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Intention to comply with solid waste management practices among households in Butajira town, Southern Ethiopia using the theory of planned behavior
BACKGROUND: One of the world’s most serious environmental issues is solid waste management. It is critical for researchers to understand the intention to comply with solid waste management. Thus, we aim to determine the intention to comply with solid waste management practice among households in But...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9269971/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35802757 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268674 |
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author | Fikadu, Semu Debebe Sadore, Abinet Arega Agafari, Gizachew Beykaso Agide, Feleke Doyore |
author_facet | Fikadu, Semu Debebe Sadore, Abinet Arega Agafari, Gizachew Beykaso Agide, Feleke Doyore |
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description | BACKGROUND: One of the world’s most serious environmental issues is solid waste management. It is critical for researchers to understand the intention to comply with solid waste management. Thus, we aim to determine the intention to comply with solid waste management practice among households in Butajira Town using the Theory of Planned Behavior. METHOD: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 422 households in Butajira from June 1 to June 30, 2020. The constructs and principles of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) were measured. We selected using a systematic sampling method and collected data by using a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 25.0. The predictors of intention to practice solid waste management were identified using a multivariable linear regression model. A P-value of less than 5% was considered to declare a significant association. RESULTS: The findings demonstrated that intention to practice solid waste management explained 86% of the variance explained by all predictors. The perceived behavioral control construct had the greatest impact on households’ behavioral intentions to comply with solid waste management practice (β = 0.16; CI (0.14, 0.18), followed by attitude (β = 0.15; CI (0.11, 0.21) and subjective norms (β = 0.12; CI (0.06, 0.17). CONCLUSION: Our study also found that intention has a substantial influence on the behavior of solid waste management practices. Therefore, there is a need to enhance service utilization for solid waste management and to improve outdoor solid waste dropping behavior through door-to-door collection services by municipality. Furthermore, further longitudinal research should be done through intervention mapping. |
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spelling | pubmed-92699712022-07-09 Intention to comply with solid waste management practices among households in Butajira town, Southern Ethiopia using the theory of planned behavior Fikadu, Semu Debebe Sadore, Abinet Arega Agafari, Gizachew Beykaso Agide, Feleke Doyore PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: One of the world’s most serious environmental issues is solid waste management. It is critical for researchers to understand the intention to comply with solid waste management. Thus, we aim to determine the intention to comply with solid waste management practice among households in Butajira Town using the Theory of Planned Behavior. METHOD: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 422 households in Butajira from June 1 to June 30, 2020. The constructs and principles of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) were measured. We selected using a systematic sampling method and collected data by using a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 25.0. The predictors of intention to practice solid waste management were identified using a multivariable linear regression model. A P-value of less than 5% was considered to declare a significant association. RESULTS: The findings demonstrated that intention to practice solid waste management explained 86% of the variance explained by all predictors. The perceived behavioral control construct had the greatest impact on households’ behavioral intentions to comply with solid waste management practice (β = 0.16; CI (0.14, 0.18), followed by attitude (β = 0.15; CI (0.11, 0.21) and subjective norms (β = 0.12; CI (0.06, 0.17). CONCLUSION: Our study also found that intention has a substantial influence on the behavior of solid waste management practices. Therefore, there is a need to enhance service utilization for solid waste management and to improve outdoor solid waste dropping behavior through door-to-door collection services by municipality. Furthermore, further longitudinal research should be done through intervention mapping. Public Library of Science 2022-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9269971/ /pubmed/35802757 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268674 Text en © 2022 Fikadu et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Fikadu, Semu Debebe Sadore, Abinet Arega Agafari, Gizachew Beykaso Agide, Feleke Doyore Intention to comply with solid waste management practices among households in Butajira town, Southern Ethiopia using the theory of planned behavior |
title | Intention to comply with solid waste management practices among households in Butajira town, Southern Ethiopia using the theory of planned behavior |
title_full | Intention to comply with solid waste management practices among households in Butajira town, Southern Ethiopia using the theory of planned behavior |
title_fullStr | Intention to comply with solid waste management practices among households in Butajira town, Southern Ethiopia using the theory of planned behavior |
title_full_unstemmed | Intention to comply with solid waste management practices among households in Butajira town, Southern Ethiopia using the theory of planned behavior |
title_short | Intention to comply with solid waste management practices among households in Butajira town, Southern Ethiopia using the theory of planned behavior |
title_sort | intention to comply with solid waste management practices among households in butajira town, southern ethiopia using the theory of planned behavior |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9269971/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35802757 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268674 |
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