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Knowledge and Practices towards Health and Environment among the Teaching Staff of JSS Medical Institutions, Mysore, Karnataka, India.

Darshana Bennadi, Garima Sharma, Sunitha Siddanna, and CVK Reddy

The purpose of this study was to assess knowledge and practices among the teaching staff of J.S.S. Medical Institutions of Mysore towards health and environment and suggest measures to protect our only home i.e., Planet earth. Questionnaire based cross sectional survey to assess knowledge and practices towards health and environment conducted among the teaching staff of J.S.S.Medical Institutions of Mysore. When the questions were asked regarding the knowledge towards health and environment like cause of global warming, 90.12% (n=73) answered correctly. 62.96% (n=51) knew that solar energy is renewable and 7.4 % (n=6) of the respondents didn’t have any knowledge regarding renewable resources. 87.65 % (n=71) of the respondents knew that health emergencies can arise from natural disasters like Tsunami, floods, earthquakes etc. Respondents were using one or the other eco-friendly materials and methods to protect the climatic changes. Climate change is real. Human activities are prime cause. Human activities can also be the solution. We must act now together, to find ways to protect human health and the people on this planet.