Knowledge and Practices regarding Personal Hygiene in School Going Children of Uttarakhand

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dc.contributor.authorAlmiya, Rajnien_US
dc.contributor.authorJames, Pratiti Haldaren_US
dc.contributor.authorTripathi, Shashien_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-14T06:57:05Z
dc.date.available2023-07-14T06:57:05Z
dc.date.issued2022-12
dc.description.abstractPersonal hygiene refers to set of individual practices and conditions that help maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases. Maintaining personal hygiene is important for social health, physical health and psychosocial health. The present study aimed to assess the knowledge and reported practices of school going children regarding personal hygiene with a view to develop an information booklet. The study adopted cross sectional design to collect data from 410 school going children in rural villages of Haldwani block, Uttarakhand. The children were recruited via convenient sampling technique. It was found that majority (n=230, 56.09%) school going children had moderate knowledge of personal hygiene. The overall practices of children were found to be appropriate for 366 (89.51%) children. Regarding knowledge and hygienic practices, mother' s education plays vital role for school going children. Also, teachers with parents can play a pivotal role in providing health education regarding personal hygiene from early stage of childhood itself for longevity and to protect from illnesses.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsMSc (N) Student, Department of Child Health Nursingen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssistant Professor, Child Health Nursing Departmenten_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssistant Professor, Medical Surgical Nursing Department, all at Pal College of Nursing and Medical Sciences, Haldwani, Uttarakhanden_US
dc.identifier.citationAlmiya Rajni, James Pratiti Haldar, Tripathi Shashi. Knowledge and Practices regarding Personal Hygiene in School Going Children of Uttarakhand. Nursing Journal of India. 2022 Dec; 113(6): 269-275en_US
dc.identifier.issn0029-6503
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/218271
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherTrained Nurses Association of Indiaen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber6en_US
dc.relation.volume113en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.48029/NJI.2022.CXIII604en_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectPracticesen_US
dc.subjectPersonal hygieneen_US
dc.subjectSchool-going childrenen_US
dc.titleKnowledge and Practices regarding Personal Hygiene in School Going Children of Uttarakhanden_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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