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VOL. 1, ISSUE 1 (2019)
Investigation of personal hygiene knowledge and practice among adolescent primary school girls in Gwadabawa, Sokoto state, Nigeria
Authors
Yusuf Sarkingobir, Aliyu Umar Sharu
Abstract
The study was conducted in Gwadabawa town, Gwadabawa local government, Sokoto state, Nigeria. The respondents were Muslims and Hausa/Fulani. The type of study design used in this work was descriptive survey. Therein; an interview of 50 girls’ participants was carried out using semi structured questionnaire. Then, treated using thematic network analysis and descriptive parameters of frequency and percentage were yielded. The personal hygiene of the school girls was large, it spanned between the ranges of 80-100%, and in rare cases some have 20% knowledge of personal hygiene practices. On personal hygiene practices, most responses were high(40-100%),whereas, the minor responses were not below 20%.The visual observation revealed most of the respondents have 80-100% good personal hygiene display, whereas, the lowest cases was 20%. This research shows that there is major knowledge and practice of personal hygiene among the respondent girls. The government should augment the mothers and girls with menstrual hygiene materials. Mothers and girls are essential in making a very good family and the entire society, they should be encouraged.
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Pages:26-29
How to cite this article:
Yusuf Sarkingobir, Aliyu Umar Sharu "Investigation of personal hygiene knowledge and practice among adolescent primary school girls in Gwadabawa, Sokoto state, Nigeria". International Journal of Educational Research and Studies, Vol 1, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 26-29
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