Stunting merupakan salah satu permasalahan gizi yang dialami oleh balita secara global yang digambarkan sebagai bentuk dari kegagalan tumbuh kembang yang tidak mencapai pertumbuhan optimal akibat ...gizi kurang atau gizi buruk dalam waktu cukup lama. Kekurangan asupan gizi tersebut terjadi sejak bayi dalam kandungan hingga setelah lahir, namun stunting baru nampak setelah bayi berusia 2 tahun. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis hubungan personal hygiene ibu dengan kasus stunting pada balita usia 0-59 bulan di lokus stunting Kabupaten Ogan Ilir. Desain penelitian menggunakan case control dengan subjek adalah anak usia 0-59 bulan yang terdiagnosa stunting di 9 desa lokus stunting di Kabupaten Ogan Ilir dan kontrol adalah anak usia 0-59 bulan yang tidak terdiagnosa stunting. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik purposive sampling sebanyak 201 reponden dengan perbandingan 1:2 dan ibu dari anak usia 0-59 bulan sebagai responden penelitian. Hasil analisis bivariat diperoleh (p-value =0.000, OR=3,119) menunjukkan bahwa ada hubungan yang signifikan antara personal hygiene ibu dengan kejadian stunting pada balita. Balita yang diasuh oleh ibu dengan personal hygiene yang kurang baik akan berisiko mengalami stunting 3,119 kali lebih besar dibanding balita yang diasuh oleh ibu dengan personal hygiene yang baik.
Background: The role of food handlers in maintaining food safety, especially in healthcare settings, cannot be overstated. Poor hygiene practices can lead to foodborne illnesses, which are ...particularly dangerous in a hospital environment where patients may have compromised immune systems. Ensuring high standards of personal hygiene among food handlers is crucial in healthcare settings to prevent foodborne illnesses. This study focuses on the hygiene practices of food handlers in a hospital environment. Objective: To assess the personal hygiene practices of food handlers in District Hospital Parbhani. The study aims to identify the adherence level to hygiene standards and pinpoint areas for potential improvement in food safety practices. Methodology: A cross-sectional survey was employed, targeting food handlers in District Hospital Parbhani. The survey utilized a structured questionnaire to collect data on various aspects of personal hygiene, including hand hygiene, personal cleanliness, and safe food handling methods. The participants were also interviewed to understand their knowledge and attitudes towards food safety. The data collected was then systematically an analysed to identify patterns, strengths, and areas needing improvement in the hygiene practices of the food handlers. Results: In our study at District Hospital Parbhani, among the 126 food handlers, a notable 45.24% were below 30 years of age. When assessing hygiene practices, 74% of the handlers had clean nails, and approximately 50% practiced hand washing with soap and water after using the toilet. The cleanliness of kitchen areas was maintained by 73% of the establishments, with 62% using soap and detergents for cleaning purposes. Conclusion: The study highlights the critical role of rigorous personal hygiene practices among food handlers in healthcare settings. It recommends ongoing training and periodic evaluations at District Hospital Parbhani to sustain and enhance these hygiene standards, thereby ensuring the health and safety of patients and staff.
Background Children who are healthy and well-nourished are more able to fully participate in school and thus benefit from education. Poor hygiene practices lead to days lost to sickness and play a ...major role in the increased burden of communicable diseases. It is important to assess the personal hygiene practices of schoolchildren in order to suggest where improvements can be made. Methods The personal hygiene practices of schoolchildren in Sonepat, a city in the Northern Indian state of Haryana, were assessed in a community-based cross-sectional study that enrolled 1,462 randomly selected students (Grades 6 to 12) across 50 schools. The study took place between June 2018 and June 2020. A pre-tested, structured proforma captured personal hygiene practices during morning health inspections. Chi-squared tests were used to determine statistical significance of differences; a p-value of ?0.05 was considered significant. Results Adequate personal hygiene was observed for the following practices: hand (56%), body (75.1%), oro-dental (49.7%), nail (83.7%) and clothes hygiene (80.3%). Across all categories, an overall poor level of personal hygiene was observed among 780 (53.4%) of participants. A higher level of good personal hygiene was observed among girls (13.9%) than boys (9.5%) (p-value=<0.001); among participants from schools with teachers who had received training in health (14.5%) compared with schools without such teachers (10.8%) (p-value=<0.023); and in schools where teachers’ knowledge of school health practices was rated as moderately adequate or above (p-value=<0.006). Conclusion We observed generally poor levels of personal hygiene practices among schoolchildren enrolled in the study. We recommend that schools should engage adequately trained teachers for school health. Such teachers can impart health education regarding personal hygiene, and embed good hygiene practices and healthy habits among schoolchildren. Such practices may then be cascaded out to family and community members.
Building on the knowledge, attitude and practice model, this study investigated the role of food handlers in adherence to hygienic-sanitary standards for food safety. Specifically, using data ...gathered from food handlers in restaurants, hotels, and hospitals in Nigeria, the study examined the effect of food handlers' safety knowledge on their hygienic-sanitary practices of personal hygiene, kitchen hygiene and disease control measures. We also observed the mediating role of food handlers' attitudes in the causal relationship between food safety knowledge and the hygienic-sanitary practices of food handlers. Empirical findings supported the hypothesized assumption that food safety knowledge positively impacts food handler's attitudes (β = .395, p < 0.001) and attitudes in turn significantly contribute to the adherence to hygienic-sanitary conditions for food safety. Further, other than the indirect effect of the handler's attitude on food safety knowledge and personal hygiene, food handlers' attitude partially mediates the effect of knowledge on kitchen hygiene and disease control measure. Implications for managers, government and academicians are also discussed.
•Food safety knowledge of food handlers among hospitality employees positively influences their attitudes towards food safety.•Food handlers' attitude positively influences their perception to personal hygiene.•Food handlers' attitude positively influences their perception to kitchen hygiene.•Food handlers' attitude positively influences their perception to disease control measure.
Introduction: The prevalence of personal hygiene behavior in the Riau community in 2018 remains below 39.9%. Therefore, this study aims to identify the determinants of personal hygiene in preventing ...Covid19 among the residents of Bengkalis Regency, Riau. Methods: Data was collected online in March 2021 from 214 respondents regarding their age, gender, educational history, personal hygiene, infrastructure, accessibility, information exposure, family support, social support, and level of knowledge. The descriptive quantitative study was used with a cross-sectional design and the Chi-square test. Results and Discussion: The results showed that from 214 respondents, those with good and poor personal hygiene are 139 (65%) and 75 (35%) individuals, respectively. The factors that have a statistical relationship with personal hygiene (p<0.05) are age, gender, infrastructure, accessibility, information exposure, family support, and social support, with p-values of 0.000, 0.005, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, and 0.000, respectively. Meanwhile, variables of knowledge and educational history with p values of 0.664 and 0.810, respectively, were not statistically related. Conclusion: Efforts to promote personal hygiene for the prevention of the pandemic include health worker education on Covid19 information, especially the risk factors and how to correctly use masks.
...in addition to innovative courses for a better learning experience, promotional videos can be useful to motivate children to have a healthy lifestyle at home by increasing physical activities, ...having a balanced diet, regular sleep pattern, and good personal hygiene.8 To make these educational materials truly effective, they must be age-appropriate and attractive. Schools can actively promote a health-conscious schedule, good personal hygiene, encourage physical activities, appropriate diet, and good sleep habits, and integrate such health promotion materials into the school curriculum.3 A Chinese child studies from home during the COVID-19 outbreak Fan Jiang In the event of home confinement, parents are often the closest and best resource for children to seek help from. Good parenting skills become particularly crucial when children are confined at home. Besides monitoring child performance and behaviour, parents also need to respect their identity and needs, and they need to help children develop self-discipline skills.
The prevalence of pediculosis capitis among Yogyakarta's rural elementary school students was 19.6%. The circumstance in urban area was slightly better with prevalence of 12.3% among similar group of ...students. The aim of this study was to seek the association of the knowledge and personal hygiene with the incidence of pediculosis capitis among students in SD Negeri Mutihan Yogyakarta. This study employed a cross-sectional design and nonprobability sampling to collect the research sample. A questionnaire was distributed to 111 students who agreed to participate in the study. Data was analysed with the Chi-Square Test and Relative Risk. Participants consisted of 65 boys (58.6%) and 46 girls (41.4%). The number of participants who had sufficient knowledge on pediculosis capitis, had good personal hygiene, and suffered pediculosis capitis were 58.6%, 63%, and 36.9%, respectively. Poor knowledge increased the risk of developing pediculosis capitis by 5.9 times. In contrary, poor personal hygiene can reduced its risk. Knowledge and personally hygiene are important factors to determine the incidence of Pediculosis Capitis.
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