Question: Consider the following statement:
1.Year of Awareness on Science & Health (YASH)” launched by Department of Science and Technology(DST).
2.To assess and rationalize community preparedness and perceptions is one if the objective of this program.
Choose the correct one:
(a) Only(1)
(b) Only(2)
(c) Both (1) and (2)
(d) None of the above
Answer:(c)
Related facts:
- National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC), Department of Science & Technology launches a programme on health and risk communication “Year of Awareness on Science & Health (YASH)” with Focus on COVID-19.
- A comprehensive and effective science and health communication effort for promoting grass-root level appreciation and response on health and risk would be an advantage for saving and shaping the lives of the people at large, as well as building confidence, inculcating scientific temper and promoting health consciousness amongst them.
Objectives of the YASH programme are:
- To minimize risks at all levels with help of public communication and outreach activities at large.
- To promote public understanding of common minimum science for community care and health safety measures like personal sanitation and hygiene, physical distancing, and maintaining desired collective behaviours, etc.
- To develop and disseminate science communication software, enhance science coverage in massmedia including illustrative interpretations especially to reduce the fear of risks and build confidence with a dose of necessary understanding.
- To assess and rationalize community preparedness and perceptions.
- To inculcate scientific temper for adopting sustainable healthy lifestyles, and nurturing scientific culture among masses and societies.
Links:
https://dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/YASH%20Backgrounder.pdf