ABSTRACT
Personal Hygiene (PH) is fundamental to the prevention and control of communicable diseases and maintaining good health. Many communicable diseases of public health importance, which affect Secondary School Students (SSS), are caused by poor PH. Despite awareness of personal hygiene in Nigeria, there is the need to identify the level of practice by SSS. This study was therefore designed to determine the knowledge, perception and practices of PH among SSS in Ibadan North West Local Government Area (LGA). A cross-sectional study design was used. Public Junior Secondary School (PJSS) and Senior Secondary School (PSSS) in the LGA were stratified and three of 17 PJSS and two of 9 PSSS selected through simple random sampling. Systematic random sampling was used in selecting 476 respondents out of 724 students. An interviewer administered semi-structured questionnaire, which included a 28 knowledge, 9 perception, and 31 practice scales, was used for data collection. Knowledge scores of ≤ 10, > 10 to < 20 and ≥ 20 were rated as poor, fair and good respectively. Perception scores of > 4 were classified as positive while practice scores of > 15 were rated as good. Two different sets of observational checklists were used to assess respondents‘ physical appearance, classrooms and the schools‘ environment. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and Chi-square test at 5% level of significance.
BALOGUN, A (2021). KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION, PRACTICE OF PERSONAL HYGIENE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IBADAN NORTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/knowledge-perception-practice-of-personal-hygiene-among-secondary-school-students-in-ibadan-north-west-local-government-area-ibadan-oyo-state-nigeria
BALOGUN, Adeola "KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION, PRACTICE OF PERSONAL HYGIENE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IBADAN NORTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA" Afribary. Afribary, 24 Mar. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/knowledge-perception-practice-of-personal-hygiene-among-secondary-school-students-in-ibadan-north-west-local-government-area-ibadan-oyo-state-nigeria. Accessed 04 May. 2024.
BALOGUN, Adeola . "KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION, PRACTICE OF PERSONAL HYGIENE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IBADAN NORTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA". Afribary, Afribary, 24 Mar. 2021. Web. 04 May. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/knowledge-perception-practice-of-personal-hygiene-among-secondary-school-students-in-ibadan-north-west-local-government-area-ibadan-oyo-state-nigeria >.
BALOGUN, Adeola . "KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION, PRACTICE OF PERSONAL HYGIENE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IBADAN NORTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA" Afribary (2021). Accessed May 04, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/knowledge-perception-practice-of-personal-hygiene-among-secondary-school-students-in-ibadan-north-west-local-government-area-ibadan-oyo-state-nigeria