Open AccessRelationship of personal hygiene with nutrition and morbidity profile: A study among primary school children in South Kolkata
Author(s) -
Sanjukta Deb,
Sirshak Dutta,
Aparajita Dasgupta,
Raghunath Misra
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.66894
Subject(s) - personal hygiene , medicine , hygiene , observational study , pallor , pediatrics , bathing , descriptive statistics , growth chart , health education , environmental health , demography , family medicine , public health , nursing , statistics , mathematics , pathology , sociology
Majority of the health problems affecting school children are preventable by promotion of hygienic practices through proper health education by the teachers, who are the first contacts.