Publication: A Research Project Investigating Factors Influencing Hygiene And Control Measures in Secondary Shools in Thokoa Zone, Megwani District, Kitui County.
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2015-10
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Mount Kenya University
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Abstract
Hygiene, which is set of practices performed for the preservation of
health, is appalling in most in schools. It is characterized by
malfunctioned water sanitation facilities and poor hygiene practices. In
many cases, are neither adequate nor clean, without separation of both
sexes thereby discouraging use and poor hygiene.
The purpose of the study is to investigate the level of hygiene in schools
and factors affecting hygiene and how hygiene is improved. The
objective of the study was to improve the hygiene in schools and control
factors affecting hygiene. Also, the relationship between the school and
the surrounding in Kitui County and the impact of the surroundings in
promoting hygiene. The literature was reviewed under the subtopics;
Definition of hygiene in different fields, types of hygiene, importance of
hygiene, factors demolishing hygiene in schools and factors employed to
improve the level of hygiene in schools.
The study utilized focus group design as a method of collecting
information about hygiene in different schools. The target population of
the study was 10 (ten) public schools. The study used purposive
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sampling and simple random and simple sampling techniques to come
with the sample size. The sampled schools were 5 (five) which had up to
form four class, two streams in each class. In sampled schools, five
teachers, five students and five workers were picked in the sample.
Simple random sampling was used to get 2 teachers in charge of hygiene
from each school. Class lists were used to identify 10 learners per school
and a systematic sampling was used to get a total of 50 learners from the
schools which were selected. The total number of respondents was 60
(50 learners, 5 workers and 5 teachers). The instruments for the
collection of data were the questionnaire for both teachers and students
and interview guide for learners. The research instruments administered
to the respondents data was analyzed using statistical package for social
sciences which was then in the form of frequency tables, graphs and pie
charts.
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Education Planning