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Knowledge, Attitudes And Practices For Risk Education: How To Implement Kap Surveys, Hi Oct 2009

Knowledge, Attitudes And Practices For Risk Education: How To Implement Kap Surveys, Hi

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The KAP is a representative survey conducted on a particular population to identify the knowledge (K), attitudes (A) and practices (P) of a population on a specific topic – landmines and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) in our case. In the majority of KAP studies, data are gathered orally by an interviewer who uses a structured, standardised questionnaire. These data can then be quantitatively or qualitatively analysed according to the objectives and the ins and outs of the survey. A KAP survey can be specially designed to collect information on the issue of, but it is also possible to include …


Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices Related To Landmines And Unexploded Ordnance, Hi Jan 2007

Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices Related To Landmines And Unexploded Ordnance, Hi

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In Somalia, there is an identified need to undertake a mine risk education program. Although the quantitative number of landmines and UXO has been reliably established since the Landmine Impact Survey conducted in 2003, it is clear that communities living in particular areas of Somalia have a high perception of living in a mined area. An initial first step in designing an appropriate mine risk education program in Somaliland has been established by Handicap International and UNICEF collaboratively through a survey conducted in 2002, which undertook this Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in three regions of the North West Zone. The …