Improving sanitary waste disposal through a sustainable community-initiated approach in Mambajao, Camiguin /
Janice V. Jarales-Yuson.
- xv, 141 leaves : color illustrations, map
Graduate School of Public and Development Management
The study was conducted to determine the current ways in fecal waste disposal being practice by the people in the community of Mambajao, Camiguin, to implement a community-initiated approach or strategy that is most sustainable for the decrease in unsanitary excreta disposal in the communities and to determine its effect in decreasing the incidence of Acute Gastroenteritis or diarrheal cases in Mambajao, Camiguin. The respondents were the identified households with no toilet facilities in the municipality based on the actual survey done and reported by the Barangay Health Workers and validated by the Rural Sanitary Inspectors. The conduct of the study led by the Municipal Health Office Team was actively participated and supported by some households with toilet facilities, elected Barangay Officials and Barangay Health Workers who are also the beneficiary of this project. There were three (3) barangays chosen using purposive sampling for the conduct of the study. This was based on the highest number of households with no toilet facilities in the municipality. The tools used to gather data were actual survey and direct observation among the community people. The results showed that the common fecal waste disposal practices in the municipality of Mambajao, Camiguin were shared toilet facility among neighbors or relatives and open defecation. Majority of the respondents from the three (3) chosen Barangays practice shared toilet facility with their neighbor an relatives followed by open defecation. Implementation of the community-initiated strategy in each of the chosen Barangays which is the Community-Led Total Sanitation had given much help and awareness among the community people on the effects to their health of unsanitary fecal waste disposal. As a result, it encourages them to utilize toilet facility when defecating and even making their own toilet facilities to avoid sanitation-related illnesses such as acute gastroenteritis or diarrhea.