Khatoon Ruby, Sachan Beena, Khan Mohsin Ali, Srivastava J P
Department of Community Medicine, Era's Lucknow Medical College and Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Vibhutikhand, Gomtinagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2017 Jan-Mar;6(1):97-100. doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.214973.
Personal hygiene plays a major role to promote healthy life. This study was performed to assess the current level of knowledge and practicing behavior in regard to hand washing, bathing, tooth brushing, and taking care of nail and hair.
A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 800 students of Lucknow district. All the students were interviewed with a structured questionnaire (pretest). A visual display of good and bad personal hygiene was shown on projector and explained the benefits of good personal hygiene behavior. Again, structured questionnaire was given (posttest).
Most of the students belonged to the 10-12 years age group. The knowledge of the students regarding general body cleanliness was 87.5% in posttest as compared to 53.8% in pretest. Keeping the hair well-trimmed was considered as a part of personal hygiene by 38.0% of students. Knowledge about eating less food in diarrhea was positive in 80% of students. Only 12.5% of students accepted that diarrhea can kill children (pretest) while 100% (posttest) children were aware of this fact. Practice regarding change of clothes was on alternate day in 79.5% of students. Most of the students were found washing their hair once a week (72.5%) and 70% students were washing hands before meal.
Overall trend of knowledge and practice about personal hygiene was in poor condition among students at the time of pretest. Posttest results were highly satisfactory.
个人卫生在促进健康生活方面起着重要作用。本研究旨在评估学生在洗手、洗澡、刷牙以及指甲和头发护理方面的知识水平和实践行为。
对勒克瑙地区的800名学生进行了一项横断面描述性研究。所有学生都接受了一份结构化问卷（预测试）的访谈。通过投影仪展示了良好和不良个人卫生的直观展示，并解释了良好个人卫生行为的益处。之后，再次发放结构化问卷（后测试）。
大多数学生属于10 - 12岁年龄组。后测试中，学生关于全身清洁的知识知晓率为87.5%，而预测试中为53.8%。38.0%的学生认为保持头发修剪整齐是个人卫生的一部分。80%的学生对腹泻时少吃食物的知识回答正确。只有12.5%的学生（预测试）认为腹泻会导致儿童死亡，而100%（后测试）的儿童知晓这一事实。79.5%的学生每隔一天更换衣服。大多数学生每周洗一次头发（72.5%），70%的学生饭前洗手。
预测试时，学生在个人卫生知识和实践方面的总体趋势较差。后测试结果非常令人满意。
