t• e t w e e n w a t e r

hi^b its.

h yg ieni c

a.nd personal

sour ce?;

t h i s i n -f o r m a t i o n 5

•f r om

Apart

water

chi1dren

b o r n e d i s e a s e s is collected.

b)

11 e n d Camp:

Con t a c: t 0 p :i. n i o n L e ad er s a n d Mo t i v a t i n g Wo men t o
Vi 11 age

on

the

i d en t i t i c at i on

and

op i n i on 1eaders a re c ont ac ted and briefed

camp

ob .j ec t i ves.

use

o-f

(ey -

dawandi

The! r

tradi ti onal
etc. ) ,

su p p o r t i s sou g h t t or

the

commun i ty

commun i cation

channels

in

o-f

women t o

attend the melawa?

motivat i on

camp site and •f i x i. ng camp t i mmi ngs.

solecti on of

A p a r t -f r o m t bi i s t h e c a n i p organisen contacts women living i n

the

vi c i n i ty

of each water source and in-forms

camp«

These

women are m o t i v a t e d a. n d r e q u e s t e d

•f r i en d s j.

c)

1ocati on

suitab1e

in

KAF‘ pretest of
A pre-test

•f or

their

p r e p a r a t c:/ r y

phase

t h e camp

is selected.

women:

pract i ces..

and

c on d u c t i n g

consul tat ion with t he c omm uni t y.

i s conclucted far

attitudes

camp) .

br i ng

the

of Camp Site and Dates s

D a t e s a. r e -f i x e d

d)

to

about

relatives and neighbours.

Seiect i on

A

them

is

women to assess t h e i r know!edge.

relatcd

to

use

of

comp 1 et eel o n e week prior

to

water.

(The

the

£Ac t ua 1

e

ii.

CONDUCTING THE CAMP:

a. B

R e g i s t r a. t i o n of women a. nd

□r i en t a. t i on t o c a nip ag en d a. a.n d

objectives.

a.

b..

Rol e cuf

c-

G a. m e S e s & i o n.

d.

Dr a w i n g Sess i on .

e.

Di scuesi on.



D e c. i s i cj n M a k i n g.

women and their association with water.

Intreduct ions

The

camp objectives and agenda are discussed and women

a.r e

introduced to the IHMP’s safe d r i nki n g wat er pr ogramme.

bn

Di scussion on F<ol e of

The

Women And Their Association With Water s

o n li s o f r u n n i n g a home is on women -

They

manage

d a. i 1 y

h o u s e h o 1 d c: h ores and take care of their children for which

their

associ at ion wi th water

i s obvious u

sour cess are made by women.

br i n g i ng

about

Therefore.

of

contacts with water

f or

women are key elements

any change in user habits and

m an a g e men t

1 evel

86"Z of all

water sources.

The

ensuri ng

vi11 age

are

women

communi t y

encour a g ecl t o p er c. i e ve t h e i r c1ose rel at i onshi p with water.

dc

Game Session

n

T li e c amp starts wi th a. f ew

sessioh

h e .1. p« s

creating

an

in creating a c o n g e n i a 1

in tcrest

in

w i 11 j. n g n e s s t o p a r t i c i p a t e.
e d u. cat :i

games

ga ai es p1 ayed by the women ..

n t c> p i c:.

a t m o si p h ere.

the a c tiv i ti es

of

the

It

bi e 1 fj s

camp

The gimmes are r e 1 a t e d t o t h e

T ken prizes ar e g iven to those who wi n

Thi s

an d

in

a

heal th
in these

g.

Dr w i n g Sess i on "

The women are divided into smal1

groups and

to

askGfd

draw p i c t u. r e s o n t o p i c s r e 1 a t e d to water and various user habits.
E ac h g r ou p prov ided wit h some paper and a bowl

of water

col our sj,

i S5

+ingers.

Through

m o t i v a. t e d t o d r a w t h e s e t o p i c s w i t h 11-) e i r

t hese

the women e x p r e s s t h e i r c o n c: e p t

p a i n t i n g s-

an d

pr act 1 cess

r e 1 a t e d t o d r ~ i n k i n g water.

t.

Di scussi on::

One

member

-From each g r oup explains their pint ur e

rest ot the p arti c ipan t s.

process

of

seiecti ng

di scussion

and

The b est pa int ing g e t s a prize.

t h e b est p a i n t i n g a

group

i nteraction

is

dynami c

init iated

to

the

In

the

process

of

among

the

p a r t i c: i p a. n t s>.

every

After
di scussion

on

pr es>entat i on

it.

the

camp

organi ser

The organiser facilitates^

initiates a.

part i ci pat i on

and

c h an n e 1 s

t h e d i s c: u s s i o n in such a manner s-; o as to rein f or c e

the

posi tive

habi ts

subst itute

presented by the women i n

barmf ul

informati on

ones

with suitable al ternatives .

i s give n w here r e qui r ed.

By means of

and

through

proce>ss

or ig inate

a

f t" o m

t hi e i r In ow 1 e d g e is u s e d to

t h g?

of

sharing.

group

The

suggesti ons

i tself rather

than

as

strategy

awareness

educate

and

Add i t i onal

this

the women i n the group) who posse?ss a high level of
i denti f i ed

drawi ngs

thei r

the

are

others

f or

change

an

ex ternal

st imulus f r om the orgarniser.
The

camp)

organi ser s u m m a r i s e s 11" > e e n 11 r e

emphasis a n d r e i n f o r c e m e n t o f r e 1 e v a n t

messages.

di scussion

w i t. h

y-

Deci s ian Maki n g:

The

leads the women into

or gam ser

camp

water

h a b i t s i'- e J. a t e d t o t h e i r d r i n k i n g

li ser

reg arding changes in

deci sions

making

a n d 1T1 a n a. gem e n t o t water borne

ill nesses..

They are encouraged to take up the management of

t h e i r water

w a t e r s t o r i?. g e

source,

sourco

mon itor i t s m a i n t e n a. n c e M

an d

water

regardi ng

Deci si c?ns

drai nage and filling up stagnant water pools a r e e n c o u. r a g e d .
the

The camp e n d s w i t h p r i z e di st r i b u t ion for t hos e wi nn i ng
game and ■F o r t h e b e s t d r a w i n g s.

These are an

t S* i e women t o p a r t i c i p a t e? i n t h e

mot i vat i ng

further

i ncentive5

sessicna.

fol 1ow-up

a date f o r t h e f o 11 o w -up session i s f ixed.

F i n a 11 y

Foilow—up phase:

III.

the

T he fi r st foilow up se?ssi on i s I’i e 1 d wi th i n a week after

camp.

During this session respons: bi1it i es are assigned and women

undertake

groups are formed for collective action.

Commi ttees

c>

organ iser

onl y

provides

s u p p o r t i v e s u p e r v i s i t? n .

camp

The

know-how

techni cal

and

mobi1i si ng

T h e o r g a n i s e r al so assists in

The

required for executing the decisions.

material

the

the required

c amp.

the

foilow-up ac t i cn on d e c i s i o n s t a k e n d u r i n g

actual

activi ti es a r e u n ci e r t a k e n b y t h e c o m m u n i t y w o m e n .

Dur i rig

t h e p> o s t -1 s s t r e s 1.111S h

done t. I’i r o u g h s m a 1 1
fi

f ol1ow-up session a post-test.

ed

assess

to

on t h e i i n o w 1 e d g e J. e v e 1 s o f women i s conducted.

impact

on

th i s

The

n C: j i t

Dependi ng

messages

is

fol1ow up session

is

r e i n f o r c. e n i e ri t o f certain

g r cj u p meet ings «

the

a 11

t hO

deci sians

mot ivat ing

the

women

and

obj ect i vt?

of

a w a r e n r. •• s s p r ..«g r a m m a i s t o m -a I =: e t i e c o m m u r i i t. y p a r t i c: i p a i ’. c?

in

and

det ai1 ed

ac tion

p 1 an

cover in g

f inalisod.

The

provi cl i ng
t In e

camp

organiser

con t i nu.es

t h em t h e n e c e s s ar y g u i d a n c e -

The f i n a 1

the m an agemen t of thei r water resources. Ensuri ng

, to

water

habi ts.

on the

u Sier s

The p r og r a mme a i ms t o b r i n g ab out

pract i ce?s

a 11 e m p t

a 1 a r g g? e x t e n t cl e p e n cl s«,

a. nd

sub s t i t u t e t h em w i t h

par t i c i pat i on

at

t he

village level

d r i n k: i ri g

water

rel £<tc?d

a change

suitab 1e

i s rn a d e t o s o 1 v e p r o b 1 e m s r e 1 a t e d

sate

in

harmful

a 11 e r fi a t i v e s u

An

t c w a t e r w i t h’l c o m m u. n i t y

i t. se 11

through

t l*i i s

can ip)

strategy-

A - ASSESSMENT

6u

OF THE WOMEN’S AWARENESS CAMPS ON WATER CONDUCTED BY CETHO

I n t r od uc t i on
E v a 1 u a t i on 0b j e c t i v e s
E v a 1 u a t i o n M e t bi o d s
Res uIts:
a- Storage af Drin king Wat er
b, Concept of Water
c -< Wat er and Di sease
d. H a n d p u m p S u r r o u n d i n g s
Di scussion
Pr ob 1 ems Encoun t or ecl
C o n c 1 i.a s i o n s a n d I m p 1 i c a t i o n s .

6. 1 „
6.. 2.
6. 3,
6« 4«

6. 5.
6. 6.)»

7.

6- 1.

Introduction
A s i t u a t i o n a 1 analysis of the water

Gearai
f or

elated practices in the

t a 1 u. I< a i n die a t e d t h a t p r i mar i 1 y women,

t h e h o u s e h o 1 d..

storage

vessels

<86Z) fetch

F’ r a c t i c e s r e 1 a t e d t o w a t e r s t c> r a g e ?

a n d c 1 e a! "i 1 i n e s s of wa t er

source

water

c1ean i ng

s u. r i - o u n d i n g s

determi ne t h e c o r: t a ?n i n a t i c- n of d r i n ! •-: 1 n g wa t e r u
Women wash their

vessels and

animals at the

water

source.

T r, some c a SC'S, smal 1 chi1 dron a r e allowed to

def acc:ate

near

hand pump..

J. n v a r i a b 1 y t h e r e i s a c c u m u 1 a t i cj n

of

E’-artti filling

p 1 a.t f or m

the

around the hand pump 0

is usually eroded5

e

c: 1 othes ?

(murram)

around the

1 o a v :i. n g t hi e p .1. a t f o r m e d g e s u n d e r m i n e d .

si ush

water

Seventy -five per cent ot the households store drinking
whi cch are large? earthen ware? pots

2.5 to 3

•feet

c-F

the

in

Van J an s’ ,

in

height e^nd 2 -feet or more in diameter. Thr ee t ourths

pot

bur ied in the ground in order to keep

is

cool f

water

the

h en c e t h e ranjans are di-f-ficuIt to clean.
These? ranjans are

covered with a basket or a piece of cloth.
water

Any vessel is used -for removing water •from the Ranjan. The

source surroundings in most of the villages

(897.) are unclean.

It was felt that interventions specifically targeted towards
these

user-practices.

change

in

The

are necessary to bring

about

quali tati ve

drin k i n-g wa t e r .

women.

Awareness Camp IEC strategy was used to educate

The IHMF* has i ndependen111 conducted 38 womens awareness camps on
safe drinking water.

Messages

were

disseminated in the following

during

areas

awareness camps:

- Concept of safe water.
How germs enter water and cause disease
borne disease).

(transmission of

water

«

Water borne diseases and
diarrhoea and jaundice).

their

management

(emphasi s

hygi eni c
Methods of preventing water borne diseases:
habits, hygiene of water source and personal hygiene.

on

storage

i n matkas
Hygi enic water storage: storage of drinking water
earthernware pots) ..use of ranjan for storing water f or
(smal1
other purposes, solid cover on storage vessel? use of a vargal a
(dipper with a handle) to remove water from matkas.
Hygiene of water source: prevention of activities such as washing
clothes,
vessels and animals near the water source, prevention
of
children defecating at the water source,
maintenance of
clean platform conditions, regular cleaning of
the drainage,
regular
murram filling around water source.. - Personal
hygiene
related to water habits.

S

b.2. Evaluation Objectivess

1 „ To assess the change in the knowledge ot rural women regarding
the concept of safe water, water borne diseases.

cleanliness of water sources and waste water disposal.

methods !»
2.

water storage

To assess the change in the behaviour of rural women

related

to water storage methods and the water source.
of

the

a) Pre-tests conducted by the IHMF* team compared with the

post-

3. To

assess

the

and

ef f ec t i veness

replieability

awaren ess c amps st rat eg y.

6.3. Eval nation Methods;

tests conducted by external investigators.
xHMP team randomly selected 8 villages

The
the
4r

pre-tested

and

seiected

randomly

knowledge;, attitudes and practices of 10

community women per village.

who

In the post-test a random sample of 100 community women

attended camps. from these 8 villages.. was drawn. A larger sample

that

than

for the pre-test was drawn. since it

was

felt

that

several women would not be aval 1ab1e?due to the sowing season.

Only 90 women were available for interviewing.

The

external

investigators conducted the KAP tests on women a fortnight

A

the

awareness camps were held. The interview schedules used

the evaluat i on ar e anne xed

1

af ter

(refer annexures

for

A-I and A-II).

6.4. Rpsults:

6.4.1.

Profile of respondents:

Even though the number of

women

pre and post-tested was marginally different. the general profile

of these respondents was comparable. 627. of the respondents
in

the

age

1i terate.
(607.)

group of 20-40 years.

Onl y

107.

respondents

The occupation of the respondents included

1 an d1 ess 1 ab our

(21.37.) s house work

(12.57.)

were

were

agr i culture
and

servi ce

4
4
*

Table 1 : Storage of Drinking Water
i

£

Water Storage
Fract i ces

i

Pre test
scores of
80 women«
Conducted
by CETHD

i

i

’a) Storage vessel:

Post test
i
J
scores of
{
90 women
’ conducted
' by external I
!Investigators I
»_ ____________ *


i

i



Ranj an

60 (757.)

55 (61.17.)

16

18 (207.)

i
i

Mat ka

Metal vessel

(207)

i

i

I

i

1

(1.27.)

I

16 (17. 87.)

i

Other vessels
*
!b) Covering storage
{
vessel :

3 (3. 87.)

£

i

j
j

1

Yes

I

Mo

1

I
69 (86.27);

i

83 (92.27.)

j

j
i

11

7 < 7.87)

(13.87)I

I

«

' c) Cover used:
I
<
Wooden p 1 ank
<
i
Metal plate

i

I

I
i

31

(38.77)

I

10 (12.57.)

I

J

«
<

30 (33.37)



32 (35.67)

1

I

I

ft

r

(1.17)

I

I
t

1

I
J

!

I

Cl oth

I

2 ( 2.57.)

|

1

(1.17)

I

Basket

26 (32.57)

20 (22.27)

I
I

I

N. A.

i

11

7 (7.87.)

(13.87)
i

I

4

6.4.2.

1

Storage of drinking water;

In the pretest 757 of the respondents stored their
water

in ranJans.

post-test.

Af ter

drinking

This pr op or t i on had reduced to 61.17 in

the

the awareness camps

were

37.87

respondents

using a matka or a metal vessel ■for storing their drinking
as compared to 21.27 previously.

water

4
>




92.27. of the respondents were covering their storage

vessel

cover

their

contami nation.

The

a

cloth

camp,

the

after

water

dri nking

56.67.

remai n i ng

35. 6%
and

protect

a

metal

it

against

pl ate

to

used inappropriate covering such

plank or basket.

wooden

used

as

7. 87m women did not cover thei r

storage

water at all.

Concept of waters

6.4.3.

proportion of women who stated that water could

The

increased from 207 to 94.57..

unclean

could relate unclean water to germs.
that

responded

Only 87. of the

become

respondents

After the camp 85.67.

water becomes unclean with the

women

introduction

of

suspended material as compared to 18.87 in the pretest.
In

the

pretest 73.87 women felt that

stored

water

could

become unclean. This increased to 94.57 after the camp.

The proportion of respondents who believed that stored watet

can become unclean was higher in the pretest

1

to

responses? that water at source can

(73.87), as compared

get contaminated

<207/.

The reason for this difference could be that the contamination i n

stored

water is easily visible as a majority of the

associated

women

unclean stored water with suspended material.

have

Table 2 : Concept of Water
i

t

I
I
I
I
I

Concept of water

Pre test
scores of
80 women.
Conducted
by CETHO

i
i

Post test
scores of
90 women.
Conducted
external 1y

j

la) Can water become
unclean
Yes
<

I

i



i

<

No

16 (20X)

63

85 (94.57.)

(78.87.) I

i

i

Don’t know'

1

(1.27.)

i

j

e

i

i

I
i

«
I
I
Ic) Can stored water
become unclean
Yes
<

i


I

i

15

(18.87.) ‘

77 (85.67.)

1

(1.27.)

7 (7.87.)

i

1

(1. 17.)

64 (807.)

5 (5.57.)
i

59 (73.87.) J
<
21 (26.27.) I

85 (94.57.)
5

(5.37.)

i
Introduction of
suspended material I

Due to germs

54

i

i

i

i

j

i

I

<

(67.57.) I

77

(85.67.) I

I

7

(8. 97.)

cr

(5. 57.)

3 (3.87.)

If stored for many I
days
*

(2. 47.)

i

j

I

N.A. as (c) was
answered no

I

i

i

I

<

<
I

i

i

i

i

i

Introduction of
I
suspended material I
«
Due to germs
«
i
Don’t know
I
I
N.A. as (a) was
not ans. yes


No
<
Id) How does stored
water become
unclean

I

I

lb) How does water
become unc1ean

(1. 17.)

4 (4. 47.)

i

c

1

i

I

21

(26.37.) I

Table 3a.: Water and Disease

«

i

Post test

Pre test

i

Concepts related to .Conducted by I Conducted by I
I Investigators I
water borne
ICetho team,
diseases.
'scores out of I Scores out of I
_____________________ I______ 80_____ I_____ 90______ '.
i

i

i

Can water transmit!
disease?
Yes

i

i

i

i

!



<
Don 71 know I

i

lb)
i

88 (97.87.)

(43-8%)!

How does water
cause illness

_

<
I
45 (56.2%)I
<

1

(1. 17.)

1

(1 . 17.)

Suspended material'
in the water
I

25

30 (33.57.)

Due to germs

10 (12.5%)I

58 (64.57.)

N.A. as (a) was
not answered yes

i

2 ( 2.27.)

45 (56.2%)I

I
I

Illness caused by
water

J
I
I

Water borne
diseases

9 (11.27.) '.

69 (76.7%)

i

71

I•
i

(88.87.) I
I

21

(23.37.)

I
«
I
i

t



i

I
8

(107.)

No
Don t know

I
I
I
(1. 17.)
I
I
(23.3 %)I

68 (75.6%)

i

i
i

i

i

i

«
Don ’ t know
I
Id) Are water borne
di seases
I
preventable?
Yes

t

«

i

I

i

I
i

I
«
*
(31.37.) ’

I
i

Ic)

j
i

No

I

35

i

1

(1.2%)

i

1

71

(88.8%)I

21

6.4.5.

Water and Disease:

Respondents

who perceived contaminated water as a cause

illness increased from 43.8Z to 97.87..

o-f

The concept that germs in

the contaminated water cause disease increased -from 12.57. in

pretest

64.57.

to

related the suspended material
The

result of question

question b.

table-2.

mi si nterpreted

the

33.57. of

in the post test.

the

women

the

sti 11

i n water as a. cause of illness.

bf

consi stent

is not

table-3.

with

This discrepancy may be because respondents

question "How does

This question could have read

water

become

unclean?"

"How does water become unsafe?".

In the post test 76.77. of the respondents were able to
specif i c

water borne diseases as compared to only 11.27.

pretest.

75. 67.

women in the post test

that

responded

in

cite
the

water

borne disease were preventable as compared to 107. in the pretest.

Table 3b.:

Information on Diarrhoea

<

PreTest
Score of 80
I Women
I Conducted
by CETHO
i

!
I
1

Post Test
Score of 90
I
Women
Conducted
< External 1y

i

I

i

I

I

a) Association
!
between diarrhoea!
and dehydration
Yes

I

I

I

No

I

I

8 < 107.)

No

b) Pr ep ar at i on of
OPS
Yes

i

I

I

Don’t Know

i

I

40 (44.47.)
I

1

( 1 . 17.)

72

(907.)

49

(54.57.)

10

( 12.. 57.)

37

(41.17.)

70 ( 87.. 57.)

53 (59.97.)
I

The
recognised

associati on

between

di arrhoea

and

dehydration

was

by only 107. women in the pretest as compared to 44.47.

in the post-test. Women who could describe the preparation of the
oral

rehydration solution increased from 12.57. to

the post-test.

41.47.

dur i ng

(Refer Table 3b.)

Table 4a: Water Source Surroundings:
I PRE TEST
5 Score out
lof 80
!Conducted
’.by CETHO
! team
I

j
i

i

1P0ST TEST
'Score out
lof 90
1 Conducted
1 by extern-1
1 al i nvesti 1
1 gators
I
i

I

! a) Does the presence of slush accumulated!
around your water source cause any
I
problems/hazards
1
I 32 (407.)
Yes
I
4 ( 57.)
No
<
I
i
<
44 (557.)
Don’t know
I
Sb) Problems caused due to accumulated
slush around the water source
i
-Water becomes contaminated and
• 24 (307.)
causes illness
I
i
8 (107.)
Don’t know

i

i

’.53

N. A.
yes

as

48 (607.)

(a) was Not answered
i

i

c) Observation of slush and dirt present
around drinking water source:
i
Present
Not Present

I
I
<
: 46
! 34

(58. 97.) 1

I
I

i

i

137(41.47.)

<

I

i

I
149 (45.67.) 1
I
4 ( 4.47.) 1
i


i

i

«

I

i

137 ( 4.1 7.) 1
I
i

i

(56.57.) 145

(38. 97.) 1
J
(42. 57.) ! 55 (61.17.) 1

Table 4bs
Women’s Responses Regarding Activities At The Water Source
j

I
Pre test
I
Post test
‘scores out of!scores out of I
I 80. Conducted I 90. Conducted I
I by CETHO
I externally

i
i

ACTIVITIES

i

j

i

t

I a)Women wash ing
J
clothes

Yes
»

No

I

i
i

I
I

i

53 (66. 37.) I

9 (10. 07.)

27

81

(33.77.) I

i

(90. 07.)

i



I

i

lb) It no, why not?

i

i

I


I
I
I

Because the water
becomes contami­
nated



10 (12.57.) I

73 (81.17.)

i

Don’t know

17(21.257.) I

i

8 ( 8.97.)

i

N A

53(66.257.) I

9 (107.)

i

Jc)Animals bei ng
bathed at the
i
drinking water
i
source

Yes

i

I

i

i

f

56

(707.)

*
I

t

i

6 (6. 77.)

i

i
i

No
i

<
Id) I-f no, why not

24 (307.)

I

84

(93. 37.)

I

i

i

i

!

To prevent the
water -from getting
contami nated

e

I

I

Don t know I

i

8

( 107.)

16 (207.)

I

I

!

i

67 (74. 57.)

17 ( 18.87.)
i

N A

56

(707.)

i

6

(6.77.)

41 (51.257.) I

41

(45.67.)

i

39(48.757.) I

49

(54. 47.)

i

i

Ie)Children defaecating at the drink— I


ing water source
i
I
i
Yes

i

i

<

No

i

i

6.4.6.

Handpump Surroundings:

407.

around
post

the

o-F

resspondents in the pre test

test this proportion increased to 597..
in

However

the post test stated that slush and

si ush

that

drinking water source causes problems while

the

women

■Felt

onl y

dirt

the

in

45. 67.

around

the

drinking water source contaminated the water and caused disease.

the awareness camps. 907. o-F the women responded

Af ter
had

they

stopped

washing clothes and 937. said

they

had

animals at the drinking water source.. but

only

stopped

bathi. ng

that

that

54.47. could prevent children -from defaecating there.
On observing the condition of the drinking water sources

in

these villages. 42.57. were clean during the pretest. and 61.17. at

the

time o-F the post-test.
The

1evels

results o-F this study indicate that.

though

awareness
of

the

post test also included a few questions related to

the

have increased substantially in most areas. some

user habits have only marginally changed.

The

i nf or mat i on
74.47.

i imparted

given and decisions taken during the camp.

of
at

the

women

recal 1ed

the

complete

the camp while 20% had partial

recal 1.

i nformat!on
Only

5. 67.

women did not remember anything.

68. 97.
taken

of the respondents could state the various

during the c amp.

deci si ons

6.5.

Di scussion:
The

results

i ncrease
camps

this KAF* study indicate that

a

substant i al

in knowledge levels was brought about by the

amongst

(947.) ,

q-F

rural women regarding the

water borne diseases

prevent!on

awareness

c1eanli ness

o-F

water

(987.) , their transmission (657.)

(707.) . A majority (85.47.)

and

o-f the women related unclean

water with the presence of suspended material.

64.57. women

coul d

relate water borne diseases to germs.
These results indicate that awareness levels can be

i mproved

f or

associ ate

concepts

wh i ch

rural

their

daily

experi ences.

wi th

women

contami nati on

of

difficult

comprehend without a practical

to

water

can

readi1y

vi suali se

Concepts

and

such

as

germs

are

demonstration

and

due to the introduction

of

situation specific examples.
The

after
user

women s

awareness regarding water storage had improved

the camps, but the proportionate change in

habits

was smal1 er.

An example of this

vessel which is used for drinking water.
had

water

related

the

storage

is

13.97. of the rural women

stopped using ranjans to store their drinking water.

results

cl ear1y

i ndi vi dual

and

indicate that changing behaviour

community level

is a gradual

both

process

These
at

the

requi ring

sustained and periodic reinforcement and follow up.
The awareness of the need for maintaining clean water source
surround!ngs

had

i ncreased

the

after

camp,

but

the

causal

association between the accumulated slush around the water source

and water borne disease was perceived by only 45.67. of the women.
Women

is

who use the handpump for drinking water feel that

a closed protected structure drawing water

an d h en c e c. on t am i nat ion c an not occur.
water

seepage is not considered.

vi sual1y

f rom

it

underground

The possibility of surface

Surface water

seepage

demonstrated is a difficult concept to convey.

uni ess

Aval 1ab i1i ty

This

moti vati ng

and

related

participate i n i ssues

easy.

o-F

al 1

women

to

drinking water is a priority need

of

Organising

communi ties.

e

Implications:

Conclusions, Lessons 1parnt an

6.6.

to

community

rel ati voly

drinking water is

IEC

term

1 ong

study indicates that a well planned

camp and its

strategy is required. The planning for an awareness
-f ol 1 ow—Up j,

need to be based on the specific village situation.

conveni ent

day,

choi ce

It should be a logical

most rural women remain at home.

day

bazar

time and place is necessary. On the

/X

for conducting a camp.
on

The awareness camp strategy has had a substantial impact

Changi ng

levels of rural women.

knowledge

the

related

water

behaviour is a gradual process requiring sustained reinforcement«

Indi vidual

behavi aural change is easier to sustain than

changes

needs to be

extended

in community behaviour.

e

The IEC programme

to al 1 the groups in the community. but with emphasis on women.
change

New practices can be introduced in small groups, but

in

communi ty

enti re

norms requires active parti ci pation of the

and is possible only through sustained contact and follow up.

using

a

smal 1

team

However,

assi stant).

organ!ser

and

i t was soon realised that effective

1 arge

of

faci1i tators

(camp

seale i mp1 ementati on of the IEC programme would be
through

a

strategy

IEC

i ts

CETHO had planned to implement

Initially,

decentralised infrastructure.

It

woul d

possible only
ensure

cost



ef f ec: t i ven ess.

J nvolvement

i n f r a st r u c t u r e,

eg.

wor kers, etc.

of

such

woul d

I CDS

of

wor kerSj,

an

ex i sti ng

sch oo1

teachers,

also increase the potential for

a programme at a district level.

government
heal th

rep1i cat ion

Formal government permission and recognition of

i nvolved

the

>
i nterest

of

necessary.

is

i nfrestructure

sustain

To

the

and

mot i vat i on

the workers. an incentive for the best

and

worker

best village needs to be introduced.
The IEC strategy should have a mechanism for identifying 1 ow

response
more

and non-compliant individuals and introduce

frequent

them.

wi th

contact

These

intensive,

indi viduals

can

be

motivated through peer pressure and group interaction.

The IEC strategy, should be planned to ensure a
from

increased awareness to change in individual

the

estab1i shment

of

new

communi ty

norms

progress!on

practices.

to

finally

to

and

collective action in the management of water resources.

Apart from these IEC inputs,

a

community

behaviour ’ are

alternati ve

f ac i 1 i t i es

a

al so

i t is important that changes in

promoted

the

by

i e. cattle troughs.

pi ts

appropriate

for waste

water management,

of

area

at

a specific

permissible distance from water source for

soakage

provi si on

washing

etCn

The

clothes,

for

need

technology to manage individual and community

waste

water is imperative.
Fi nal1y,

with

a

drinking water programme should

be

a sanitation programme for an effective overall

i ntegrated
impact

on

the community’s health status.
As a prototype,

the

IEC

field
to

or

model

f cor

demonstration

programme requires a strong

to

research

p o1 icy

component,

i n v e? s t i g a t o r• s, researchers and datct processing

study

its impact.

Only empirical evidence

initiative for repl i cat.i on.

n i a k e r s,

wi th

faci1i ties

would promote an

9

To

summari ze?

any

IEC programme needs

to

on

■focus

the

•following aspects:

9

I
9

4

1„

The outcome of an IEC programme should be behavioural change.

2.

IEC should be issue. situation and time specific.

3.

IEC strategy requires detailed micro-planning.

4.

IEC strategy requires facilitators rather than educators as
the need for change should be generated from within the
community and not imposed by an external change agent.

cr

Intensive training o-F change -Faci 1 itators is required.

6•

Provision of alternative
community norms.

7.

Requirement of
technological
know how for waste water
management (specifical 1y for water related programmes).

facilities

to

sustai n

changed

7-

Assessment cf Women's . Awareness Camps on Water
Conducted By
ICDS Workers

7. 1.

Introduction

7.2.

Evaluati on Obj ect i ves

7.3. Evaluation Methods
<-

7.4. Results
7.5. Problems Encountered

7.6.

Di scussi ons and Cone1usi ons

7. 1

Introduction:
The

March

-first batch o-f 27 Anganwadi Workers (AWWs)

1990 have conducted 39 water awareness camps for women

their respective villages.
7.2

a.

trained
in

These camps were evaluated in 1990.

Evaluation Objectives:

To study the effectiveness of ICDS workers

as

c ommuni c a tor s

and facilitators of behavioural change i n rural communities.
b.

To determine the potential

for replication of

the

pr ogr arnme

at the District level.
7.3

Evaluation Method:
The

4

4

(CETHO)

Communi ty Educat i on, Training ^^nd
team

evaluated

Anganwadi Wor hers

using

study

the

Organ!sati on

9 awareness camps conducted
a pre-post

knowledge, at t i tude

by

I CDS

study design.

The CETHO team conducted the pre-tests.

to

Heal th

and

They were instructed

practi ces

of

randomly

selected women. A semi-structured interview schedule was used.

< Ref er annexure B I

II)

in

<*

The

AWWs were directed to ensure that the women

was done. attended the camp.
who

not


The CETHO team interviewed the women
questi onai re,

attended the camp. using the same

1ater.

In case the women

KAP

whose

10-12

days

who were administered the pre-test were

available during the post-test. others who had attended

camp were interviewed.

the

A total of 184 women were interviewed.

A

C

A
A

7.4.

Results

7.4.1.

Profile of Respondents:

467.

of

respondents interviewed both in the

tests were less than 30 years of age.

were

pre

and

post

In the pre-test 50.67. women

in the age groups 31-50 years and 3.87. were above 50

year s

whilst in the post-test 43.4% women belonged to the age group 3150 years and 10.87. were above 50 years.
A majority of the women interviewed during the pre and

post

tests were illiterate <787. in the pre-test and 827. in post-test).

A

Table 1: Drinking Water Source used by respondents;



DRINKING WATER SOURCE

SCORES OUT OF 184
PRE-TEST
!
POST-TEST

i

i

Hand Pump

I

105 (57. 17.) !

120 (69.67.) !
i

i
i

Well

36 (19.67.) I

22 (12.07.) 5

Tap

19 (10.37.) :

24 (13.07.) !
I
(
5.47.)
J
10

i
i

12 ( 6.57.) :

Ri ver

i

i

Stream,Pond

7.4.2.
The

i

12 ( 6. 57.) !
I

Drinking Water Source Used :

various drinking water sources used by the

in the pre-test were handpumps (57. IX) >, wel 1 s

(10.37.) , river stream and pond (13.OX).

ot

handpumps

had

(19.67.) <, tap system

In the post-test the use

increased to 69.6X, and the use

system has marginally changed to 13.OX.

respondents

o-F

the

tap

Table 2: Storage o-F Drinking Water:

SCORES OUT OF 184
PRE-TEST
I
POST-TEST

I
I
I Water storage Practices’
i

j

<
la) Storage Vessel
Ranj an
i
Mat ka
Metal Vessel
Other Vessel

Yes
No

(42.97.) I
(48.97.) I
( 3.87.) I
( 4.47.) I


67 (36. ^7.) I
105 (57. 17.) I
11 ( 6.07.)!
1 ( 0.57.) I

180 (97.87.) I
4 ( 2. 17.) I

«
182 (98.87.) I
2 ( 1 . 17.) I

i

i



79
90
7
8

lb) Covering storage:
t

i

i

I

i

Ic)Cover used:
Wooden Plank
Metal Plate
Cl oth
Basket
No cover used

77 (41.87.) I
60 <32. 67.) I

i

43 (23.57.) I
4 ( 2. 17.) I

I


<

j

Id)Cover why:
I

To prevent water from I
becoming dirty
I
Don’t know
I
N. A.
I

(32. 17.) I
(55. 47.) I
( 2.77.) I
( 8. 77.) I
( 1. 17.) I
i

i

i

21 (11.47.) I
159 (86.47.) I
4 ( 2.27.) I

150 (81.57.) I
32 (17.47.) I
2 ( 1. 17.) I
<

Storage of Drinking Waters

7.4.3.

In

59
102
5
16
2

the pre-test 42.9% o-F the community women

thei r

stored

post-test.

drinking water in ranJans as compared to 36-47. in the

The use of matkas -For storing drinking water increased -From 30.07.

to

CT-7
\J / c

-4 ■/
X /. >|

and

metal

vessels from 3.S7.

to

6.07..

98.87. of the women were covering their storage vessels after
the

camp,

35-47. w e r e u s i n g a met al pl at e cover’.

(8.77.)

or a

On 1 y 1.17.

of

respondents were using a wooden plank (32. 17.) , basket

c 1 oth

the

pi ece

<2. 77.)

respondents

Tabl e
vessel

to cover their storage vessel.

were not covering their storage

2a?b and c). The perceived need for covering
to prevent contamination..

Table 3.. Concept of water

remaining

The

vessel

(Ref er

the

storage

increased from 11.47. to

81.57..

i

I

I Concept of water
i

i

i
SCORES OUT OF 194
I
PRE-TEST
?
POST-TEST
I

<

!a) Can water become
i
Unclean
i
I
Yes
i
i
No
i
Don 71. know
I
I
Jb) How does water
become unc1ean
due to introd. of
i
suspended material
due to germs
i
dont know
i
N.A as (a) was not t
<
ans. yes
i

i

<
134 (72.8%)J
46 (25.07.) !
4 ( 2.2%)J
«

68 (37.0%):
55 (29.9%)!
61 (33. 1%) :

<
i

97 (52.77.) 5
16 ( 8.77.) J
21 (11.47.) I

45 (24.5%):
11 ( 6.0%) :
12 ( 6.5%);

I

50 (27.27.) I

116 (63.07.) :

i

; c) Concept of safe
water
t
— Has no germs
— Looks Clear/
Transparent
— Don’t know

i
i

22 (12.5%) J

28 (15.2%):



i

I

142 (77.2%) J
20 (10.9%) I

46 (25.0%) J
1 10 (59.8%) J
t

7.4.4.

Concept of Safe and Clean Water:

The

proportion of women who stated that water could

unclean

test.

increased from 37% in the pretest to 72.8% in
After

the

awareness

associate

unclean

water

respondents

beli eved

that

camp

wi th
water

however,

germs.
became

introduction of suspended material in it.

regard!ng

the

A

onl y

due

The women’s

concept of safe water marginally

12.5% in the pretest to 15.2% in the post test.

the

post

coul d

8.7%

majori ty

unclean

become

of

the

to

the

awareness

increased

from

25% of the women

still perceived water which looks clear and transparent as sa.f e.

Table 4

Wate?r and Disease

SCORES OUT OF 184
PRE-TEST
!
POST-TEST

!Water and Disease
<

t

J a) Can water transmit
di seass?
Yes
Mo
t
Don’t know

i

i
88 (47.87.) i
72 (39. 17.) :
24 (13.07.) :

I
167 (90.87.) i
8 ( 4.37.) I
9 ( 4.97.) i

i

: b) How does water
transmit disease
due to introd, of
i
suspended materia.!
due to germs
don’t know
N.A as (a) was no
and don’t know.

i

48 (26. 17.) 1
12 ( 6. 57.) i
28 (15. 27.) i

i

: c)
i



Illness caused by
water
- Water borne
di seases
- Don’t know

I
i

i

t

96 (52.27.) !

17 ( 9.27.) J

i

i

78 (42. 47.) I
106 (57.67.) I

159 (86.47.) I
25 (13.67.) .*

i

i

I

t

I
I

<

id) Methods of preven­
I
i
ting water borne
I
J
- Boiling water
3
(1.67.) J
I
- Filtering water
(1.67.) !
3
i
- Chlorinating water 5
8
(4.37.) I
i
- Keeping the water !
i

source surrounding'
j
cl ean
6
(3.37.) J
i
i
- Hygienic storage
»
1
of water
(0.57.) J
1
I
J
- Don’t Know
104 (56.57.) i
i
|
I
- Water Borne
J
<
Diseases Cannot
l
Be Prevented
39 (32.27.) I
I

j

7.4.5.,

102 (55. 47.) i
20 (10.97.) i
45 (24.57.) I

i

27 (14.77.) I
46 (25.07.) I
28 (15.27.) i
43 (23.47.) i
I
6
(3.37.) i
28 (15. 27.) i
I
i

6

(3. 37.) ;

t

I

Water and Disease:

In the post test. 90.87. ot the respondents stated that watcer
transmits disease as compared to only 47.87. in the pretest.

The

concept that germs in the water cause disease increased from 6.57.
in

the

still

pretest to 10.97. in the post test.

55.47. of

the

related the suspended material present in the water

cause of disease.

women
as

a

After
specific

for

the

camp,

86.47. of the community women

water borne diseases.

thei r

prevent!on.

81.67.

could also

14.77. of the respondents

boi1i ng

water could prevent these diseases.

should

be

f i1tered ? and 15.27. felt the

coul d

cite

list

methods

heli eved

that

257. said that

water

need

f or

chi ori nating

water to prevent water borne diseases.
23. 47.

of the women perceived the need to keep water

surround!ngs
methods

women

to

clean and 3.37. stated the use of

hygienic

prevent the spread of such illnesses.

in the post test did not know how to prevent

15.27.

source

storage
of

water

diseases and 3.37. of them believed that water borne diseases
not preventable.

Ta.bl e

5a.

Water Source Surroundings.

<



i



»

i

SCORES OUT OF 184
PRE-TEST
J
POST-TEST
i

i

i





J a) Does the presence of'
I
dirt & slush accum. 5
i
around your drinking}
<
water source cause
any problem.
Yes
I
No
Don't Know
i


i

I
i

i

<
76 (41.37.) :
35 (19.07.) :
73 (39. 77.) }

<'b) Prob, caused due to I
accuml. of slush
J
i
dirt around drk.
:
water source
I
“Water becomes cont.I
I
& causes illness
62 (33.77.)
J
-Don't Know
14 ( 7.67;):
I
i
—M.A as (a)was not
i
ans.
yes
108 (58.77.) 5

<
<
124 (67.47.) J
22 (12.07.) }
38 (25.67.) I

i

: c) Observation of water!
source surroundings I
“Slush
dirt prs.
:
—clean waterr source I
i
surround!ngs

J
1 19 (64.77.) !
27 (14.77.) J
i

38

(20.67.) :

i

1 16

(63.07.) :

94

I
(51.17.) }

68

(37.07.) !

90

(48.. 97.) I

i

i

<

i

the

borne

are

Table

5b.

Response Regarding the
Drinking Water Source

Women’s

Activities

SCORES OUT OF 184
PRE-TEST
I
POST-TEST

I Act i vi t i es

i

t

I

I a) Women washing
clothes

Yes
No

i

l

94 (51.07.) I
90 (49. 07.) I

I
I
4
(2. 27.) I
ISO (97.87) I

68 (37.07.) I
z^'r7 (12.07.) I
94 (51.17.) I

178 (96.77.) I
2
(1.17.) I
4
(2. 27.) I

1

r

lb)

If no why?
— Because water
becomes contarn.
~ Don’t Know
~ N.A.

I
I
I c) Animals being washed I
at the water source I
Yes
No

I

i

Id)
i
i



97 (52. 77.) I
87 (47.37.) I

3
181

*
(1.67.) I
(98.47.) I
i

If no j, why?
- Water becomes
contami nated
- Don't know
- N.A.

i

j

76 (41.37.) I
(6.07.) I
11
97 (52.77.) I

175 (95. 17.) I
(3.37.) I
6
(1.67.) I
3
i

i

I
i

<
i

Children defecating
at the drinking
water source
Yes
No

i

If)
i

If no, why?
- Contamin. water
- Don’t Know
- N.A.

Ig) Do you wash the
platform of the
dr i n ki ng water
source after use?
Yes
No

t

i

t

I

<
I

i

I

61 (33.27.) I
123 (66.87.) I

184

(100%)!

i
t

76 (41.37.) I
47 (25.57.) I
61 (33.27.) I

I
176 (95.77.) 5
(4.37.) I
8
______

i

»

37 (20. 17.) I
147 (79.97.) I
I

«
80 (44.67.) I
102 (55.47.) I

at

the

7.4.6.

Water Source Surroundings:

A

large number o-F the repondents

recognised

si ush
of
>

(67.47.) in the

post

the problems caused by the accumulation of

around the drinking water source.

test

and

dirt

In the post test

64.77.

the women could also make a causal association between

water

borne diseases and unclean water source surroundings as

compared

to only 33.77. in the pretest.

r

After the awareness camp 97.87. women responded that
of

>

clothes at the drinking water source was

undesirable,

stated

that animals should not be bathed at the

source

and

1007.

respondents

felt

prevented from defaecating there.

that

98. 47.

dr i nk i ng

chi 1dren

water

should

be

(Table 5b.)

Even though a majority of the women had knowledge
the

wash!ng

activities which should be prevented at the

regarding

dr i nki ng

water

source to keep the water clean. the scores in Table 5a.

i ndi cate

that there is a gap between user practices and knowledge

1evels.

On

observing the drinking water sources in the

duri ng

the

post test

the

drinking water sources still had dirt and slush

vi11 ages

51.17. of them had clean surround!ngs.

48. 97.

of

accumulated

around them.

The

i mparted

vi11 age

post test included a few questions on

the

during the camp and the decisions taken to improve
water situation.

66.87. of t h e r esp on dents could

the

complete information given to them during t h e

had

part i al

recal 1

i nf ormati on

any

knowledge of this information and

of

rel ate

30.47.

camp.

2.77.

coul d

methods

surround!ngs

not

this information.

887 women responded that decisions regarding hygienic

storage

the

and

maintenance

of

cleanli ness

were discussed at the camp­

Al 1

the

of

water

handpump

respondents

*

-felt that decisions both

at

individual

and community level

woul d

be followed up.
7.5
1.

Problems Encountered;
Several

vi11 age

women who were pretested were not available

■for the post test.

in

the

Some o-f the pretested women had

not

attended the ’-aimp and hence could not be included in the

sample.

2.

A p a r t -f r o m t h e pre-post test design used -for the

the

CETHO team hi-»d wanted to observe the camps conducted by

AWWs„

When a team member would attend a camp.

eval nation,

the AWW would want

them to conduct i t as she -felt that the impact
of the camp


increase.

7.6

Observation

of

AWWs

The

was in-flueced by this.

KAP study undertaken by the IHMP indicates

that

camps

conducted by the anganwadi workers have had a substantial

impact

awareness levels o-f rural women. They have become more

of the need for clean water,

borne
Thi s

woul d

Discussions and Conclusiona;

<
>

on

the

diseases.
i nrease

in

transmission and prevention o-f water

and cleanliness o-f water

knowledge

aware

may

be

an

source

i niti al

surroundings.
step

towards

behavioural change in water related user habits.
Findings o-f the study indicate that a -few topics need to

repeated!y

the

reinforced.

concept

associated

o-f

The community women have not

clean and safe water.

Onl y

15.27.

unsafe water with the presence of germs i n

be

understood

women

have

it.

257.

women believe clear and transparent water is
safe whilst 59.87. of
them have been unable to explain this
concept
at
al 1 .
These
women relate safe water to

vi sual percepti on. Suspended materia1

floating in the water is easily visible and hence associated with

S
*

contami nati on.

Unless microscopic organisms are shown to them
the

concept will not be understood and accepted.

0

Another observation made from this study is the gap

change in awareness levels and user habits.

between

An excellent ex amp1e

a

is

the awareness regarding activiti es which should be

prevented



at

the water source.

responded

More than 95’4 of the women have

against washing clothes. bath i ng animals and chi 1dren

near t h e w a t er source.
assoc: i ated

al 1

the

In fact, these respondents have correctly

above mentioned act i vit i es as

contamination of water at the source.

handpump

def ecati ng

a

cause

of

But on obser vat i on at

t he

sites some of these activities are still continuing.

A

strategy for estalishing community norms needs to be developed.

The

«

£

Changing user habits of the community is a gradual

process.

change

contact

wi th

the

the

members

to

agent

needs to have

a frequent

communi ty

and

should

i denti fy

the

existing problems and adopt

Deci si ons

f or

change

rei nforcement

It

was

of

mot i vate and mob i1i se

can only be

sustai ned

found that ICDS workers reinforce

i nter-personal

a

choices.

through

repeated

heal th

messages

knowledge and skills.

given at the camp during their house visits.

This

al ternati ve

contact

in the form of

This is done through

i nd i vi dual

could be used as a strategy of additional

counsel 1ing.

inputs

for

non­

object!ves,

and

compliers and community members who resist the change.

A

p1 anned

mechanisms

of

IEC strategy with well def i ned

mon i t or i n g

imp1 emented b y I CDS workers.

an d sup er v i s i on

can

be

eff ecti vely

It is imperative for the success of

this strategy that suitable audio-visuals and o t h e r m a t e r i a 1 s a r a
provided

to these workers. AWWs are good communi caters

mot i vate

and i nf 1 uence the? commun i ty to change.

and

can

*

The
through

e

the

mot ivati on

o-f

these workers

needs to be

special efforts which include community

workers

and

other

Final1y

it

must

sustai ned

recogni ti on

ot

i ncenti ves.

*

be

remembered

that

implementing

thi s

strategy on a large scale would result in some dilution of impact

C
and

it

wou Id t a k e a. 1 on ger t i me for d emon s t r at i n g

<

behavioural change.


4

1

outcomes

in

8. C, TRAINING OF ICDS NORKERS

8. 1

Introduction

8.2 Objecctives of the training programme
8.3 Training methodology
8.4 Evaluation of the training programme
8.5 Discussion

8.6 Problems Encountered
8.7 Conclusions

8.8 Lessons Lea.rnt

Introducti on

8. I.

Communi ty

started

(CETHO)
Dr inking

1988.

Educati on,

IEC

the

immp1ement i ng

Thi s

The

38

October

process

of

By December 1989?

IHMP

studi ed

thei r

camps

women’s awareness

Saf e

f or

in

a

IEC strategy which developed through

conducted

outcome.

strategy

Water in the Georai t a 1 u k a, Seed District

experimentation was established in 1989.
had

Grgani sation

Heal th

and

Tr a i n i n g

and

A

impact of the camps was favourable.

measurable

change in the women’s water related practices was observed.

By

1990,

t al u k a

enti re

it was apparent that covering the

changes

in

c o m m u n i t y b e h a v i o u r can be sustained only through continuous

and

require

woul d

1 ar ge

manpower

i nputs.

frequent contact with the community.

Besides,

Hence a deci si on was

to involve an existing government infrastructure,

(I CDS

taken

wor kers)

for the implementation of this IEC strategy.

The ICDS scherne pr i mar i1y ser ves women and children.

is

one

An g an wad i p er 1000 p op u 1 a t i on.

Water ,

sanitat i on

There

and

h e?a 11 h ed uc at i on are included in their- pressent job description.

It
were

was observed that most of the anganwadi

workers

interested in partici pating and assisting i n the

(AWWs)

awareness

camps conducted in Georai Taiuka by the IHMP. Some AWWs had

even

conducted independent meetings on their own i n i t. i at i ve.
These

workers are local residents and have a close

with the commun i t y

especially with women..

contact

Most AWWs are

hi ghly

respected and can influence the community.
Involving the ICDS infrastructure also ensured replicabi1ity

of

this IEC strategy.

In
formal

November 1989 the IHMP approached the CEO,

ZF

E*eed

perm!ssi on

in

the

programme.

first

In

to

involve the I CDS

workers

March 1990, on receiving formal

for
CETHO

permi ssi on.

batch of 27 Anganwadi workers and 30 helpers

was

the

trained

for conducting water awareness camps for women.
Subsequent1y,
total

three

more batches of AWWs were

83 AWWs, 30 helpers and 16 Mukhya Sevikas from Georai

Pai than

Ta1ukas

have been trained till now.

The IHMP

A

trai ned.

and

plans

to

train all 266 Anganwadi workers in Georai taluka.

ICDS Workers (Mukhya Sevi kas & AWW) Training Objectives?

Broad Objective:
To enable ICDS workers (Mukhya

Sevi kas and Anganwadi Wor kers) to

conduct an IEC programme for drinking water in rural communi ties.
Specific Objectives:
au

To orient ICDS workers on health education and its methods.

b.

To impart cognitive and technical skills to ICDS workers
f or c on cl
d uc ting a sit ua t i on a1
an a1ys i s
and planni ng an
awareness camp for women on water.

c.

To orient the
ICDS workers
w i t. h
s k ills
awareness camp for rural women on water.

to

conduct an

d-

To
orient the
ICDS workers with skills to organise the
commu.ni ty
women and to follow up on decisions taken during
the camps.

e-

To

arid

the Mukhya Sevikas in
the supervision
orient
monitoring of awareness camps conducted by their AWWs.

of
<
To impart information to the ICDS workers on the concept
preventive maintenance of hand pumps and the skills required
for their mon i t or i ng.

9.3. Training Content and Methodoloqy:
9.3.1.

the

Training o-F Mukhya Sevikas.

A 3-day residential training -For Mukhya Sevikas was held

at

were

as

The areas covered in the Training Programme

IHMFn

tollows:
a. Concept of clean and safe water.
b. Water borne diseases.
c. Concept of health education, conduction of
women's awareness camps on water and sanitation.
d. Roles and responsibilities of Mukhya Sevikas.
e. Preventive maintenance of Handpump.
f . Immunisation.
g- Growth monitoring and nutrition education.
h. Maternal and child health care.

(The last three topics were included at the request of trainees)

cogniti ve

and

on

the

of supervisors which covered the planning, supervision

and

practical
rol e

Sevi ka? s

Mukhya

The

skills.

were

both

The main emphasis was on the section

of awareness camps.

moni tori ng

imparted

Conduction of monthly

meeting for AWWs and regular reinforcement of health

i nservi ce
i nf ormat i on

related to water were also emphasised.

A

major part of the training was done through lectures

di scussi ons.

Training

aids

such

as

u. d i o ~ v i s u a 1 s,

The concept of germs

ex ere i ses

and case studies were used.

explai ned

by demonstration through a microscope.

and

group

was

The I EC strategy o-F awareness camps for
demonstrated
train!ng

through a si mu. 1. at i on e;< er c i se«

curri culum5

drinking water

was

(For details on

the

learning objectives and the

used j.

methods

refer Annexures).

8.3.2.
A

Training of Anganwadi Workers.

2-day

resident ial

workers.

training course

was

f or

hel d

An gar. wadi

The topics covered in the training were as follows:
a.
b.

d.

Concept of safe water.
Water borne diseases.
Health education and conduction of Mah i 1 a. Me 1 a was.
Roles/responsibi 1ities of the Anganwadis in
conduction of Mahila Melawas.
e. Preventive maintenance of Handpumps.

e

The

emphasis of the training for Anganwadi workers

was

practi cal skills required for the conduction of awarceness
A

si mulati on

illustrated

exerci se

vari ous

the

on

the

steps to be

Camp

Awareness

camps.

strategy

Through

foil owed.

on

gr oup

discussions the objective and purpose of each of these steps

was

explained

and

and

practi cals

were

c 1 ar i f i ed.

Group exercises.

case

other methods used during the

studi es3

training.

(For

detai 1s? refer Annexures CI ?< CID.
8-4 pvaluati on
Workers.

8.4. 1

of

the Training Programmes Conducted

for

the

Objectives of Eval uaiti on :
To study the ef f ect i veness of
the
training health change facilitators.

me t h od o 1 o g y

used

f or

b.

To study the effectiveness of ICDS workers as c ommun i c a tor s
and facilitators of change in r u r a 1 c o m m u n i t i e s.

c.

To

provide

policy guidelines

for the

trai n i ng

for conducting IEC programmes on S a f e D r i n I •: i n g W a t e r

of

AWWs

I CDS

fa* —A A
library

0 f
f

AND
INFORMATION
information

\
?

C5NTF.fi

*

A "*->______V*

Evaluation Methods

8. 4.2

of

A pre-post test design was used to evaluate the training

Standardised questionnaires were used for the

ICDS workers.

wi thi n

the

questionnai re was fi11ed by

t est .Aft er the t r a. i n i n g t h e same

trai nees,

pre-

a t ime per iod of

one? and a

hours.(refer

h a ]. f

annex tires C 111 ?< IV f or d stalls of F’r e / F‘ os t Gues t i o n n a ires) .

The

sc or :l ng

used for the pre/post

system

Each question was scored as:

e

tests was:

Wr on g Answer

0

Parti al 1y Correct

1

Completely Cor r ect

The

ques t i onnai r e f or

t. h e ma.x i mum p o ss idle i n d i v i d u a 1
1 he

scores

for

max i mum

in

score was 74.

p a11ern was fol 1 owed

scori ng

each topic.

possible group score was 28

(14x2).

group scores for the two batches of

the

same manner.

For 23

scares f or each top;i c are

AWWs were trained 3

out

AWWs trained in

of 54.

out of 46..

to

present

group

the

t rain ed

(Refer' ta^ble

AWWs are

f i rst

the

2) .

presented
batch j,

In the second

batch

therefore.group scores for each topic

are

(Refer tables 3 and 4).

c omb i n ed a ver' a g e score to assess the performance

A

1) .

(Refer Table

For the 14 Mukhya sevikas

The

group

27

same

questions,

t he Muk:In ya Sevi kas had 37

the AWWs is presented in Table 4.

of

al 1

y'M'VO

Results

8.4.3
A.

R e s u 11 s o f t h e? T r a. i n i n g P r o g r a m m e for S u p e r v iso r s

B.

R e s la .1. t s o f t h e T r a i n i n g P r o g r a m m c? f o r A n g a n w a d i

8.4.3.1.

A.

The results of the 3—day

trai ning

Wor k e r s

programme

for

Mukhya Sevikas

Tabl Ei

1

presents

the

i nd i v i dua1

scores of

the Mukhya Sevikas.

Table 1:

Individual Scores of Mukhya Sevikas.

SCORES OUT OF 74
PRE-TEST
!
POST-TEST
Actual
I
7.
} Actual
!
7.

INDIVIDUAL

i

(

i

I

1

18

24 a 3

29

< 39.2

46

I 66.2

t

I

I

67

90 „ 5
i

3

I
I

4

5
6

i

27

i

I

36. 4

59

i

27

36. 4

i

59

< 79. 7

18

I 24.3

i

46

62. 2

i

i

< 28.3

57

77.0

i

7

I

I

i

37

i

i

8

9

i

i

!

i

10

16
18
19

I 50. 0
«
21.6
I
24.3
i

i

25.6

i

11

I

23
I

i

12

I

20

I
i

13

I
<
I

14

|
<
I

53

» 71.6
t



59

i

79. 7

58

I

78.3

i

58

78.3

48

64.8

51

68.9

i

i

20.2
i

24

77.0

f

• 31.1
«
27.0

15

!

ET-T

i

t

i

79. 7

I

i

21

I

I 32. 4

I

<
I

59

79.7
i

<

i



*

15



*

16

i

7/74

36. 4

I Absent
<
i

Absent

35/74
i

I 47.2

i

The individual scores of Mukhya Sevikas indicate that except

for

5 trainees,,

post-tests.

the? rest of them have scored above 757. in

The scores of the remaining 5 trainees

62. 27. to 71.67..

range

thei r

from

Subject-Wise Group Scores

Graph 1.

*

Percent Scored
100.0%------------------------

80.0%

60.0%

40.0%

"1R

20.0%

ra
H
0.0%

A

H

B
Topics*

Pre-Test

S® Post-Test.

* See Table 2 tor Topic Listing

Graph 2. Scores of the Group
of AWW-Teachers (Group 1)
Percent Scored
100.0%

80.0%

60.0%

40.0%

20.0%

0.0%

A

C

B

D

Topics; *
Pre-Test
'Sue Tfeblti 3 for Topic LLotinge

EM Post-Test

E

8.4.3.2.

Group scores of the Mukhya Sevikas for each topic

presented in table

are

2

Table 2:

Group Scores of 14

Mukhya Sevikas for each Topic.

TOTAL SCORE OUT OF 28
Pretest
I
Posttest
Actual
!
7.
I Actual
Ii
7.
i
I
I
i
9
32. 1
23
82. 1
I
i
15
53.6
27
96.4

TOPIC

I A. Concept of water
i

IB. Water borne disease



i

i

I C. Hea1th education and
conduct ion of mahi1 a
i
melawas for water.

<

t

«

i

i

4

I

14.3

24

t

85. 7

i



I

ID. Role/responsibi 1ity of
supervisors in the

conduction of melawas.

7;

«
I

i

:e. Preventive maintenance

<

IF.

of hand pumps

Immunisation

3.6
i

I



12

12

Child Care

i

»

Tabl e

2

covered

illustrates
in

the

The

9

32. 1

22

I 78. 6

i



42. 8

group

has



i

i

I
I

42.8



35. 7

the group scores

training programme.

scores are above 75"4.

prevent!ve

10

89.3

i

i


i

«’H. Maternal

I

I



i

IG. Growth Monitoring and
i
nutrition education

the

25
I

1
i

i

4

10. 7

on

24

i

I

i

85.7



64.3

18

I

i
t

i

i

i

vari ous

topi cs

A majority

of

group

scored

1 ow

maintenance of handpumps.

the

a

the

32. 17.

Another area

on

wi th

comparatively low score is maternal and child health care.
8.4.4.

B.

Results of the Training

Programme

for

Anganwadi

Workers
50

AWWs have been trained

in

2

batches.

Group scores

the first batch of Anganwadi workers is presented in table -3.

of

Table 3:
Group Scores of 23 AWWs by Topic.
S

TOTAL SCORES OUT OF 46
}
!
Pretest
1
Posttest
I
<}
! Actual
I
7.
I Actual
7.
I
i
I
30
65.2 j
52. 1
24
*
76.0
35
24
52. 1
i

i

TOPIC

i

i

«
i

i
i

i
i

t

i

A. Concept of safe water

i

I B. Water borne diseases

i



C. Health education and
conduction of Awareness
Camps on water

I

1

i

65.2

30

2. 17

<

«

D. Roles/Responsi bi 1i ti es
of AWWS in conduction of
Awareness Camps

i

0

E. Preventive maintenance
of hand pumps

I

0

44

95.0

20

43. 4

i

I

i

i

8.4.4.1.

The

scored highest

group

responsibi 1i ti es

of

(95%)

in the area

AWWs in the conduction of

rol es

of

Awareness

followed by a score of 76.07. for water borne diseases.

and

Camps

A similar

score of 65.27. was obtained for the topics - concept of water and

health education and conduction of Awareness Camps on water.

group

scored

a

percentage

1 ow

(43.37.)

for

the

The

prevent i ve

maintenance of handpumps.

8.4.4.2.

The
4

post-test

results

of

relatively lower t h an t h e f i r s t.

the second

batch

AWWs

of

The group•"s scores var i ed

is
f rom

35.27. for the topic concept of safe water. to 42.67. for the topic
prevent!ve

maintenance

of

responsi bi 1i ties of the AWW
of

handpumps. 51.67. for
and

the

role

55.6% for the topic on

health educat i on and conduction of Awareness Camps on

and

concept

waterM

*

4

Graph 3. Scores of the Group
of AWW-Teachers (Group 2)
Percent Scored

80.0%

60.0% --•~"1-‘

40.0%
>

20.0% *

0.0%

D

Topics 4
Post-Test

e

♦ See Table 4 for Topic Ustlngs

Graph 4. Combined Average Scores
of the 2 Groups of AWW Trained
1

80.0%

Percent Scored

60.0%

40.0%

20.0%

1
0.0%

A

c

B

D

Topics *
BBS Pre-Test
* Ses» Table 5 for Topic UKtlngs:

S® Post-Test

9

4



The

group

The

group score

scored 72.2Z -For the topic o-F water­ borne

o-f

the

second

di seases.

batch of Anganwadi workers

is

presented in table 4.

Table 4:

Group Scores o-F 27 AWWs by Topic.
i

i

TOPIC

i

i

A.

Concept of water

4

r

*

i

i

i

J
TOTAL SCORES OUT OF 54
!
Pretest
!
Posttest
: Actual
:
7.
.'Actual
Ji
7.

B. Water borne diseases

C. Health education and
conduction of mahila
I
melawas on water

i

16

I
I

I

28

29. 6

i

19

35.2!

i

51.9

i

39

72.2 1
i

i

i

I

r

I

I

2

t

3. 7

r

30

i

55. 6 :
i

e

D. Roles/Responsibi 1ities
of AWW in conduction of
mahila melawas.

t
i

2

i

3. 7

i

28

51.9:

i

E. Preventive maintenance
of hand pumps.

I

i

0

i

23

42.6:

i

ft

I

8.4.4.3.

The

Combined group scores for 50 Anganwadi workers

trai ned

in two batches is presented in table 5. The combined group

is

*

1 ow

for

the two topics. concept of

preventive maintenance of handpumps

(437.) .

safe

b

a

(497.)

and

The anganwadi workers

scored 607. and above in the remaining 3 topics.

for combi ned group scores)

water

score

(refer Table

5

Table 5:

Combined Average Group Scores o-F 50 AWWs by Topic.

5
TOTAL SCORES OUT OF 100
5
Pretest
5
Posttest
(Actual
J
7.
(Actual
5
7.

I

TOPIC

<

<


i
<
it

i

<
i



A. Concept o-F safe water

40

4. 0

t

I B. Water borne diseases

I

49

52.0

52

74

i
i
i

I
i

I

C. Health education and
conduction of mahila
melawas on water

i

49.0 5

f

I

D. Roles/Responsibi1i ti es
of AWW in conduction of
mahila melawas.

74.0 5
5
5
i

3. 0

3
I

(
J

2.0

60. 0 5

60
i

i

j

i

I

2

I

72. 0 5

72


i

E. Preventive maintenance
of hand pumps.

i

0

I

8.5.

i

43

43.01
i

Discuss!ons
The pre/post test results o-F the training programme indicate

that certain topics need reinforcement.
reori entati on

concept

The Mukhya Sevi kas

need

in the preventive maintenance o-F handpumps.

is di-Ft icu.lt to understand and

requires

This

reinforcement.

Field

training -For

from

this the 4 Mukhya Sevikas with a general low score need

explaining the

concept is

necessary. Apart.

to

be separately reoriented during their monthly inservice meetings.
The Anganwadi workers need to be regularly reoriented during
the circle meetings.

top i cs

The Mukhya Sevikas should reinforce all

covered in the training programme.

Apart from

the

i mparti ng

cognitive skills Mukhya Sevikas should focus on the c ommuni c at i on

ski 1 Is
The
di scuss

of the AWWs during the monthly

i nservice

trai ni ng.

circle meetings provide a good opportunity to plan

the Awareness Camps to be conducted by the AWWs.

and

Mukhya

Sevikas

should provide supportive supervision and resolve

level problems,

i i el d

during these meetings.

The training period for AWWs should be increased to 3

days.

This will facilitate reinforcement of the more difficult concepts
enable a general summary session and more time will be

for

trainees”

The
In

eval nation.

training

addi tion

avai1able

methodology requires

to classroom sessions.

certain

field

modi f i cat i ons.

ej-terci ses

should

be

included for imparting skills to make a situational analysis.

to

conduct

pretesting of community women, monitoring of

Hand

pump

di scourages

the

information to rural audiences.

It

performance etc.

The

I EC

concept

developed by

the

IHMP

presentation

of only factual

advocates

an

act!ve

deci si on

making through group i rit er act i on .

process

(ie.the AWW) has to facilitate

to

of

prob1em

identification

The

camp

and

organ!ser

discussions and decisions related

use of water. so that informed choices can be made

by

rural

women. The trainers need to impart effective communi cation skills
to

the

camp organisers.

This is only

possi b1e

through

field

exercises.

8.6-

Problems Encountered:

A period of about 5 months was spent in negotiating with the
government and obtaining sanction for the involvement of the ICDS

workers

Even

now

an

agreement

f or

i n voIvin g

the

I CDS

courses

has

infrastructure has not been formalised.

Ti me
been

constraints

another problem.

for conducting the training

The
some

CPDO not being directly involved with

this

pr ogr arrifne.

of the Anganwadi workers will not be motivated to

act i vely

participate in the programme.

8.7.

Conclusions;

There are no clear guidelines or strategies for implementing

IEC programmes at the District 1evelthe

bl ock

The IEC infrastructure

and District levels has not been able

to

evolve

at
an

imparting health education and bringing

effective methodology for

about a change in community behaviour.
The

and

broad objective of the CETHO programme

was

to

establish an IEC strategy replicable within

the

government

i nfrastructure.

regardi ng

the

Several

Th i s

study has

replicabi1ity of
trai ned

conducti ng

women7s

behavi aural

change

AWWs

this

substant i al

Camps

the community.

evi donee

strategy.

(957.) have actively

Awareness
in

provided

evolve

on

parti ci pated

water

A

and

ini tiated

proport i on

1 arge

women in these villages have become aware of the concept of
water?

water

etc.

Changes

effective!y

have

borne diseases;, their prevention

been

1eadi ng

to

and

successf ul

in generating collective action
mangement

safe

been

have

In several villages Anganwadi

their partici pation in the

of

management,

in individual and community behaviour

d emonst r at ed.

in

workers

by

women

of

communi ty

pr i z e

incentive

water resources
To

sustain the mot i vat i on of the AWWs,

should be introduced for those

a

AWW’s who demostrate a change

in

communi t y behaviour in their villages.
There is need for better coordination with the Dy.

GSDA, for the effective implementation of this strategy.

Engi neer

r

The

provi si on

supportive

aud i o-vi sual

material„

and

effect!ve

wi 11

i ncrease

the

■Fol 1 owi ng

supervision and monitoring of wor kers

the impact of this IEC programme.

8.8.
To

Lessons Learned;
rc-?pl i cate

this

IEC strategy on

a large scale

aspects are imperative:
- Requirement of an unequivocal government directive.
Involvement

of the

entire ICDS infrastructure

includi ng

the

CORO is necessary to sustain motivation of workerrs.

There is need for a regular review by the CEO of the

and

recogni ti on

of the inputs of the

Mukhya

di stri el­

Sevi kas

and

Anganwadi workers.
- Require a formal

link between the ICDS workers and the G.S.D.A.

^intersectoral co-ordination).

Require some incentive to sustain the motivation of

workers
- Require

the

ICDS

this could be a prize for the best performance.

parameters

parti ci patory

for

evaluati on

evaluati ng

the

IEC

strategy

techniques for selecting

the

and

best

performers.
- Require a budget for:

a. Training

b. Audio-visual aids

c. Monitoring system for the IEC
programme implemented by the

Anganwad.i s.

d. Evaluation of the IEC strategy.

*

9

D. VILLAGE LEVEL VOLUNTEERS

9. 1

Introduction

9.2

Training of Village Level Volunteers

9.2.1 Training Objectives
9.2.2 Training Methodology
9.2.3 Areas Covered During Field Training of VLVs
9.3

<

Evaluation of the Training of VLVs - A KAF Study

9.3.1 Evaluation Objectives
9.3.2 Evaluation Methodology

9. 4

Results

9.4.1 Profile of the Respondents
9.4.2 Handpump Monitoring
9.4.3 Role of VLVs in Case of Breakdown
9.4.4 Water and Disease
9.4.5 Maintenance of handpump surroundings
9.5

Di scussi on

9.6

Problems Encountered

9.7

Conclusions and Implications

9. 1

Introduction:
The village level volunteers (VLVs) are community members

e

who monitor the functional status and maintain the cleanliness of
the

handpumps in their villages.

households
a woman ?

1ocated near

an

adult?

Present1y
has

These

the handpump.

VLVs are selected

from

Each

VLVs

pump

5

a leader and 2 students.

the IHMPj, Safe Drinking Water

(SDW)

1795 VLVs taking care of 359 hand pumps i n 180

the Georai ta1uka in

has

Deed district.

programme

vi11 ages

of

*

9.2.

Training of VLVss

9.2.1.

Training Ojectives:

Broad objective

To

train

VLVs

to

strengthen

support the

and

commu.ni ty

management of hand pumps.

Specific Objectives:
1).
To increase the levels of knowledge of VLVs regarding
the concept of safe water, water borne diseases and their
prevent i on.

a

2).
To orient VLVs in the maintenance
hand pump surround!ngs.

of

3) .
To
impart necessary skills to the
mon!tor their hand pumps.

VLVs

cl cali ness
to

of

regular1y

4) .
Provide skills to the VLVs to involve community members
t-t? maintain the cleanliness of their handpump surround!ngs.
9.2.2.

Training Methodology:

The
(CETHO)

Community Education, Training and

Heal th

team

and

trai ned

the VLVs to support

Organ!sati on

strengthen

the

community monitoring of handpumps and maintain the cleanliness of

their surroundings.

This

training was conducted because a large number

initially selected VLVs (707.) had

e
4

a

of

two

been

over a

peri od

c 1 ear

about

t hei r

years. The new VLVs were not very

and

needed to be oriented. A total of

trai ned

by

the CETHO team in June and July 1990.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

the

replaced

rol es

9.2.3.

of

1700

VLVs

were

Areas covered during the field training of VLVs:

Concept of clean and safe water
Water borne diseases - transmission and prevention
Maintenance of the cleanliness water source and its surroundings
Monitoring of hand pumps on a daily basis
Responsibilities of the VLV.

*

The

training

Information

of VLVs was conducted at the

site.

han dp Limp

related to the transmission of water borne

di seases

and their prevention and maintenance of cleanliness of the
source

and

The

a

water

its surroundings was imparted with a. v« aids.

responsibilities of the VLV were discussed in

The importance of handpump monitoring was emphasised.

details.

the HP card

and its use was explained.

Subsequent to this training the Block Level Mechanic
has been training

the vi11 ages,
and

mot i vates

c 1 ran

its

(BLM)

the VLVs during his routine monthly visits

He reinforces the? water related health

i nformation

the VLVs to regularly monitor the hand

sur r ound i ngs. This orientation is done

to

at

p ump

and

the

pump

si te-

9.3. Evalpation of
The

VLVs

he Training of VUVs ~ A KAP Study

trained

by

the CETHO

team

were

evaluated

in

August 1990.

9.3.1.

Evaluation Objectivess

a)
To study the effectiveness of VLVs for
monitoring of hand pumps.

the

community

b)
To assess the awareness levels of the VLVs iregard!ng
the concept of clean and safe wateru water borne■ diseases
and their prevent! on.
c)
To study the effectiveness of VLVs in maintaining the
cleanliness of the hand pump and its surround!ngs.

d)
To study the effectiveness of the methodology used for
training VLVs.
*

9.3.2.

The

Evaluation Methods:

VLVs were evaluated by external

i nvestigators.

A

pre

post LAP study was done on a sample of 70 randomly selected VLVs.

A

semi- structured interview schedul e was used.

DI) .

(refer

annexure

The

*
4

ML Vs were pre-tested before

the! r traini ng

and t h e i r
post test was cz on ducted
one week after the training
programme.
Inf ormation regarding monitoring
was obtained from VLV cards
and
exter na1
i nvest i gat ors made observations of
the handpump
si tes,
for
cleanliness of the handpump
surroundings.

9.4. Results
The

■f i ndi ngs

of the KAF' tests administered to

70

randomly

selected VLVs are presented below.

9.4.1.

Profile of the Respondents:

67. 1
4

a

were

females.

47. 27.

40

years

VLVs

These VLVs

were

Hi ndus

Lamanis

amongst

the

These

farmers,
busi ness
were

i nterviewed
varied

15.77.

in

above

VLVs

VLVs

were

have

and

students,

years.
of

had

been

32. 97.

distributi on.

82. 97.

them

of

to
t he

were

Musii ms

The

1 i tera.cy

was high 75.77. .

di f f f erent

occupations,

daily wage labourers,

whi 1 st

while

age

Van jar is (2.87.) .

207
working

were

27. 17.

were

5.77 had their

own

27. 17. of

housewives.

as VLVs for

28.67 had worked for over 9 months

mere

the

VLVs

52.87

of

the

than

a

year

and the rest of them had been

working for a period of 3 to 8 months

4

thei r

40

while the rest

(8.67.)

ma les

and 4.47. were employed in service.

respondents

4

were

44.67 were in the age group of 21

and only 107. were

<5-77.) „
rate

VLVs

below 20 years j,

*

4

■z

(18.67).

9.4.2.

Responsibilities of VLVs:

Table 1.

Responsibilities of VLVs

Pre test

Post test

1. Monitoring of HRs.
reporting HP breakdown
and maintaining the HF
surrounding clean

51
(72. 87.)

63
(907.)

2.

19
(27.27.)

7
(107.)

70 (1007.)

70

(1007.)

respondents

coul d

Not sure / Dont know

Total

r
In

thei r
9
9

the

Pre-test 72.87. of the

responsibilities in monitoring functional status

pumps and maintenance of cleanliness of its surround!ngs.

state

of
In

hand
the

post test 907 VLVs stated these roles and responsi bi 1i ti es.

9.4.3.

Hand Pump Monitoring:

Table 2a:

Hand pump Monitoring - Cards.

I

I
PRE-TEST
5
POST-TEST
I Scores out of 701 Scores out of 70 5
’_________
\
I
i

i

Hand Pump Cards

i
t

la) Do you have a Card : Yes

No

«
.’b)
i
i


<
<

4
*

i

58 (82.87.)

I

12

i

I

«



I

Use of card :Check funct-l
ionality of !
HP
report I
I
breakdown

<
JO Filling of
!
HF card

(17.27.)

67

29 (41.47.)

I

(95.77.)

3 ( 4.37.)
i

50 (71.47.)

t
i

I
I

i

I

Don’t know

i

41

(58.67.)

i

20

(28. 67.)

<

: Ever yd ay-

39 (55. 87.)

Irregular

31

(44.27.)

63 (90. 07.)
—y

(10.07.)

In the post test the respondents who were able to state

the

use ot hand pump cards for checking the functional status o+

the

hand

pumps and reporting breakdown had increased -from 41.4 "Z

to

71.4

"Z

. The number of VLVs actually filling

increased

to

907.. This indicated that 18.67. of

thei r

cards

had

the

VLVs

were

filling their HP cards without knowing its use.
Thee
duri ng

condi t ion
the

of

pre-post

the hand pump card was

tests.

the

In

pretest

al so
19.7

observed
7

of

the

respondents had lost the cards and 4.27. had torn or damaged ones.

ihis reduced to IO 7. in the post-test.

9.4.4.

Role of VLVs in case of HP breakdown:

Table 2b: Hand pump monitoring.
i
!
PRE-TEST
I
POST-TEST
!Scores out of 70{Scores out of 70}

’.Role of VLV in case of
JHP break down
i

i

i

J a) Mark a cross on the card

i

«
6

(8.67.)

I

18 (25.87.)

t
i

i

Sb) Send an application for
i
HP repair.

!
<

t

31

(44.27.)

i

<
! c) Personally inform the
I
Gadi office or BLM

i

<

47 (67. 17.)

i

>
j

<
<
id) Don’t know

3

( 4.37.)

30

(42. 97.)

5 ( 7.17.)

J
In the pre-test 40 VLVs

(57. 17.)

!

could percieve their role

case

of

h a n d pj u m p b r e a k d o w n .

6 VLVs

(8. 67.)

mar k

a

cross on the card.. 31

(44. 27.)

send an

stated

in

that

t. h e y

appli cati on

f or

repai r

and 3 VLVs (4.37.) personally inform the Maintenance

team

or the

BLM.

their role.
a

25.87. ot the VLVs had responded that they would

cross on the card. 67.17. would send an app 1 i cat i on

o-f

aware

the post-test all the respondents <1007.) were

In

■for

mar k

repair

and 7.17. would personally in-form the o-f-Fice or BLM for the repair

ot

thei r

remi nder

hand

in

pump. 77.27. VLVs indicated

no action is taken after

case

they

send

wou.l d

the

send!ng

a

t i rst

i n f or mat i on .

9.4.5.

Water and Disease:

Table 3.

Water and Disease
I
PRE TEST
POST TEST
'Scores out of 70iScores out of 70 :
<
_ J
i

ia) Can water cause Yes
illness
No

i

i

i

i

49 (70. 07.)

Jb) How does water
cause illness
:Germs

i

60 (85.77.)
<

0

i

21

(30.07.)

- 10 (14.372)

i

i
i

i

14 (20. 77.)

42 (60.07.)

i

(80.07.)

28 (40. 07.)

i

55 (78.67.)

i

i

i

i

Don’t know’

56

<
<

i

Ic)

I
Illness caused
by water:
Water borne J
Di seases
I

i

i

33- (47. 17.)

i

(52. 97.)

i

i

«

i

i

Don’t know

i

37

15 (21.47.)

<

i

!d) Prevent i on of water borne
I
diseases
I
1 . Soiling water

i

i
i



11

(15. 77.)

25

(35. 77.)

18

(25. 77.)

J_7i

( 2.97.)

I

I

2. Keeping HP surroundings'
I
c 1 ean

i

5 ( 7. 17.)
i

•3.

Adequate storage
technique of water

1

(

1.47.)

i

4. Filtering water

i

10

«
i

12 (17.17.)

(14.37.)

i

i

cr

Don t know

43 (61.47.)

30
i

(18. 67.)

1

The proportion o-f VLVb who percieved that contaminated water

can cause illness ranged from 707. in the pre test to 85.7% in the
The concept that germs in the contaminated water cause

post test-

disease increased from

the

In

pre-test

20 "Z to 60 7..

the VLVs could name water

47. 1’Z of

borne

diseases as compared to 78-67. after the training.
Awareness

regarding the prevent! on of water borne

increased to 81.47 after the training as
pre test

(refer table 3).

9-4-6.

Hand Pump Surrounding

compared

diseases

to 38.67. in the

Table 4a) Hand Pump Surroundings:

{
PRE TEST
I Scores out of
I
70

i

POST TEST
1 Scores out
}
70
i

I
t

i

i

of I

<

<
J
Yes
•a)Is there a need

I
to keep HP surroun­
dings clean
s
Don’t know!

64

(91.47.)

69 (98.67.)

i

«
i
t

6( 8.67.)

i

:b) Reason for keeping HP surr-l
oundings clean
'

1

i

( 1.47.)

t

i

i

i
i

i

i. Prevent water from
becoming contaminated
causing illness

3.

}

21

(30. 07.)

33

(47. 17.)

Don ’ t know

43

(61.47.)

36

(51.17.)

N A

6

( 8.67.)

1

44

(62.97.)

(

1.47.)

c) Method of preventing accu- 1
mulation of slush around HP!
i

I

1 . Pegu1 ar cleani ng of
drai n
Murram filling

I

2- Don’t know

J

<
i

I

52

(74.37.)

18

(25.77;)

I

26 (37. 17.)
i

i

Table

4b: Role of VLVs in the maintenance of the cleanliness

of

their hand pumps.
i

I
PRE TEST
i
POST TEST
J
{Score out of 70{Score out of 701

j

‘a)To prevent washing of cloth-!
es, vessels?animals at the
HP
prevent children from
defecating near it
«

13 (18«67.)

<

30 (42.97.)

i

Jb)Regular murram filling and
cleaning of drain

I

Ic)Both

(a)

«

(b)

id)Don’t know

25 (35. 77.)

27

(38. 67.)

2

( 2.87.)

8

(11.47.)

30

(42. 97.)

5

( 7. 17.)

i

The need to keep handpu.mp surroundings clean was

by

91.47. VLVs in the post test as compared to 90.17 in the

test .

□nl y

contaminate

the

recogni sed

47.1 X stated that unclean

the water.

accumulation

hand

pump'

51.1 Z VLVs were not able

pre­

surroundings
to

of slush and dirt around hand pumps

associ ate
with

the

(98.67.) stating the

need

spread of disease.
The high percentage of respondents

to

keep hand pump surroundings clean. may have

associ ated

this

requirement only with convenience.
After the

train!ng

52 VLVs (74.37.)

felt the necessity

murr am filling and regular cleaning of the drain compared to

of

44

(62.97.) VLVs in the pre test.
In the pre test only 57.17. respondents could recogni se thei r

role in

maintaining cleanliness of hand pump surround!ngs.

proporti on

i ncreased

stated

washing of

that

defecation

at

the

to

pump)

92.97. in the post test.

clothes. vessel s

site

should

This

42. 97.

VLVs

bathing animals

and

be

prevented,

38.67.

emphasized

the i r

role

in regular

of

11.47.

felt

that

drai ns.

murram filling

their

ro1 e

and cleaning

i ncl u.ded

al 1

these

their

1 evel

of awareness of water borne diseases and their prevention.

and i n

reeponsibi1i ti es.
9.5. Di scussion:

The

t he

study indicates a substantial increase in

role of VLVs in monitoring of handpumps.

78.67. of the

listed water borne diseases and 81.47. stated preventive

VLVs

methods.

The

responsib i1i t i es of the VLVs in monitoring the functionality

of

hand

pumps

training
had

was identified by

907.

r e s p o ndents.

the proportion of VLVs monitoring

increased.

After

han dp> u.mps

Likewise the percentage of

regular1y

filling

VLVs

the

cards

completely increased from 55.87 to 907..
However
filling

187.

of

these VLVs did not know

the monitoring cards. The BLN during

the

purpose

the

f or

r eor i en t at i on

training should focus on these VLVs emphasising the importance of

cards

for

filling

HP monitoring. Unless VLVs to know
cards

or

else it may be difficult

the

to

purpose

sustai n

of
their

i nterest.

407.

safe

water.

germs

is

That visually clear water can be

a

experience.
wi th

VLVs have not understood the concept of clean

illness

concept

the VLVs cannot

contami nated

rel ate

to

thei r

Un1 ess germs are shown to them., and the
explained in a rational way.

and

wi th
daily

associat i on

acceptance

concept will be limited and change in practices may be

of

this

difficult

to sustain.
VLVs were not clear about their roles in maintaining

handpump
t op i c s.

*

sur r oundings.

They

need to

be

reoriented

Field demonstration and training are necessary

practical application of this knowledge.

cl ean

on

f or

these
the

t

9.6. Problems encountered;

e
that

The

mai n

al 1

the

not

village.

5 VLVs -For each hand pump could

not

VLVs
be

was

trained
and

A large number ot VLVs would leave early for work

together.
were

problem encountered in the training o-F

aval 1able

when

visited

thei r

or two VLVs tor a hand pump

coul d

the

Occassi onal 1 y only one

CETHO

team

be trained per visit.

sever ail occasions discussions had to be limited. as

On
VLVs

be in a hurry

woul d

the

to leave tor their work.

9.7. Conclusjons and Implications:
The

*

hand

Gear a i Ta 1 u k a,, aimed to increase the ettectiveness ot
maintenance. Village

were

in

IHMF

community monitoring system introduced by the

pump

Level Volunteers appointed tor this purpose

also involved in maintaining the cleanliness ot their

hand

pump surroundings.
For

monitoring ot hand pumps VLVs need an initial

tollowed by

periodic reintorcement ot skills. The present monthly

i n-service

training provided by the E<LM is sutticient

purpose^

Their

recogniti on
VLVs

ot
are

surroundinqs.

in

training

interest

can

be

sustai ned

tor

communi ty

with

their services.

expected to ensure the cleanliness ot
In

this

•future it

hand

pump

is felt that they can also be involved

the primary maintenance ot hand pumps. For these functions

br i et

monthly contact with the BLM will not be sufficient.

will

require

educator.

a constant and intense contact

with

the

and special training in primary maintenance .

a

VLVs

heal th

VLVs

can only initiate behavioural change in the

but the establishment of norms requires a strong support

system.

Their efforts need to be linked with the network of other

change

agents

such

change

community behaviour. A planned IEC strategy

as ICDS workers, school teachers, and

for this purpose.

1

communi ty

chi 1dren

is

to

required

10.

E. THE PACHOD BALSEVAK EXPERIMENT

10. 1

Inroducti on

10.2

The Balsevak Concept

10.3

The Balsevak Strategy

10.3.1 Tr ai n i ng of School T eachers
10.3.2 Selection and Training of Balsevaks
10.3.3 Dissemination of Health Informati on
10.3.4 Bal-Melawas and Arogya Dindi

10.5

Ca.se Study

10. 1.

Introducti on:
The Institute o-F

Heal th

IEC initiative

innovati ve

Management ? Pachod, has started an

i nvolvi ng

school

who

chi 1dren

are

trained to educate rural adults on hygiene. water an d san i t at i on.
This

"Balsevak”

exper i mented

in

(child

25

vi11 ages

of the

is

strategy

health educators)

proj ect

Pachod

bei ng
area

in

Maharashtra.

10.2.

The Bailseyak Concept:

The Balsevak concept evolved from the
chi 1dren

as

a

major part of the

acti ve

experience of

havi ng

at

village

audience

meet i ngs.
V

The

■Format i ve

years of children can be

behaviours conducive to health. A

towards

easi1y

posi t i ve

influenced

atti tudinal

*

change

in

chi 1dren, not only has sustained

benefits

extendi ng

d
into adult life, but also inf1uences their peers
Th i s

vast human

resource

can

be

eff ect ive1y invo1ved in

creating health awareness in the community;,
change in health related behaviours.

and elders.

leading to a

gradual

10.3.

The Balsevak Strategy;

e
The Balsevak ex peri ment was started in January 1989, with
group

of

10 moti vated schoo1 teachers. The teachers

start

an

IEC programme on personal

sani tati on

i nvolving

by

school

hygiene

chi 1dren.

r

deci ded

to

and

en v i r onmentai

Th i s

subject

selected by the teachers as they felt that unhygienic

was

conditi ons

prevailing in villages were the major cause of i 11 health in

the

communi t y.

as

The

teachers

d ec i d ed t o t r a i n

school

chi 1dren

health educators and chose to call them -• Balsevaks'’ .

10.3.1.

The Training of School Teachers;

The
They

school teachers underwent a 2 day training

were

vari ous

at

Pached.

oriented to the objectives of the programme

steps

involved in the strategy.

The

and

training

the

i mparted

communi cation and management skills.

10.3.2.

The
Balsevaks.
of

Selection and Training of Balsevaksi

teachers

seiected

school chi1dren to

be

trai ned

The main criteria for selection included the

the children to communicate and their interest and

as

ability
readi ness

to disseminate health information to the community.

The Ba1sevaks

were

f ocussed

trai ned

at Paehod. Their training

programme

imparting both cognitive and communi cation skills^
home

vi si 153 j,

u s e a f a u d i o - v i s u a 1 aids for

on

for eg. making

di sseminat ing

heal th

informati on etc.
Balevaks

were

al so

or i ented

to

the

object i ves

of

the

programme and their role as change initiators in the community.



10.3.3.

Dissemination of Health Information through Homevisits:

Balsevaks

e

work in pairs. The older Balsevak

gives verbal messages and the younger Balsevak
a

head

band and two placards with health

fortnightly-

home

vi sits.

each pair

(10-12

(8-10 years) wears

messages .

vi si t ing

100

Duri ng

thei r

related

to per son a1 hyg i ene, water and sanitation.

home

visits the

Balsevaks

years)

They

make

households.

di sseminate

messages

The

ini ti a1

focus was an '-hanging existing defeacation related practicos. The

s

Balsevaks

conti nue

the

behavi oural

change

is observed in the

same

message

unt i 1

a

communi ty.

measurabl e.(

The

process

requires continuous contact and reinforcement.

A
10.3.4.

Bal — melawas and Arogya Dindis:

Apart

from

these home visits during which

given primari1y to the woman in the family.

i nformat i on

the strategy includes

Bal-melawas for both school going and non school chi 1dren
to

chi 1 d

educati on),

followed by village

with slogans) and a ’shramdaan’

is

"Dindis’

(child

(process!on

(voluntary community service).

The school teacher along with his Balsevaks organises a Bal -

melawa

with
<

in
a

the

di vi ded

personal

into

hygi ene

Thi s

is

groups.

They

pai nt

a

begi n

street

play

The

ch i1dren

are

pi ctures

related

to

thei r

pai nti ngs

the

i ni tiated

through

the

topic of hygiene and health.

chi 1d r en share th ei

4

Bal-melawas

recreational activity such as a game or

i ntroducing

then

*

the village once in 3 months- The

and sanitation. Through
cone ep ts of san it ation.

fol 1 owed

by

di scussi ons

presentation

of paintings by the children to the

ent i re

group.

The

identifies children who already have

the

required

teacher

knowledge

and f aci1i tates shari ng

with the rest of

MO
Llu2

the

group.

t


9

The

e
«

teacher

fur t. her

helps the children

i d en t i f y

the

Alternatives

to

The process of change

is

sa.ni tsry

problems existing in their cofnmun i t y.

overcome

these problems are discussed.

thereby

ini tiated

through

i nteract i on

instead

of

i mposed

by the

bei ng

to

between

teacher B

the

ch i1dren

Sol u.t i ons

to

identified problems are selected from several available
Deci si ons

regarding choice of messages for the

procG^sion ?

and

choices.

r- d i n d i ■

vi11 age

collective action during the

the

"shramdaan

are

also taken at the Bal Melawa-

The

chi 1dren

march through the

vi11 age

shouti ng

slogans

related to personal hygiene and sanitation. After the "dindiy the
chi 1dren

un d er t a k e

Chi 1dren

have made mud heaps at the defeacation

*

Shramadaan

to

c 1 ean

thei r

vi11 age.

sites,

c .1 eaned

their school surround!ngs, filled murram and cleaned water source
surround!ngs,
planted

The
process.
has

filled waste water pits with earth. made

gutters j,

trees, et c, during the shramadaan.
adults have usually assisted the children
In several cases following the Shramdaan,

voluntarily taken further action to improve

during

this

the

community

the

sani tat i on

and water conditions of their village.

10.4.

Case Study;
The Balsewak strategy is illustr ated with a case study of

a vi11 age where the

*5

experiment is

bei ng

c on due t ed since

a

1989.

R a h a t g a o n i s a small village in the Pachod Project area with
365

households. 877.

peop1e

b e 1 on g t o t h e H i n d u

are Neo-Budhists (schedule castes)

and

commoni ty

117. are Musi i ms.

the families are daily wage agricultural 1 ahourers.

127.

507. of

The

vi11 age

teachers«

has a primary school with a total staff-

In Rahatgaon,

of 5-14 years,

of

there are 265 children in the age

out which 154 are enrolled in the primary

The remaining children look after thei

6

group
schoolh

younger siblings.

assist

in household chores. graze animals or work in the fields.

The

January

Balsevak

programme

1989

Golande

when

d i ssemimating

health

started in

Guruj i

Rahatgaon

showed

keen

vi11 age

i nt.er est

in

through

hi s

information to the community

students. He believed that. s i mu 11 aneous 1 y, a st.r on g
base

towards

health and hygiene

would be

in

att.i tudi nal

estab1i shed

in

the

children t hemseives.
He

attended a 2 day workshop in Fachod a n d p ar t i c i p a t e d

developi ng

a

strategy

for

implementing

this

in

programme.

A

si tuat i onal analysis of the san i t ar y cond i t i on in the village was

done by the teacher. He identified three defeacation sites
were

wi thin

drainage

the

system

accumulati ons
open ?

soap

not

of

village and close to

the

of

and

vi11 age was choked

waste water. People were

wat er

whi ch

source.

The

were

1 arge

there

defeacati ng

covering their faeces with earth and few

were

usi ng

for washing hands.
One Balsevak pair was selected and sent to the IHMP,

for

the

in

training. Kachru aged 11 years and Kanu aged 10

trained

wi t h

the

concept J, strateg y

chi 1dren.

At

f i rst

batch of

30

ch i1dren.

Pachod

years

The

were

Balsevak

and programme objectives were explained to the

the end of the t r a i n i ng, each

pai r

C)T

Balsewaks

a d cj p t e d 3 (J h o u s e h o 1 d s f o r giving h e a 111") e d u c a t ion.

The
shari ng

routi ne
of

increasing

month!y

i nservi ce

meet i ngs

field experiences which had an

encouraged

apparent

t bi e c o n f i d e n c e in t h e B a 1 s e v a k s. Thei r

the community increased rapidly.

the

i mpact

on

acceptance

by

to

heal th.

adopt the necessary practices for better hygiene and

Their health messages focussed on

spread

women

women

made regular home visits and started motivating

They

of diseases due to

poor

sani tary

conditi ons.

period of 2 months the awareness

Within

a

in

th i rt y

the

defeacation behaviour and

households increased from 337.

1evels

of

the

to

827..

But

Kachru and Kanu were not satisfied. They felt that, even

though j,

defeacation

related

school

teacher

the

awareness

1evels

had

increased

the

behaviours had changed only marginally.

3 months of programme initiation the

After

conducted 2 Balmelawas for school and non-school children. During

these
a

' di ndi

seiected

or health procession. followed by a

They

shramadaan.

a convenient defeacation site for their

30

a

out

melawas about 200 children took a decision to take

hpuseholds

and made mud heaps to be used as earth cover after defeacation.
col 1ected

money

from the villagers and bought soap for their 30 households.

They

K.achru

that

felt

and Kanu along with a few children

if the use of soap was initiated in their

30

houses

people would continue this practise there after.
There

d i nd i

and

after

was a greater acceptance of the Balsevaks

shramdaan. All the member from

their

30

the

households

started using defeacation sites far away from the village and 617.

had bought soap for washing hands after defeacation.

80.37. of the

household members were covering their faeces with earth cover.
This initial suecess met i vat ed t he Ba1sewaks» They felt that

u n 1 e s s t h e s a n i t a. r y c o n d i t i o n of the enti re v i11 age was

changed ?

improvement in the? community’s health status would not occur.

The

children wanted to extend th® programme through out the village.
The teacher selected 3 more pairs and sent them for training

to

F'achod.

Each Ba1sevak pai r now adopted 100 households.

T wo

been

more E<al-mel awas followed by dindis and shramdaan

he1 d

chi 1dren

water

in Ra.hatgaon since then. During the

shramadaan

1 ast

cleaned drains and -filled basalt around their

source.

They were assisted by the entire

have

drinking

communi ty»

The

Gram F’anchayat members also participated in this activity.

The
1 arge

Balsevaks.

-f orce

entire

along with village children. have

regard!ng

envirunmantai

of

the

sanitati on

increased from 34 7. to a 867.. A gradual but apparent

have

behavioural

related to defeacation habits is being observed.

Most

sol ve

a

of change initiators. The aware?ness levels

communi ty

change

become

of the villagers are convinced that only latrines

the

vi11 age.

communi ty

problems related to the sanitary

A

The Gram F'anchayat is willing

to

the

of

condi ti ons

demand has been created for the construction
1atri ne.

can

of

a

undertake

responsibi 1ity for maintaining it.
Rabatgaon

vi11 ages

represents

a peoples movement

with the help of school ch i1dren.

in

ini tiated

25

The strategy

has had

communi cat!ng

heal th

an impact at all levels of the community.

Balsevaks

have

been

effect!ve

in

messages and persuading the community to adopt conducive sanitary
behavi our.

pressure

the?

Even

though compliance has been

gradual,

on other children and moral pressure on the

the
elders

peer

of

community is resulting in change.

The
. They

impact of this experiment on children

is

are aware of the hazards of unhygienic sanitary

and are influencing the village

encouragi ng.

condi t ions

e1ders by demonstrating a change

in their own practices.
The Balsevaks represent an entire generation moving

a

heal thi er

life with improved norms in

e n v i r o n m e n t a 1 sani t c-xt i on .

personal

towards

hygiene

and

ANNEXURES
ANNEXURE

A

I
Institute of Health Management Pachod
Safe Drinking Water Programme
IHMP Awareness Camp Pretest

1.

Name o-F Respondent

Vi 11 a. go
3.

Age of Respondent:

4.

Education of Respondent:

5.

Caste of Respondent:

6.

Where do you fetch your drinking water from?
Handpump
Wei 1
Ri ver
Tap
Others (specify)

■7

What do you store your drinking water
Ranj an
Mat ka
Metal Vessel
Others (specify)

8.

How do you clean your storage vessel?

9.

How many times do you fill your drinking water ?
Once a day

40 - :50 years
50 - 60 years
> 60
years

20 yrs.
20 - 30 yrs.
30 - 40 yrs.

Li terate

Illi terate

Hindu (specify)
Musii m
Eudh
Others

in?

Others (specify)

10. Do you cover your storage vessel?

Yes

Mo

11.

If yes.,

what cover is used?

12.

If yes.,

why do you cover your storage vessel?

13.

How do you remove water from your storage vessel?

14.

What i s t he di f f er ence between c 1 ean and unc 1 ean water?

15.

Can water become unclean?

16.

If yes ? how does water become unclean?

17. Can water cause illness?

Yes

Yes

No

Don’t Know

No

Don’t Know

18.

If yes j, how does water cause illness?

19. State 4 water borne diseases.
20. Can we prevent water borne diseases?

Yes

Don’t Know

No

21.

If yes ? how can we prevent water borne diseases?

no
J-J- a

Is there an association between diarrhoea and dehydration?
Yes
No
Don’t Know

23.

If yes, what is this association?

a

chi Id

your

water

24. What

can you do at home to prevent dehydration in
suffering from diarrhoea?

ntr
xL -J .

How do you prepare Oral Rehydration Solution

(ORS)?

26. Are? your hand pump surroundings clean?
Yes
No

27. Does t h e dirt and slush accumulated
source cause any prob1ems/hazards?
Don’t Know
Yes
No

around

28.

If yes, what are the hazards caused?

29.

What should you do to keep your handpump and its surroundings
clean?

30. Should you wash clothes at your drinking water source?
Yes
No
Don’t Know
31.

If no. why?

32. Should you wash animals or let them drink at
water source?
Don’t Know
Yes
No
33.

the

dri nking

If no j, why?

34. Should children be allowed to defecate at the drinking water
source?
Yes
Don’t. Know
No
33.

Do you clean the handpump platform after filling water?
Yes
No

0 b s e r v a t i o n o f the Drinking Water Source by the Investigators
— Condition of the d r i n k i n g w a t e r- source:
Presence of s 1 u s h a n d d i r t a r o u n d source:

Good
Yes

Bad

No

I nd i cat i ons of community m i suse of dr i n 1: i ng water sources
Yas
No
Name of Inves ti gator:

Date s

ANNEX’JRE

A

II

Institute of Health Management F’achod
Safe Drinking Water Programme
IHMP Awareness Camp Post Test
.t „

Name of Respondent
Mill age





Age of Responden t s



Education of Respondents

5.

Caste of Respondents

6.

Who conducted the awareness camp in your village?

7-

Were you present r o r t h e e n t i r e c a p ?

8„

If no. f or how long did you attend the camp?

9.

What information was given to your in the awareness camp?

10.

Where do you fetch your drinking water from?
Handpump
Wei 1
Ri ver
Tap
Others (specify)

11.

What do you store your drinking water in?
Ran j an
Mat ka
Metal Vessel
Others (specify)

12.

How do you clean your storage vessel?

20 yrs.
2C - 30 yrs.
30 - 40 yrs.

40 - 50 years
50 - 60 years
> 60
year s

Li ter ate

Illi terate

H i n d u (s p e c i f y )
Musiim
Budh
Others

Yes

No

13.

How ma n y t i mes d o you fill y o u. r d r i n k i n g w a t e r ?
Once a day
□ n c e i n t w o ci a y s
0nee in 11"!rec days
D111 e r s (s p ec i f y)

14.

Do you cover your storage vessel?

15.

If yes ? what cover i s used?

16.

If yes ?

17.

How do y o u r e m o v e w a t e r f r o m y o u r s t o r a g e v e s s e 1 ?

Yes

No

why do you cover your storage vessel?

IB,

What is the cli f f erencg between c 1 ean a n d Lt n c: 1 e a n w a t e r■ ?

19.

Can water b e c o rn e u n c 1 e a n'?

20.

If yes, how does water become unclean?

21.

Can water cause illness?

X. .u.. «<

If

yes j,

Y es

Yes

No

Don’t Know

No

Don’t Know

how does water cause illness?

24. State 4 water borne diseases.

e

*

X. uJ M

Can we prevent water borne diseases?

26.

If yes, how can we prevent water borne diseases?

^“7
-C. / m

Is there ani assoc i at i on b et ween cl i ar r h oea an d deh yd r at i on ?
Yes
No
Don’t Know

28.

If yes

Yes

No

Don’t Know

what is this association?

29. What can you do at home to prevent dehydration in
suf f er i ng from di ar r hoea?

30. How do you prepare Oral Rehydration Solution

a

chi 1 d

your

water

(ORS)?

31. Are your handpump surroundings clean?
Yes
No

32. Does the dirt and slush accumulated
source cause any problems/hazards?
No
Don’t Know
33.

around

If yes. what are the hazards caused?

34. What should you do to keep your handpump and its surroundings
clean?
35. Should you wash clothes at your drinking water source?
Yes
No
Don’t Know

e

36.

If no, why?

37.

Should
you wash animals or let them drink at
water source?
Yes
No
Don’t Know

38.

If no

39.

Should children be allowed to defecate at the clr i nI-:: i ng water
source?
Yes
No
Don’t Know

40.

Do you clean the handpump platform after filling water?
Yes
No

41.

Were there any decisions taken at the awareness camp?
No
Don’t Know

the

dr i nking

why?

4k

42. What were these decisions?
Indi vidual?
Communi ty Level?
♦ Observation of the Drinking Water Source by the Investigator:
S
Condition of the drinking water source:
Good
Bad
Presence of

slush and dirt around

source:

Yes

No

Indications of community misuse of drinking water source:
Yes
No

• Name of Investigator:
Date:

*

1

a

4

e

ANNEXURES-B
ANNEXURE B I
Institute of Health Management Pachod
Safe Drinking Water Programme
Awareness Camp Pre-Test
(ICDS Workers)

A

1.

Name oF Respondent

7

Vi 11 age

3.

Age of Respondent:

4.

Educat i on of Respondents

5.

Caste of Respondents

6.

Where do you fetch your drinking water from?
Handpump
Well
Ri ver
Tap
Others (specify)

7.

What do you store your drinking water in?
Ranj an
Natka
Metal Vessel
Others (specify)

8.

How many times do you fill your drinking water?
Once a day
Once in two days
Once in three days
Others (specify)

9.

How do you clean your storage vessel?

10.

Do you cover your storage vessel?

11.

If yes.. what cover is used?

12.

If yes j,

a

13.

How do you remove water from your storage vessel?

4

14.

What i s the? difference between clean and safe water?

15.

Can water become unclean?

16.

If yes, how does water become unclean?

17.

Can water cause illness?

t

4

a

<

40
50 years
50 — 60 years
> 60
years

20 yr s.
20 - 30 yrs.
30 - 40 yrs.

Illi terate

Li terate
Hindu, (specify)
Musii m
Bu.dh
Others

Yes

No

why do you cover your storage vessel?

Yes

Yes

No

Don’t Know

No

Don’t Know

<

e

C
18.

I-F yesP how does water cause i 11 nessi?

19.

Can water which looks clear and transparent cause illness?
Yes
No
Dont know

20.

1 + yes, how?

21. State 4 water borne diseases.

22. What are the methods ot preventing of water borne diseases?
No

Yes

Is accumulated waste water harmful to health?

23.

31. What can you do to prevent waste water from accumulating?
32.

Is there dirt and slush accumulated
water source?
Yes
No

33. Does this affect the water?
34.

around

Yes

drink ing

your

Don’t Know

No

If yes.. how?

3S. What should you do to keep your drinking water source and its
surroundings clean?
36- Should you wash clothes at your drinking water source?
Yes
No
Don ’ t Know
37.

If no. why?

38 M Ghould you wash animals or let them drink at
water source?
Don’t Know
Yes
No

39.
<

drinking

If noj, why?

40. Should children be allowed to defaecate at the drinking water
source?
Don’t Know
Yes
No
41.

4
*

the

Do you clean the handpump platform after filling water?
Yes
No

Observation of the Drinking Water Source by the? Investigator:

Condition of the drinking water source:

Good

Presence of s 1 u.sh and dirt around source:

Yes

Bad

No

I nd i cat i ons of community misuse of drinking water source:
Yes
No

Name of Investigator:

Date:

ANNEXURE B II
Institute of Health Management Pachod
Saf e Dr i nking Water Programme
Awareness Camp Post Test
(ICDS Workers)

1.

Name of Respondent

2

Vi 11 age

3.

Age of Respondent:

4.

Education ot Respondent:

5.

Caste of Respondent:

6.

Who conducted the awareness camp i n your vi11 age?

7

Were you present for the entire camp?

8.

If no. for how long did you attend the camp?

9.

What information was given to your in the awareness camp?

20 yrs.
20 - 30 yrs.
30 - 40 yrs,.

Li terate

40 - 50 years;
50 - 60 years
> 60
years

Illi terate

Hindu (specify)
Musii m
Budh
Others

No

Yes

10. Where do you fetch your drinking water from?
Handpump
Wei 1
Ri ver
Tap
Others (specify)
11.

What do you store your drinking water in?
Panj aan
Mat ka
Metal Vessel
Others (specify)

12. Did you change your drinking water storage vessel af ter
camp?
No
Yes
13.

If yes. what vessel did you use previously?

14.

If yeSj, why did you change your storage vessel?

15.

Do you cover your storage vessel?

16.

If yes j, why?

17.

If yes ? what cover is used?

Yes

No

the

18. Were you covering your storage vessel before the camp?
Yes
No

19.

If yes. with what?

20.

How d o you remove water from your storage vessel?

21.

After the camp, did you change this method?
Yes
No

If yes, how did you previously remove water from your storage
vessel?
23.

Can water become unclean?

24.

If yes. how does water become unclean?

25.

What is the difference between clean and safe water?

Yes

26. Can water cause illness?

No

Yes

Don’t Know

No

Don’t Know

27.

If yes. how does water cause illness?

28.

Can water which looks clear and transparent cause illness?
Yes
No
Don’t Know

29.

If yes. how?

30. State 4 water borne diseases.
31. How can we prevent water borne diseases?

32.

Is accumulated waste water harmful to health?
Yes
No
Don’t Know

33.

If yes, how?

34.

Is there dirt and slush around your drinking water source?
Yes
No

35.

Does the dirt and slush
siush accumulated
source affect the drinking water?
Yes
No
Don’t Know

36.

If yes

37.

What
should you do to keep
surroundings clean?

38.

Should you wash clothes at your drinking water sour ce?
Yes
No
Don’t Know

39.

If no j.

40.

Should you wash animals or let them drink at
water source?
Yes
No
Don’t Know

41 .

If no?

around

your

water

wat er

source

how?
your

dri nki ng

why?

why?

the

dri nki ng

42. Should children be allowed to defaecate at the drinking water
source?
Yes
No
Don’t Know
43. Do you allow your children to defaecate near
water source?
Yes
No

the

dri nking

44. Do you. clean the handpump platform after filling water?
Yes
No
43.

Were there any decisions taken at the awareness camp?
Yes
No
Don’t Know

46. What were these decisions?
Indi vi dual?
Community Level?

47. Of these decisions discussed at the camp, which ones have you
followed up on?
Indi vi dual?
Communi ty Level?
Observation of the Drinking Water Source by the Investigator:

~ Condition of the drinking water source:
Presence of slush and dirt around source:

Good
Yes

Bad
No

Indications of community misuse of drinking water source:
Yes
No

Name of Investigator:

Date:

Annexure

3 - DAY HUKHYA SEVIKAS TRAINING PROGRAMME ON AWARENESS CARPS ON WATER

Day '

Topic

LEarning Objectives

; Clsss Roots Retnods-

wics

HSSe'=SC;£'r

i

' Day - 1!

•£
• State the underlying cause of
! safe water! ccr.tatsinaticr, ol hater

’ Lertd.rc cu’i
’ Discj^kr

’ Randuut

; Fre-post
! test

i.L'ur.cept of • Describe germs, hc-w they are
; Desc^stratior of ; Hicr-ooccpe
• gcru.s
■ detected and their role in dic-vsce'' csr-i.c - Observe
(
■ cavEfticn
i ge.-ss under -Eire !
: -scope

;k:attr b«?T.t: Ust the water borne diseases,

: Lee terc evr

(disease ’■ ! vescritie their trar.ssissicn
:rheir
through water, toed GutO.
(transffis- i cist agents transsittir.g h7t?':sicr:
; tcr'? siseaeest

• P: 5C'.SC '. jr

: List the signs I sysplnrs c.'f
; jaursice. State the h;gh r:-:>
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Annexure

2 - DAY AKGAMADI WORKERS TRAINING PROGRAMME ON AWARENESS IWS ON WATER

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Annexure

Institute of Health Management
Safe Drinking Water Programme
Mukhya Sevika Evaluation Questionnare

Name

'• Shrimati.

Name of Village '

Date

Q. 1

Difference between clean and unclean water ?

Q. 2

What is meant by safe water ?

Q.

List four water borne diseases .

1.

2

3.
Q.

4

How are water borne diseases transmitted ?

Q. 5

State the methods of preventing water born diseases ?

Q. 6

What is the purpose of Health Education ?

Q. 7

What are objectives of the women’ s awareness camps on water ?

Q. 8

What are the steps followed during the awarness camps ?

Q. 9

What are the preparations involved in the pre camp phase ?

Q. 10

What observations are necessary to study
water situation ?

Q. 11

Why is 11 necessary to do a situational analysis ?

Q. 1 2

What are the factors to be considered when deciding on
the time and place for conducting an awareness camp ?

the

community’s

Q- 13

State the relationship between the situational analysis of
the village and the decisions taken in the camps n

Q- 14

What is the purpose of playing a game in
camps ?

Q- 15

State the four topics given to the women for drawing ?

Q- 16

State the three main messages given
camps ?

in

the

av?areness

Q. 17

Decision making is an important step of
camps.Why ?

the

awareness

Q. ] 8

State any three decissions which need to be taken
change the women’s water storage behaviour 7

Q. 19

St&.t<? . ^ny three , decisions which need to be taken to
maintain and keep the drinking water source surroundings
clean ?

Q. 20

State the relationship between the follow up action
the decisions taken during; the camp ?

Q. 21

What are the types of follow ups which can be done to
improve the condition of the community’s drinking water ?

Q. 22

When and how many times should a follow up be done after the
camp conduction ?

Q. 23

What are the follow ups which should be done regularly ?

Q. 24

State any five responsibilities of the Aa.ganwadi workers in
the conduction of awareness camps ?

Q. 25

What. is your role in the
monitoring of hand pumps ?

Q

26

regular

the

awareness

maintenance

Explain the concept preventive maintenance
pumps ?

of

to

and

and

hand

optimally

functioning

Q. 27

State the discharge of an
hand pump ?

Q- 28

What is the importance of immunisation ?

Q. 29

by
State the diseases which can be
prevented
schedule to
immunisation? What
What is the immunisation
be followed for this purpose ?

Q. 30

What

Q. 31

State importance of Growth Monitoring ?

Q. 32

State the various degrees of malnutrition ?

Q. 33

Why is it important to feed a new born colostrum ?

Q. 34.

When should a infant be weaned ? What are
foods which can be introduced ?

Q. 35

Why is it important to provide maternal health care ?

Q- 36

State any three services to be provided during
care ?

antenatal

Q. 37

State any three services to be provided during
care ?

postnatal

is the. importance of the Cold Chain ?

the

weaning

ANNEXURE- C'Et
Institute of Health Management
Safe Drinking Water Programme
Aaganwadi workers Evaluation Questionnaire-

Name

: Shrimati.

Date

Name of Village :

Q. 1

Difference between clean and unclean water ?

Q.

What is meant by safe water ?

Q- 3

List four water borne diseases ,



1.

2

3.

4.

Q. 4

How are water borne diseases transmitted ?

Q. 5

State the methods of preventing water born diseases ?

Q. 6

What is the purpose of Health Education ?

Q. 7

What are the objectives of the women’s awareness camps
water ?

Q. 8

What are the steps followed during the awareness camps ?

Q. 9

What are the preparations involved in the pre camp phase ?

Q. 10

What observations are necessary to study
Wetter situation ?

Q. 11

Why is it necessary to do a s i t \ i a t i c n a 1 a n a 1 y s i s ry.

Q. 12

What are the factors to be considered when dec i ding
the time and place for conducting an awareness camp

the

on

community’s

on

e

Q. 13

State the relationship between the situational analysis of
the village and the decisions taken in the camps ?

Q. 14

What is the purpose of playing a game in
camps ?

Q. 15

State the four topics given to the women for drawing ?

Q.

Q.

16

17

the

awareness

in

the

awareness

Decision making is an important step of
camps. Why ?

the

awareness

State
camps

the three main mesages given
ri

to

Q. 13

State any three decisions which need to be taken
change the women’s water storage behaviour 7

Q- 19

Stste any three decisions which need to be taken to
maintain and keep the drinking water source surroundings
clean ?

Q. 20

State the relationship between the follow up action
the decisions taken during the camp ?

Q. 21

’ can be> done to
What are the types of follow ups which
the
condition
of
the
community
’s drinking water ?
improve ---- ---------------

Q. 22

When and how many times should a follow up be done axter th«
camp conduction ?

Q. 23

What are the follow ups which should be. done regularly ?

Q. 24

State any five responsibilities of the Aaganwadi workers in
the conduction of awareness camps ?

Q- 25

What is your role in the
monitoring of hand pumps Q

Q. 26:

Ex pl -/.in the concept- preventive m3intenanc<
pumps ?

Q. 27

State the discharge of an
hand pump ?

a

regular

optimally

and

maintenance

of

and

hand

functioning

ANNE'. X URE

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Institute of Health Management Pachod
Safe Drinking Water Project
VLV Training Questionnaire
1.

Name o-F VLV

2.

Vi 11 age

3.

Sex o-f Respondent VLV -

4.

Age of VLVs

«=j

Caste of VLVs

6.

Education of VLV:

Li terate

7.

Occupation of VLV:

Agr i culture
Housework
Servi ce
Unemp1oyed

8.

For how many months have you been a VLV?
1
3
6

9

Mai e

Female

< 10 yrs.
11 — 20 yrs.
21 -- 30 yrs.
31 - 40 yrs.

41 - 50 yrs.
51 ~ 60 yr s.
> 60 yrs.

Hindu (specify)
Musii m
Laman i
vanjari

1 month
3 months
6 months
9 months
12 months

Illi terate

Labour
Susi, ness
Student

12
18

18 months
24 months
> 24 months
Don’t Know

9.

What are your functions as a VLV?

10.

Do you have a card?

Yes

No

1 1. Have you received a card this month?

Yes

12.

What is the use of this card?

13.

How often do you fill the card?

14.

Where do you keep your card in the house?

No

IS. How often do you. receive this card?
16.

How often is the card collected from you?

17. Who collects the card?

IB. Where is your card collected from - does the BLN come to
your house or do you go to the handpump site to submit it?
19. Wh at i nf or ma t i on is given to you when your card is collected?
20. What should you do when your handpu.mp breaks down?

21. How will you follow up in case nobody comes for
the handpump even after information is sent?

repai rs

no

Did you send information for the handpump's repair the
time it broke down?
Don 71 Remember
No
Yes

23.

If no. why not?

24.

If yes, how was this information sent?

25.

If yes, after how many days was your handpump repaired?

of

1 ast

26. Were you present at the pump site when the handpump was being
repai red?
Yes
No
27.

Is it necessary to keep your handpump surroundings clean?
Yes

No

Don't Know

28.

If yes,
c1ean?

29.

If yes, how will you ensure the cleanliness of your
surround!ngs?

handpump

30.

What precautions/care will you take to prevent your
platform from breaking?

handpump

why is it necessary to keep the handpump surroundings

31. How will you prevent dirt and slush from accumulating
the handpump surround!ngs?

around

32. What is the? condition of your handpump and its surround!ngs?

Good

33.

Bad

Is your handpump water clean?

Yes

34.

Don?t Know

No

If yes. why do you think its clean?

35. Can handpump water become contaminated?
Don’t Know

Mo

Yes

36.

If yes. how?

37.

If no. why not?

38. Can water cause illness?
No

Yes
39.

Don’t Know

If yes, how does water cause illness?

40. List water borne diseases.
41. How can we prevent water borne diseases?

42. Has there been a change in your
you have become a VLV?
Yes

No

water

Don’t Know

43.

I f yes

44.

If yes. why has this change occurred?

what was this change?

avai1abi1i ty

si nee

Observations to be made by the investigators:
A.

Observations o-f the handpump card
1. Does the VLV have a card?
2

Place card kept in the house

3.

Condition o-f card:

4.

Is the card -filled?

Card Lost

No

T orn/Damaged

Completely -filled
B.

Yes

Good

Not at all ■filled

Par t i ally -filled

Observations o-f the handpump
1. Condition o-f handpump plat-forms

Cracked/Broken

No Platform at All

Intact

2- Condition of handpump rim

Cracked/Broken

Intact

No R i m

Cl ean

Line 1 ean

3. Hand pump) Surroundings:
4.

Can the handpump body be shaken?

5-

Is there a drain?

Yes

No

6. Drainage Condition:

Cl ean

Choked

7. Murram Filling:

Name of Investigator:

Date:

Present

Yes

Absent

No

No Drain Present

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