Practices of Personal Hygiene among Hostel Women in Chandigarh
Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 8
Abstract
Personal hygiene as the name depicts is related to hygiene of oneself. Personal hygiene is the first step towards the healthy life. Having a good personal hygiene helps to prevent the infection of diseases, illness and bad odours. It is well said that, “A healthy mind lives in a healthy body.” To keep our body healthy, we should focus on our personal hygiene. Personal hygiene is the practice which we adopt at home and individual level. Everybody have their own standard habits that they have learned to be sanitary. In this paper, women‟s personal hygiene is the main concerned area or in other words how much they are aware about their personal cleanliness? Women‟s contribution is endless to society - be it at home or outside. It simply means women are at risk level for their own personal hygiene and also of others around. The present study attempts to find out the practice of personal hygiene among women because they are careless about their personal hygiene. The study was focused on the hostel women of Panjab University, Chandigarh for which random sample of fifty (50) women was taken. From the result it has been revealed that women are highly aware regarding their personal hygiene. But the large number, due to inadequate knowledge, was found to follow certain unhygienic practices resulting in poor menstruation hygiene. The paper lays emphasis on the importance of good personal hygiene and the practices among women to keep their personal hygiene. Suggestions of the study are also stated at the end.
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Ms. Pooja Rani
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