A Descriptive Study on the level of Knowledge of the Senior High School Students of St. Mary's College Quezon City on Hand Hygiene

Abstract

This research determined how knowledgeable the Senior High School students are with regards to hand hygiene. It emphasizes on the importance of having a good personal hygiene particularly, proper hand washing. The study did not cover the comparison between male and female, since the main purpose of the study is only to supply information concerning hand hygiene. It is vital that everyone is aware of the effects of establishing a daily practice of hygiene which stresses proper hand washing. The findings of the study will be conducive to the health of the Senior High School students who are studying at St. Mary's College Quezon City. It would be beneficial to the students and to the whole school community as well. The study was conducted inside St. Mary's College Quezon City where the researchers are currently enrolled. The researchers made use of a non-experimental quantitative research design to control the factors that may supply to the effectiveness of the study. From a total population of 242; a subgroup of 113 respondents was sampled to participate in the survey. Each section in Senior High School Department was given a total of 14 survey questionnaires. A survey was devised as an instrument for data collection. The school should be aware of the requirement for hygienic utilities, in order to maximize the students' practice of proper hand hygiene. According to the results of the research, the students' knowledge of proper hand hygiene is fairly high, as the number of percentage is tallied.