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Perceived Effect Of Solid Waste Disposal Techniques On Health Status Of Community Residents
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Significance of Study
The
study would be useful to the Lagos State Government as the researcher
had laid emphasis on challenges to an effective solid waste disposal
system in Lagos. The study would also be useful to the community, during
the process of educating them on the proper way of disposing solid
waste. It may further put every stakeholder on their toes.
Delimitation of the Study
The study would be delimited to the following:
(1)
Primary stakeholders which includes, residents, Lagos State Waste
Management Authority(LAWMA), Private Sector Participation ( PSP)
operators
(2) Four (4) Local Community Development Area ( LCDA) .This includes ,Ifeoluwa, Banjo,Feyintola and Oduduwa
(3) Self developed structured and validated questionnaire.
(4) Four hundred and sixty four (464) members of the communities
(5) Simple random and purposive sampling techniques.
(6) Descriptive statistics of simple percentage and frequency table
(7) Spearman ranking for testing the reliability of the instrument.
Limitation of the Study
The
problem be encountered during the conduct of this research is as
follow: 1.Problem of administration and retrieval
of instrument from the respondents which prompted the researcher and
his assistant to adopt on the spot questionnaire administration
technique for collection.
2. Challenges on the literacy level of the
respondents. The researcher and the assistants have read in languages
which the respondents understood as they indicated their opinion on the
question items.
Definition of Terms
Waste: Unwanted materials being produce by man and his environment.
Community: This is defined as group of people living together in a social unit having common interest, laws and culture.
Health: Is a state of wellness physical and mental not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Disease: Abnormal state of health.
Refuse: Refuse is which the owner no longer wants at specific period of time.
Domestic Refuse: are refuse that arises from domestic activities.
Recycling-
This is the process of collection, disposal and transformation of
economical valuable materials from waste which are used for production
of new items.
Solid waste: This is waste materials resulting from human activities that ares useless or unwanted.
Environmental Sanitation: This is the activities that deal with keeping and maintaining clean and tidy vicinity and surrounding.
Epidemic This is the unusual occurrence of a disease in excess of expectation in a specific population at a period of time.
Primary Stakeholders: People directly benefiting or affected by a particular activities.
Vector-borne disease: Organisms that spread diseases such as, person and animal.
Vehicle-borne: Agents that transmit infectious from one person to another.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study assessed the perceived effects of solid waste disposal techniques on health status of residents in Igando Local Government Area. Four (4) Local Communities Development Area Ifeoluwa, Banjo, Feyintola and Oduduwa The descriptive research method was used in carrying out the study. The population for the study was people within the age bracket between 18-50 and above (male and female) in Igando Local Government Area of Lagos state which constitutes a total number of 4,640. The sample si ... Continue reading---
