Original Resesrch

Year : 2022 | Volume : 7 | Issue : 1 | Page : 16 - 20

Outbreak of Water-Borne diseases due to improper water management – A cross sectional study

KarthigaMohankumar1,SarikaBalaganesh2

1Postdoctoral preceptor in section of Periodontics, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California.2Post graduate, Department of Public Health Dentistry, SaveethaDental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Tamilnadu, India. Email: drsarika1995@gmail.com

Corresponding author:

Dr.Sarika Balaganesh, Post graduate, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Tamilnadu, India. Email:drsarika1995@gmail.com

Abstract

Floods are the most common natural disaster. Water-borne diseases are caused mostly by the natural calamities such as flood, cyclone, Tsunami and hence this article aimed to determine the outbreak of water-borne diseases due to improper water management. The study was done in Andhimanam village in Kanchipuram district. Over 370 household were covered and questionnaires were administered. 81% of the villagers consumed water through damaged pipelines and 19% used can water. Chi-square analysis proves that there is a significant association between the consumption of water through pipelines and number of hospital visits.

Keywords:  Flood, Water, Management, Pathogens

How to Cite this Article: Mohankumar, K., & Balaganesh, S. (2022). Outbreak of Water-Borne diseases due to improper water management – A cross sectional study: ORIGINAL RESEARCH. International Journal of Social Rehabilitation, 7(1), 16–20. https://doi.org/10.56501/intjsocrehab.v7i1.77

Received:15-05-2022: Accepted:16-06-2022; Web Published:27-06-2022