EVALUATION OF PROGRAM OF ENVIRONMENTALAND HEALTH FOR RURAL WOMEN , WHICH WAS PREPARED BY THE GENERAL DIRECTORATEOF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND COOPERATION

Abstract

The research aims to evaluate the environmental program and the health of rural women prepared by the General Directorate of agricultural Extension and Cooperation of agricultural organization, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and diagnosis of the weaknesses in it, and determine the extent of rural women benefit from the program of environmental and health, including the research community villages in Wasit province's 36 village , selected a random sample of villages located in the center of Kut by 15% and by 5 villages, as the research involved rural women of assets in the center of Kut and of their number 1000 women rural, selected a random sample of rural  women's numbers 246 women rural rate of 35% and by 85 rural women. were evaluated program of environmental and health through the preparation of a evaluated map for 27 calendar included a standard to be dispersed across five areas, planning environmental and health, consisting of 31 items distributed on the 3-axis according to the standard four-: I benefited largely, I benefited a medium degree, benefited low degree, did not Get more the following weights ranged from 0,1,2,3 and the total score for the scale to take advantage of (0-99) degrees. data was collected by questionnaire through personal interviews with respondents, concluded the search results to a weakness in the components of the program of environmental and health are all (organization, planning, implementation, monitoring and assessment), and the results showed that the majority of the respondents was that they benefit within the benefit the few. conclusion of the research that the program of environmental and health needs to be developed (organized and planning and implementation, monitoring and assessment). results showed that tap respondents from a program was weak because the activities were of the nature of theory only. researchers recommend activating the bodies of preventive and veterinary and health to participate in organizing, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluate the program , and the rehabilitation of personnel on the program and the use of means and aids in guiding the program.