A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Puppet Show on Knowledge Regarding Personal Hygiene Among Primary School Children (7-10 Years) in Selected School at Pirda, Chattisgarh

Abstract

Introduction: Personal hygiene is important in every stage of life, but good cleanliness habits start in childhood. Kids who learn what it is and how to follow proper hygiene practices will usually carry that into adulthood. Hygiene education starts with the family, and eventually youngsters can learn what to do and follow cleanliness rules on their own when a baby makes the transition into childhood, it may be more of a challenge to keep her fresh. As a child grows, so do his opportunities for the face, hands and feet to become messy and dirty. Learning proper cleanliness skills in childhood can help prevent the spread of germs and illness. As a child grows, good hygiene becomes increasingly important because hormonal changes during puberty lead to stronger body odor and oilier hair and skin. Personal hygiene is the applications that people perform, to protect their health and keep their life healthy. Personal hygiene are the behaviors that must be practiced in daily life, starting from morning to sleep time to protect our health. To protect health, body, hair, mouth and teeth must be cleaned regularly and clothes must be washed frequently. Personal hygiene is intimately involved with health. AIM: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of puppet show on knowledge regarding personal hygiene among primary school children (7-10years) in selected school at Pirda (C.G.).’’ Setting and Design: A quantitative research approach with pre experimental research design was adopted for this study. The study focused on primary school children aged 7 to 10 years at government primary school Barekel, Pirda (C.G.) Material and Method: The research approach used for this study was quantitative approach. A Pre-experimental, one group pre-test post-test research design was adopted. 60 students were selected for this study by using systematic random Sampling technique. Data was collected with the help of Self- Structured Knowledge questionnaire regarding personal hygiene. Results: Knowledge regarding personal hygiene among primary school children (7-10years) were analyzed using frequency and percentage. It is seen that out 60 students, in pre-test majority 38 (63.33%) had average knowledge score, 15 (25%) had poor knowledge score and only 7(11.66%) had good knowledge score regarding personal hygiene. However, in post- test knowledge score regarding personal hygiene was increase, majority 42 (70%) children’s had good knowledge score and only 18 (30%) had good knowledge score and none of the children’s had poor knowledge score. When evaluate the effectiveness of puppet show on knowledge regarding personal hygiene among primary school children (7-10years). In which pre-test mean is 8.93 while in post test mean is 14.96. The standard deviation of Pre-test is 3.64 and post test is 2.52. It indicates that there is significant gain in knowledge in post-test after the intervention of puppet show. Since the calculated “t” value is 20.69 is greater than the table value 2.00 at P< 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: The study conducted that the puppet show was effective to increasing the knowledge regarding personal hygiene among primary school children (7-10 years) at government primary school Barekel, Pirda (C.G.).