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. The diseases that arise due to deficiency of personal hygiene remain one of the major public health concerns, particularly in developing countries. Objective: To assess the level of knowledge and practice about personal hygiene among secondary school children. Methods: This was a Descriptive type of cross-sectional study. It was conducted from July 2023 to September 2023. Data were collected using self-administered structured questionnaire