Knowledge and practice regarding personal hygiene among students of government schools of Bikaner, Rajasthan

Shekhawat, Rekha; Sodha, Vikram Singh; Sharma, Nikita; Verma, Mahesh

doi:10.33545/comed.2019.v2.i2b.15

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“…In previous study more than 90% students had knowledge about body and clothes hygiene, about teeth brushing, about regular clothes washing, 87.9% had knowledge about soap use in personal hygiene, 46.3% had knowledge about use of toilet paper, 72.6% had knowledge about use of nail cutter and 29.8% knowledge about sanitary pad (Shekhawat, et al, 2019).…”

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“…As college students transition into independent adulthood, they are likely to develop a foundation of personal behaviors that may persist for decades to come (Miko et al, 2012). Regarding practice, bathing & brushing teeth every day, hand washing before and after meal, hand washing after using toilet, hand washing after handling garbage, hand washing after handling animal, regular hair cutting and using soap as hygiene product were found good while practice of regular nail cutting, using of facial tissue and cotton swab as hygiene product were not satisfactory (Shekhawat et al, 2019). Table 2 reveals that F-calculated value is 3.823, and the p-calculated value is 0.023, which is less than 0.05 level of significance.…”

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Knowledge of Personal Hygiene among Undergraduates

Nurudeen

Toyin

2020

JHealthEdu

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Background: Personal hygiene is the act of taking care of oneself, it is also referring to as an act of maintaining the cleanliness of one's body and clothing to improve overall health and well-being. The purpose of the study was to examine if undergraduates know about personal hygiene, investigate if undergraduates of University of Ilorin differ in personal hygiene knowledge based on age, and assess if there is a difference in knowledge of personal hygiene among undergraduates of University of Ilorin based on gender. Methods: A descriptive research design of using surveys was employed for this study. Multi-stage sampling techniques of simple random, proportionate, and convenient sampling techniques were used to select 398 respondents for the study. The researcher developed a questionnaire validated by three experts from the Department of Health Promotion and Environmental Health Education, University of Ilorin was used for the study. ANOVA and Independent t-test was used to test the hypotheses. All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Results: The findings from this study revealed that undergraduates of University of Ilorin know about personal hygiene. The mean values of Yes (330/ 82.9%) is greater than the mean value of No (68/17.8%). There is a significant difference in knowledge of personal hygiene among undergraduates of University of Ilorin based on age (p= 0.023). There is a significant difference in knowledge of personal hygiene among undergraduates of University of Ilorin based on gender (p= 0.018). Conclusion: The study concluded that undergraduates of University of Ilorin know about personal hygiene.

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Knowledge of Personal Hygiene among Undergraduates

Nurudeen

Toyin

2020

JHealthEdu

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“…More than 90% bath, brush teeth every day, hand washes before a meal and after using the toilet. Less than 70% hand wash after handling the animal and cutting their nails, the school was the major source of knowledge for the students (71%) (Shekhawat et al, 2019).…”

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Role of Health Education in Promoting Knowledge, to-wards Personal Hygiene Among Primary School Pupils in Umbada locality, Khartoum State, Sudan (2018 - 2020)

Essa

Yousif²,

Abdalmagid³

2022

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Background: Personal hygiene is the behaviors that must be practiced in daily life, starting from morning to sleep time to protect our health. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the role of health education in promoting knowledge of personal hygiene among Primary School Pupils in Umbada locality, Khartoum State Sudan (2018 - 2020) Materials and methods: The study design an observational interventional study was conducted where a pre and post- assessment was done. Pre-test and post-test was used to determine the practices of hygiene among primary school Pupils in some selected schools of Umbada locality al emir unit. The targeted population was primary school Pupils in Government schools only. The study populations were the pupils in the Primary public schools with a total number of 37850 Pupils (grade 5, grade 6 and grade7) distributed among 180 public primary schools in the locality. The sample size consisted of (800) pupils during the period of the study. A pre and post- questionnaire was carefully prepared, tested and directed to the pupils . It covers pupil’s age, sex, and the classroom. , source of water supply and latrine in the house there, and to obtain data regarding knowledge, attitude, and practices (as regards personal hygiene in both pre and post-intervention phases. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences SPSS Computer Program Version (19.0). Results: The study revealed that the overall knowledge of pupils about personal hygiene was increase from 38.7% to 61.3% after intervention of health education packages. Conclusion: Due to gaps in many items of knowledge, attitude and practice regarding personal hygiene, there is need of the proper health education intervention through framework of schools to the school children, for improvement regarding personal hygiene among them, throughout the nation. Health education has significant role in promoting knowledge of school pupils regarding personal hygiene.

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“…84.61% participants bathed at least once daily with soap and water , similar results were found in a study conducted by Rekha Shekhawat, Vikram Sodha, Nikita Sharma And Mahesh Verma. [12] Only 13.57 % brush their teeth twice.…”

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