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Hygiene Among Different Religions Essay

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In our study, there is a statistical significance between religion and practice of personal hygiene (P value is 0.025). The students belonging to Christian religion (40.70%) were following good practice of personal hygiene as compared to other two religion 21.00% (Hindu) and 31.70% (Muslim) respectively (Table no.11). There is no such comparison in other available studies. In our study, 100% of children were washing their hands before taking food. Maximum of 92.5% of students washed their hand with soap and water, whereas 7.5% of children washed with only water (Table No. 12). This is more when compared to the study done by Ray SK, Amarchand R, Srikanth J, Mujumdar KK, in Kolkata and Bangalore, showed 86% of children …show more content…

15). In contrast, the study done in Puducherry, about 74.30% of children washed their hands with soap and water (20). Similarly another study conducted in Bangalore and Kolkata, conducted by Ray SK, Amarchand R, Srikanth J, Mujumdar KK. It was reported that, 97.6% of the students wash their hand after using toilet; only 72.9% of them used soap (23). This is because availability of hand washing facilities near to toilets at their homes and schools in our study population. In urban area parents are encouraging their children to maintain good personal hygiene compared to rural area parents.

In our study, 7.10% and 5.62% of students in both the age group of 10 years and 11 years, whereas 6.13% in age group of 12 years washing their hand with only water after using toilet (Table No. 16). Whereas 95.11% of boys and 91% of girls washing their hand with soap and water after using toilet (Table No. 17). This is contrast to the result in a study conducted in a Chennai where 80.7% washed their hand after toilet, overall 19.2% of students always used soap when washing their hands. But there was no significant difference in hygiene related behavior between boys and girls (18) like in our study.

In our study, 95.3% of students were using brush for cleaning teeth and only 4.7% of students were using finger (Table No. 18). This is to similar to, a study conducted in Puducherry 93.86% of students used toothpaste and

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