Proyecto sobre higiene personal dirigido a los niños y niñas de la Escuela de Educación Básica Fiscal Ciudad de Riobamba. Provincia Chimborazo. 2013

Abstract

A transversal study of quasi-experimental desing was applied to this research. The project performed was “Personal hygiene conducted on children of Ciudad de Riobamba elementary school, in the province of Chimborazo. A survey about personal hygiene was applied to 35 children”. According to socio-demographic characteristics the following data were obtained: Ages between 9 and 12 years old, men 46%, women 54%. Knowledge and practices, the 69% of them do not have any knowledge about personal hygiene; the 77% of them do not care about the topic. The 74% of them do not have any knowledge about washing hands; the 66% do not know anything about oral hygiene. It was also determined that the 63% of them do not know about eyes, ears, and nose hygiene. The 67% of them do not have the habit to wash their hands before lunch and the 91% do not after going to the bathroom. According to the results of the project, now the 86% of them have a better knowledge about hygiene which will benefit children´s integral performance and keep a biopsychosocial balance of the studied group. The director of the school is recommended to continue executing the project about hygiene.