The study was conducted in four communes with special difficulties, where there are Dao ethnic of Vo Nhai district and Dong Hy district, Thai Nguyen province in 20II. Objective: Assessment of the status of knowledge, attitude and practice of (KAP) on environmental sanitation of the Dao ethnic in 4 communes with special difficulties of Thai Nguyen. Subjects and met/rods: cross-sectional description on 840 Dao households Knives (Standard both husband and wife are the Dao). Knowledge, attitudes and practices of environmental sanitation (WES) of the Dao is evaluated through interviews and quantified by scoring in principle correct answer is 2 points, but not fully correct] point, do not know or incorrect answer is 0 points. Based on cutting 50 percent of tot a] segment score divided knowledge, attitude and behavior into two levels: + Right: or = 50 percent of the total points. + Not true: 50 percent of the total points. Results and conclusions: economic conditions, culture and society of the Dao in especially difficult communes is very low, namely: The poverty rate is high (67.4 percent), education low rate of literacy/ illiteracy (46.79 percent), people with higher education (0.5 percent). The family does not have media (25.1 percent), in the tabernacle (5.7 percent). The improper behavior of environmental sanitation of the Dao is very high (96.7 percent) as follows: Use clean water is not correct (58.7 percent)
management and use of human manure, cattle manure is not correct (96 percent - 99.9 percent)
Percentage of households have no latrines Knives high (70.6 percent) and only 5 percent of households have hygienic latrines properly used. The predominantly defecate indiscriminately around the environment, such as forests, fields, gardents ... occupies 68.1 percent, daily garbage disposal is not correct (69.6 percent). Knowledge of envirbnmental sanitation of the Dao is very weak (71.3 percent), knowledge ofrisk factors is very limited: 39 percent think that the cooking in the house does not affect health
20 percent need enough light in the home, 45.6 percent said that around the house to clean, 30.7 percent understand human waste - and 15.7 percent understood that animal waste causes of air pollution
22.6 percent said that waste and 63.1 percent said that human excrement - animal polluted water. The right attitude about environmental hygiene of the Dao in moderate (45.1 percent) specific: 80.2 percent of Dao think that it is necesary to move cattle sheds, poultry trom houses, 78.9 percent need to handle waste daily, 63.5 percent need to handle human waste, animal manure, poultry, 91.8 percent have sanitary housing.