Health & Hygiene

Hygiene?

The World Health Organization (WHO)

defines hygiene as ‘the conditions and
practices that help to maintain health
and prevent the spread of diseases’.
Types of Hygiene ?
Personal Hygiene: Involves those
practices performed by an individual to
care for one's bodily health and well
being, through cleanliness. Personal
hygiene includes different habits i.e.,
washing hands, brushing teeth, timely
changing of the sanitary napkin which
keep bacteria, viruses and fungal far
away from our bodies. Good personal
hygiene will help us to keep feeling good
about ourselves.
Types of Hygiene ?
Domestic Hygiene: Home hygiene pertains to the
hygiene practices that prevent or minimize disease
and the spreading of disease in home (domestic) and
in everyday life settings such as social settings, public
transport, the work place, public places etc. Hygiene
in home and everyday life settings plays an important
part in preventing spread of infectious diseases. It
includes procedures used in a variety of domestic
situations such as hand hygiene, respiratory hygiene,
food and water hygiene, general home hygiene
(hygiene of environmental sites and surfaces), care of
domestic animals, proper disposal of children excreta
and home healthcare (the care of those who are at
greater risk of infection).
Types of Hygiene ?
Environmental Hygiene : is a group of
activities that aim to protect people from
dangerous conditions arising from unsanitary
shelters, air supplies or bodily nourishment
centers. These conditions include unsanitary
water supplies, waste disposal systems, food
sources, and temporary or permanent
housing structures. Solid Waste management
also comes under Environmental Hygiene
however will discuss it separately
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