Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Survey
A Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) survey is a structured, representative survey that measures what a target population knows about a topic, how it feels and believes about it, and what it actually does. Widely used in public health, water-sanitation-hygiene (WASH), family planning, and nutrition programming, KAP surveys provide the baseline and endline evidence for behaviour-change communication, identifying the gaps between knowledge and practice that interventions are meant to close.
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Sources
- World Health Organization. (2008). Advocacy, communication and social mobilization for TB control: a guide to developing knowledge, attitude and practice surveys. Geneva: WHO. link ↗
- Médecins du Monde. (2011). The KAP Survey Model (Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices). Paris: Médecins du Monde. link ↗
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ScholarGate. (2026, June 22). Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) Survey. ScholarGate. https://scholargate.app/en/development-studies/knowledge-attitudes-practices-survey
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