Olapeju, Olasunkanmi (2022) OPEN DEFECATION AS A PLANNED BEHAVIOUR IN NIGERIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS. In: 4th International Conference & Exhibition of the School of Environmental Studies, 2022 Held at Yusuf Grillo Hall, Yaba college of Technology Lagos.
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Abstract
Open defecation is not limited to unorganized territories. It is equally a common practice in planned environments like the Nigerian tertiary institutions, where it is often expressed in a parlance popularly known as ‘throwing shotput’. This study adopts the RANT model (Risk, Attitude, Norm, and Toilet Management factors) in mainly investigating the psychology of open defecation being practiced by a minority of the students of the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State, as a planned behaviour, with a view to providing a comprehensive analytical premise, based on the assessment of several constructs and indicators, for planned improvement of the the Institution’s current sanitation situation. Using the multi-stage sampling technique, questionnaires were administered to a total of 184 students of the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro. In the logistic modelling of the psychological factors explaining why students defecate in the open, despite the availability of toilets within the Instituional premises, only indicators of the toilet space management construct- neatness of toilet and illumination of toilet spaces at nights- were significant. The study recommends the need to intensify on landscaping of open spaces,especially the locations profiled as open defecation spots, as a proactive way of pyschologially discouraging open defecation, among others. KEYWORDS: Behaviour, Management, Planned Open-defecation, Sanitation, Sustainable.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | A General Works > AS Academies and learned societies (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Geography |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email [email protected] |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Nov 2024 11:30 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2024 11:30 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/2377 |
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