Effectiveness of an education program on youth's awareness towards household waste control

الملخص EN

Objective : determine the effectiveness of an education program on youth's level of awareness towards household waste control.

Methodology : A Quazi-experimental study was conducted.

Non-probability (quota sample) of (80) young persons is selected from Baghdad Governorate.

They are divided into two equal groups of (40) subjects for the study group which is exposed to the household waste control educational program.

The remaining is the control group which is not exposed to the educational program.

Results : the findings of the study indicated that youth of the study group have got benefits from the implementation of the educational program towards household waste control and change has occurred to their awareness towards such control.

Recommendations : the study recommends that the role of television upon youth's awareness can be activated through presenting the household waste control educational program which may facilitate to bring the information for long distance area and increase wide-range awareness of youth.