Observance of Personal Hygine Among Junior High School Students
Observance of Personal Hygine Among Junior High School Students
Michael Academy
(Member of OP-Siena School System)
Catarman, Northern Samar
2020-2021
Chapter 1
Introduction
can improve one’s health and can likewise have immediate and
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Judith Calder, RN, MSN and Lyn Dailey, PHN. California Child
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productivity at school activities and in scenarios that
hygiene practice.
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Republic of the Philippines, Department of Health kagawaran ng
kalusugan. (2021). Apr. 21, 2021 covid-19 cases. [Retrieved:
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Personal hygiene is significantly connected to this health
A. Gender
B. Grade Level
hygiene.
A. Hand hygiene
B. Oral hygiene
personal hygiene.
beneficiaries:
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Students. The gathered data of the study can help
illnesses.
better self-awareness.
Department of Health. These beneficiaries are involved in
illness.
study.
girls (95%) than boys (82%). Taking shower and hand washing
The most common reasons for not doing hand washing were
going to bed were the two most common times where students
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Mohammed G., Nihar D., etc., Knowledge and practice of personal
hygiene among primary school students in Sharjah-UAE. Scientific &
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better knowledge and practice of personal hygiene have fewer
absenteeism.
tooth brushing. The reason why some school children have low
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The world Oral Health Report. Continuous improvement in the oral
health in the 21st century – the approach of the WHO Global Oral Health
Program.
Most of the study subjects reported irregular dental
of the students.
(NOHS) shown that 97% of the grade 1 children and 82% of the
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Rafi A. et al. Int. Journal of Contemporary Dentistry. (2012). Oral
hygiene knowledge and practices among school children in a rural area of
southern Saudi Arabia.
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Department of Education. National Oral Health Survey among the
Public School Population in the Philippines. Manila, Department of
Education.
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Araojo j. Philippines Country Report on School Health Promotion
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children. Prospectus for our future generation. 103-110.
effective way to improve their educational experience. The
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Ibrahim halil kilic, et al. Personal Hygiene Habituation and
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Allison E. Aiello, PhD, Rebecca M. Coulborn, BS, Vanessa Perez, MS,
and Elaine L. Larson, PhD, RNAllison E. Aiello, Rebecca M. Coulborn, and
Vanessa Perez are with the Department of Epidemiology and Center for Social
Epidemiology & Population Health, School of Public Health, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor. Elaine L. Larson is with the School of Nursing and the
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. “Effect
of Hand Hygiene on Infectious Disease Risk in the Community Setting: A
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hygiene knowledge, practice, and facilities utilization of the
hands had 24% fewer sick days due to respiratory illness and
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Ibid
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Ibid
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White C, Kolble R, Carlson R, et al. The effect of hand hygiene on
illness rate among students in university residence hall. Am J Infect
Control. 2003;31:364-70.
(2012) stated the reasons why personal hygiene is important. 17
psychological issues.
hygiene needs and practices than boys. This can be the result
life.
school environment.
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Md. Mazharul Hossain. (2012). A study on knowledge, attitude, and
practice about personal hygiene and disease awareness of east west
university students in Dhaka city.
Health reasons; poor hygiene leads to poor health.18
the leading cause of death among all ages, it was found out
that 35% of the total deaths from diarrhea were due to poor
hygiene.19
disorders.
fellow students.
who has injury and has arm cast cannot fully use his arm so,
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Jane Gateway(2017). Factors affecting personal hygiene.[retrieved:
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personal-hygiene.html%3famp=true]
it may not be able to practice personal hygiene. Under actual
to unhygienic appearance.
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Jane Gateway (2017). Factors affecting personal hygiene.[retrieved:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ehow.co.uk/list_7373191_factors-affecting-
personal-hygiene.html%3famp=true]
Another factor affecting student’s personal hygiene is
take half bath in the evening and that’s all but, once a
Major findings
male (82%).
3. The reasons why personal hygiene is important, includes
psychological issues.
financial.
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Theoretical Framework:
Fishbein and Icek Ajzen. This theory recognize that there are
bath but the weather is cold, the cold weather will prevent
Reasoned Action theory also showed the factors that limit the
monthly period and the girl student do not take a bath because
she believe that taking a bath while on period will make the
her health, but the doctors said that taking a bath while on 22
while on period will make every girl feel clean and fresh
norms.
control.
negative side.
clean and good and most common to girls is doing a skin care
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Sarah R., Alison C., (2010). The Theory of planned behaviour.
[Retrieved: https://www.sciencederict.com/topics/neuroscience/theory-of-
planned-behavior]
as they want to have a clear skin as it lead them to be engage
Conceptual Framework
I. variable
Level of knowledge on
personal hygiene
II. Personal hygiene
practices in terms
of:
A. Hand hygiene
B. Oral hygiene Observance of personal
C. Other hygiene hygiene
practices
III. Source of knowledge
on personal hygiene
Figure 1. Schematic diagram showing the relationship between
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Null Hypothesis
observed.
Definition of terms:
cleanliness.
hygiene.
body clean.
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CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
Figure 2. The map above shows the location of Saint Michael
Academy
located near the heart of Catarman, also known as the Our Lady
part of junior high school students are not within the scope
students.
The Variables
the study.
grade 10 students.
total population
Grade 7 21.1% 53
Grade 8 24.3% 61
Grade 9 26.3% 66
Grade 10 28.3% 71
Total 100% 251
The Respondents
2021. The 251 junior high school students that are assessed
through slovin’s formula will be the respondents of the study.
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Research Instrument
students.
Av
erage Interpretation
Answer Score Interval Observance Level
alternative
form.
grade level, the researchers sent the survey form. The survey
form.
The research instrument was administered by the
Statistical Treatment
regression analysis.
Percentage Computation
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This was utilized to determine the percentage dependent
Formula:
Where:
P = Percentage
f = Frequency
n = Sample Size
Weighted Mean
This will be used to compute, tabulate, and scores of the
Formula:
Where:
f = Frequency
n = Sample size
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Chapter IV
Table 1.A
48.2%. The table clearly shows that female students has more
responses.
Table 1.B
Table 2
well.
hygiene practice.
Table 3.A
hygiene
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I wash my 113 104 27 11 0 4.32 Always
hands with observed
water and
soap.
hygiene.
with a pet.
Table 3.B
Table 3.C
hygiene practices
Table 4
Source of knowledge about personal hygiene of the students
the students got much information from their parents with the
Summary
Academy.
male.
hygiene.
Conclusion
hygiene.
the respondents are aware that poor hand hygiene can spread
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Based on the gathered data in regards to the sources of
study
that:
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Hand hygiene- According to the gathered data, it
Recommendation
For Students
virus.
findings.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Judith Calder, RN, MSN and Lyn Dailey, PHN. California Child
Healthcare Program. Good Hygiene. [Retrieved:
https://cchp.ucsf.edu/sites/cchp.ucsf.edu/files/hygen0818
03_adr.pdf
Md. Mazharul Hossain. (2012). A study on knowledge, attitude,
and practice about personal hygiene and disease awareness
of east west university students in Dhaka city.
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Republic of the Philippines, Department of Health kagawaran ng
kalusugan. (2020). Nov. 2, 2020 covid-19 cases.
[Retrieved: https://www.doh.gov.ph/2019-nCoV
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