Knowledge and Practice about Personal Hygiene among Secondary School Children

Background: Personal hygiene deficiency has been found to be a serious public health problem and people often affected are school children.These have been attributed to inadequate knowledge of personal hygiene and its practices.Personal hygiene is the science of healthy livings and embraces all those day to day activities that contribute to health and wellbeing of an individual.PriMera Scientific Surgical Research and Practice https://primerascientific.com/pssrp Knowledge and Practice about Personal Hygiene among Secondary School Children 22 dents drink enough water daily (at least 1.5-2 liter) and most of them 99.1% have idea about the importance of pure drinking water.93.9% respondents have regular habit of passing stool and urine.Majority 94.8% respondents have the knowledge to take enough vegetables, fruits, water regularly to avoid health problems and 77.4% knew that holding back urine can cause urinary tract infection and holding back of stool can cause constipation. Conclusion:Personal hygiene is not an isolated behavior; instead it varies from person to person according to different factors.Intervention programs raising the awareness and importance of personal hygiene among school children through coordinated education measures by parents, teachers and media will be helpful to impart these early in life.Attention should be given for the monitoring and evaluating personal hygiene practices among children.