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    ASSESSMENT ON COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND PRACTICES TO INDOOR AIR POLLUTION IN JIMMA TOWN AND SURROUNDING RURAL KEBELES, OROMMIA REGIONAL STATE, ETHIOPIA
    (Hawassa University, 2024-11) HARUNE ABAFOGI
    Most households in Africa including Ethiopia still use biomass fuel to cooking their food and for heating in poorly ventilated houses. Indoor air pollution (IAP) is the presence of one or more contaminants in the indoor environment that has a degree of human health risk. The main objective of this study was to investigate community perception and level of community awareness towards IAP in Jimma town and surrounding rural kebele. Cross-sectional research design was used to achieve the study. Structured questionnaires, FGD and household observation were used as the data collection tools. Representative samples 360 households were included by systematic random sampling. Data were analyzed by SPSS both bivariate correlation and logistic regression was applied for the statistical test. The results majority of respondents (74.45%) the main source of energy for cooking was fire wood (88.6%) and charcoal (74.4), traditional type of stoves was made of cooking by majority (88.6%), in average (71.9%) respondents were aware of the source of IAP, most of (72.5%)household the two social groups were aware of the route of exposure and effects of IAP, largely (84.4%) respondents knew that exposure to IAP can affect human health and cause diseases, and lastly average (57.9%) of respondents knew that to reduce and prevent IAP. Majority (98.6%) of the respondents thinks that using cooking fuel that emits less smoke could prevent IAP. Other preventive mechanisms reported include: prohibiting cigarette smoking in living houses (98.0%), cooking always outside living houses (94.6%), avoiding living with domestic animals (95.2%) and keeping windows/doors open most of the time (91.2%). The households in this study had (71.9%) good awareness about the source of IAP, adverse health effects of IAP exposure and preventing measures of these adverse health effects, however, (84.4%) majority of them were still living with the risk factors associated with IAP in their daily living. There is need to provide education/awareness creation regarding air quality and its effects on health would be important and this can be implemented through community-based organizations that have wide acceptance in the study communities.