The researchers conducted a study to assess the effectiveness of a structured educational program aimed at enhancing knowledge about waterborne illnesses among residents of rural areas in certain villages of Rohtas. Aim and objective: To gauge the initial knowledge level regarding the prevention of waterborne diseases among the rural population in selected villages of Rohtas. The research aimed to evaluate the knowledge level after the implementation of a structured teaching program and to determine the effectiveness of this program in preventing waterborne diseases. The methodology involved a pre-experimental design, utilizing a one-group pre-test and post-test design, which was carried out in a selected village in Rohtas. Purposive sampling was utilized to select both the sample and change agents. The intervention involved implementing a structured health teaching program on waterborne diseases using a planned teaching approach. Assessment of participants' knowledge levels regarding waterborne diseases before and after the intervention was conducted using a self-structured questionnaire. Results:The analysis of the study results indicated that the mean score for knowledge of waterborne diseases in the pre-test was 6 with a standard deviation of 1.9638, while in the post-test, the mean score increased to 17.90 with a standard deviation of 2.86. The obtained paired t-value of 19.9130 was found to be statistically significant at a p-value of less than 0.0001.

Keywords:Level Of Knowledge, Planned Teaching Program, Water-borne diseases.

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1. Water and Waterborne Diseases: A Review. January 2016International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health 12(4):1-14.
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The researchers conducted a study to assess the effectiveness of a structured educational program aimed at enhancing knowledge about waterborne illnesses among residents of rural areas in certain villages of Rohtas. Aim and objective: To gauge the initial knowledge level regarding the prevention of waterborne diseases among the rural population in selected villages of Rohtas. The research aimed to evaluate the knowledge level after the implementation of a structured teaching program and to determine the effectiveness of this program in preventing waterborne diseases. The methodology involved a pre-experimental design, utilizing a one-group pre-test and post-test design, which was carried out in a selected village in Rohtas. Purposive sampling was utilized to select both the sample and change agents. The intervention involved implementing a structured health teaching program on waterborne diseases using a planned teaching approach. Assessment of participants' knowledge levels regarding waterborne diseases before and after the intervention was conducted using a self-structured questionnaire. Results:The analysis of the study results indicated that the mean score for knowledge of waterborne diseases in the pre-test was 6 with a standard deviation of 1.9638, while in the post-test, the mean score increased to 17.90 with a standard deviation of 2.86. The obtained paired t-value of 19.9130 was found to be statistically significant at a p-value of less than 0.0001.

Keywords:Level Of Knowledge, Planned Teaching Program, Water-borne diseases.

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1. Water and Waterborne Diseases: A Review. January 2016International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health 12(4):1-14.
2. Anderson, Barbara A.; Romani, John H.; Phillips, Heston E.; van Zyl, Johan A.; (2002). "Environment, Access to Health Care, and Other Factors Affecting Infant and Child Survival Among the African and Coloured Populations of South Africa, 1989–94." Population and Environment 23(4): 349-364.
3. Fewtrell L, Kaufmann RB, Kay D, Enanoria W, Haller L, Colford JM Jr. Water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions to reduce diarrhoea in less developed countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2005 Jan;5(1):42-52. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(04)01253-8. PMID: 15620560.
4. Ross JA, Rich M, Molzen J, Pensak M. Family planning and child survival in one hundred developing countries. New York: Center for Population and Family Health, Columbia University; 1988. Available online at: https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/full/10.5555/19892057569
5. Vidyasagar D. Global minute: water and health--walking for water and water wars. J Perinatol. 2007 Jan;27(1):56-8. doi: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211629. PMID: 17180131.
6. World Health Organization.(‎2005)‎. Guidelines for laboratory and field testing of mosquito larvicides. World Health Organization. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/69101
7. Kgalushi R, Smite S, Eales K. People living with HIV/AIDS in a context of rural poverty: the importance of water and sanitation services and hygiene education. Johannesburg: Mvula Trust and Delft: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. Cited June 23, 2008.Available online at: https://www.ircwash.org/resources/people-living-hiv-aids-context-rural-poverty-importance-water-and-sanitation-services-and
8. Laurent P. Household drinking water systems and their impact on people with weakened immunity, MSF-Holland, Public Health Department; 2005. Accessed 7 June, 2007. Available online at: https://sswm.info/sites/default/files/reference_attachments/LAURENT%20et%20al%202005%20Household%20Drinking%20Water%20Systems%20and%20their%20Impact%20on%20People%20with%20Weakened%20Immunity.pdf
9. Mintz E, Bartram J, Lochery P, Wegelin M. Not just a drop in the bucket: expanding access to point-of-use water treatment systems. Am J Public Health. 2001 Oct;91(10):1565-70. doi: 10.2105/ajph.91.10.1565. PMID: 11574307; PMCID: PMC1446826.
10. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). 22 Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water. New York: UNICEF: 2010. Available online at: https://www.unicef.org/reports/progress-sanitation-and-drinking-water