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Impact of Counseling on Awareness and Adoption Level of Rural Women Regarding Drudgery Reducing Techniques


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1 Directorate of Extension Education, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), India
     

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Women always involve themselves in multifarious activities and spend most of their time in performing home related activities under stressful work conditions and changes postures on own ways such as bending, standing, squatting, sitting without knowing the health hazards of those. So the present study was undertaken to assess the adoption of correct techniques before and after intervention of drudgery reducing techniques. It was found that only 10 per cent respondents were having knowledge of keeping back in erect position and 40 per cent rural women had knowledge of using smaller movements of hands. After counseling, cent per cent respondents had acquired knowledge of storing of objects at proper heights. Twenty-six per cent respondents had lack of interest in taking advantage of gravity.

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Drudgery, Counseling, Adoption.
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Authors

Kulvir Kaur
Directorate of Extension Education, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), India

Abstract


Women always involve themselves in multifarious activities and spend most of their time in performing home related activities under stressful work conditions and changes postures on own ways such as bending, standing, squatting, sitting without knowing the health hazards of those. So the present study was undertaken to assess the adoption of correct techniques before and after intervention of drudgery reducing techniques. It was found that only 10 per cent respondents were having knowledge of keeping back in erect position and 40 per cent rural women had knowledge of using smaller movements of hands. After counseling, cent per cent respondents had acquired knowledge of storing of objects at proper heights. Twenty-six per cent respondents had lack of interest in taking advantage of gravity.

Keywords


Drudgery, Counseling, Adoption.

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