ABSTRACT
The research work was done to assess the factors associated with open defecation as perceived by health education students in University Of Benin. The study covers five chapters with detailed descriptions of the operations of each chapter which include background to the study, statement of problem, research question, research hypotheses, purpose of the study, significance of the study, scope and delimitation of the study, operation definition of terminologies, review of related literature, research methodology, results presentations and discussion of findings. The study examined and reviewed current and relevant documents related to the discourse of the variables of study. The study vividly presents the conceptual framework of the study. The literatures of the research questions and research hypotheses were adequately reviewed and authors adequately acknowledged.
The study adopted descriptive research design of the cross-sectional survey type was used. The target population comprised of all health education students, university of Benin, Benin City. The sample consists of two hundred (200) respondents. The sample was generated using stratified sampling technique to subdivide the four level then the simple random sampling was used to select 50 students from each of the tour levels (100-400). A self-structured questionnaires designed by the researcher was used to elicit demographic information of the respondents, and other data related to the research questions raised. After validation and reliability testing of the instrument, the instrument was administered by the researcher. The questionnaires were completely filled by the respondents and was retrieved immediately by the researcher. Descriptive statistics of frequency counts and percentage was used to analyze the research questions and a bar chart to present the distribution of the data. The inferential statistic of t-test was used to test the null hypotheses formulated at 0.05 alpha level of significance.
The findings revealed that the toilets facilities are not adequate compared to the number of students, the toilet facilities are always dirty and unkempt, there is no water to flush the toilet after use, hence the practice open defecation, open defecation was preferred to public toilet because of diseases contamination, public toilet was associated with dirty environments, there were no safe practices in public toilets, there is no significant difference in the perception of students on factors associated with open defecation between male and female students.
ABSTRACT
The research work was done to assess the factors associated with open defecation as perceived by health education students in University Of Benin. The study covers five chapters with detailed descriptions of the operations of each chapter which include background to the study, statement of problem, research question, research hypotheses, purpose of the study, significance of the study, scope and delimitation of the study, operation definition of terminologies, review of related literature, research methodology, results presentations and discussion of findings. The study examined and reviewed current and relevant documents related to the discourse of the variables of study. The study vividly presents the conceptual framework of the study. The literatures of the research questions and research hypotheses were adequately reviewed and authors adequately acknowledged.
The study adopted descriptive research design of the cross-sectional survey type was used. The target population comprised of all health education students, university of Benin, Benin City. The sample consists of two hundred (200) respondents. The sample was generated using stratified sampling technique to subdivide the four level then the simple random sampling was used to select 50 students from each of the tour levels (100-400). A self-structured questionnaires designed by the researcher was used to elicit demographic information of the respondents, and other data related to the research questions raised. After validation and reliability testing of the instrument, the instrument was administered by the researcher. The questionnaires were completely filled by the respondents and was retrieved immediately by the researcher. Descriptive statistics of frequency counts and percentage was used to analyze the research questions and a bar chart to present the distribution of the data. The inferential statistic of t-test was used to test the null hypotheses formulated at 0.05 alpha level of significance.
The findings revealed that the toilets facilities are not adequate compared to the number of students, the toilet facilities are always dirty and unkempt, there is no water to flush the toilet after use, hence the practice open defecation, open defecation was preferred to public toilet because of diseases contamination, public toilet was associated with dirty environments, there were no safe practices in public toilets, there is no significant difference in the perception of students on factors associated with open defecation between male and female students.
