Programa educativo sobre calidad del agua para consumo humano en las familias de la comunidad Laime Capulispungo, parroquia Matriz cantón Guamote, Chimborazo 2015

Abstract

This research had as main objective to implement an educational program on water quality for human consumption in the families of the community Laime Capulispungo. The study was descriptive and transversal. A physical, chemical and bacteriological analysis to determine the consumption water quality was made in the Laboratory of Sciences of the ESPOCH. A survey was applied to identify water purification and sanitation practices, in addition to diseases that are prevalent in the community in relation to water consumption. The study universe was of 360 inhabitants, from which it was obtained a sample of 196 inhabitants to whom were conducted the study. The results of the analyses show that the water of consumption of the community Laime is contaminated with fecal coliformes, which constitutes a risk to the health of this population. The inhabitants of the community don´t know the methods of purification of the water, they don’t have proper sanitation practices, and the diseases that are most frequently are: intestinal infection in children of 0-10 (32, 14%), intestinal parasites (26,53%) and fever typhoid in ages of 22-32 years (30,10%). The educational program on water quality was implemented based on the obtained results through seven modules that included topics of environmental sanitation and disease prevention.