Background: Air pollution is a global and one of the serious environmental hazards because it causes lot ofdamage to living and non-living things in the environment. Air pollution is a problem which emitted variousgases in the air because of burning of wood etc. Air pollution cause not so serious in the past as it is nowbecause of growing population, rapid industrialization, use of automobiles, modern agricultural activitiesetc.1Objectives:1. To assess the knowledge regarding effects of air pollution on health among community people Gujarat.2. To assess the attitude regarding effects of air pollution on health among community people in centralGujarat3. To find out the association between knowledge score regarding effects of air pollution on health withselected socio demographic variables.Methodology: A quantitative research approach at survey design was adopted to conduct the study atcentral part of Gujarat. Sample comprised of 60 community people. Sample was selected by conveniencesampling technique. The data obtained was analyzed and interpreted in terms of the objectives of the study.A structured questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge and likert scale was used to assess the attitudeon effects of air pollution on health among community people.Result: The findings of the study show that 53% female and 47% male samples, highest percentage91% are belongs to hindu,1% muslim,3% Cristian,4% are others, majority of people were age group of26-35years(33%),15-25years(20%),36-45 years (20%),above 45 years (26.6%),43% people received up tosecondary level education,91% people are Hindu, 71% people are self-employed, 18.3% people are livingin nuclear family,45% people having less than 5000rs income,70% people living in pakka housing,56.6%get knowledge regarding effects of air pollution on health from T.V. 2. The score of the study is mean (16.1)and standard deviation is (3.46).Conclusion: Overall knowledge and attitude about the effects of air pollution on health was average whichsuggested that people having average knowledge regarding effects of air pollution Group.
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