A campaign on personal hygiene for health promoting schools

1. JOFRED M. MARTINEZ, MAN, RN
Nurse II
Department of Education
Division of Antique
A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ME
A Campaign on Personal Hygiene for Health Promoting Schools

2. Objectives
After the lessons, schoolchildren ages 5 to 9 will
be able to:
• Explain the importance of personal hygiene
• List ways of maintaining good personal
hygiene
• Demonstrate ways of maintaining good
personal hygiene

3. Objectives
In addition, schoolchildren ages 10 to 12 will be
able to:
• Recognize their own bad habits and resolve to
change them
• Maintain good personal hygiene and good
grooming
• Assist younger children in developing good
hygiene habits

4. What should children know about
personal hygiene?

5. Many common infections are spread from one
person to another because of poor hygiene.
• Germs enter the body if
you eat with dirty hands.
• Germs and worm eggs hide
in the dirt under the
fingernails.
• Worms can enter the skin if
you walk barefoot on dirty
soil.

6. Many common infections are spread from one
person to another because of poor hygiene.
• Germs are released to the
air when you cough and
these can be inhaled by
others.

7. Your level of personal hygiene tells others about
the kind of person you are.
• When you come to school
with clean clothes, neat
hair, and a washed body,
your teachers and
classmates see that you
have self discipline and are
able to take care of
yourself.

8. Your level of personal hygiene tells others about
the kind of person you are.
• If you cover your mouth
when sneezing, other
children see that you give
importance to their health
as much as your own.
• Good grooming makes you
more popular with peers.

9. What skills should children learn in
order to improve personal hygiene?

10. Children should be able to demonstrate the
following skills:
• proper handwashing
• daily bathing
• keeping hair clean and neat
• wearing clean clothes
• wearing shoes or slippers
• brushing teeth
• trimming long fingernails

11. Children should be able to demonstrate the
following skills:
• covering mouth and nose
when sneezing or coughing
• not spitting in public places
• using own drinking cup and
utensils

12. 1. PROPER HANDWASHING
• Handwashing is the
single most important
way of preventing the
spread of germs.
• It is one of the most
important healthy
habits that children
should learn.

13. ACTIVITY: DIRTY HANDS
• Fill a box with wet sand or
glitters.
• Ask one child to dip a
hand in the box and make
sure the hand is covered
with sand or glitters.
• Have the child shake
hands with several
classmates.

14. ACTIVITY: DIRTY HANDS
After the demonstration,
you can have a classroom
discussion on the following
key questions:
1. What happened when
you shook hands?
2. What should you do to
stop germs from
transferring from one
person to another?

15. ACTIVITY: CLEAN HANDS
• Ask the children to trace
their hand on a piece of
paper.
• On each finger, have them
write down a situation
where it is important that
they wash their hands.
• Encourage them to make
colorful pictures.

16. DEMONSTRATION
• Choose a song (that’s about 20 seconds
long, like “Happy Birthday” or “ABC” or a
fun song in your native language) that they
can sing while washing.
• After you have demonstrated proper
handwashing, let the children do it by
themselves.

18. KEY POINTS
1. Why is it important to wash your hands?
2. When should you wash your hands?
3. How long should you wash your hands?

19. 2. DAILY BATHING
• Bathing helps remove
dead skin as well as dirt
that might have
accumulated in the skin.
• It also refreshes the
person by cooling the
skin.

20. DEMONSTRATION
When taking a bath:
1. Wash your hair with mild
shampoo.
2. Wash your face with a mild
soap gently massaged with
the fingers or a clean piece of
cloth.
3. Pour water over your arms
and legs and all over the body.

21. DEMONSTRATION
When taking a bath:
4. Scrub wet shoulders,
armpit, arms, hands, torso,
legs and feet with mild
soap and rinse well
afterwards.
5. Clean the genitalia also
with mild soap.

22. 3. KEEPING HAIR CLEAN
AND NEAT
• Hair must be cleaned and
groomed regularly.
• Frequent washing,
brushing and combing are
important to keep hair
and scalp healthy, and to
prevent infestation with
lice or fleas.

23. KEEPING HAIR CLEAN AND NEAT
To maintain clean and
well-groomed hair:
1. Shampoo your hair
everyday or every other
day depending on the
amount of dirt
accumulated in the hair.
2. Comb your hair neatly.

24. KEEPING HAIR CLEAN AND NEAT
To maintain clean and
well-groomed hair:
3. Inspect for presence of
lice or nits (eggs of lice).
4. Remove lice or nits with
a fine-toothed comb or
wash hair with special
shampoo.

25. To maintain clean and
well-groomed hair:
5. Keep a personal comb
and avoid borrowing
hair brushes or combs
from others.
KEEPING HAIR CLEAN AND NEAT

26. 4. WEARING CLEAN CLOTHES
• Dirty clothes and
underwear are attractive
homes for bacteria that
cause bad smell and even
illness.
• Always wear clean
underwear to school and
change before bedtime.

27. 5. WEARING SHOES OR SLIPPERS
• Always wear footwear to
protect your feet against
infections by worms and
germs, and cuts caused by
sharp objects on the
ground.
• Foot protection is
especially important when
playing games or sports.

28. 6. BRUSHING TEETH
• Teaching children the
importance of good oral
hygiene will help prevent
oral diseases now and in
adulthood.
• It is important to keep the
mouth healthy.

29. SELF-INSPECTION:
MIRROR, MIRROR
Prior to the activity, prepare
the following items:
• Disposable tongue
depressors
• Hand mirrors

30. SELF-INSPECTION:
MIRROR, MIRROR
1. Start with the lips. Look
for cuts or sores.
2. Ask the children to smile
and reveal their teeth.
Note the color of the
teeth. Look for cavities.
Check the gums.

31. SELF-INSPECTION:
MIRROR, MIRROR
3. Ask the children to open
their mouth and look at
their tongue. Check for
sores or swelling.
4. Look at the teeth on the
lower jaw. How many
teeth do they have? Are
there gaps? Do they see
cavities?

32. SELF-INSPECTION:
MIRROR, MIRROR
5. Show them how to use
the tongue depressor to
push out the cheeks from
the inside, so they can get
a better look at their gums
and teeth.

33. BRUSHING TEETH
Children should be able to
demonstrate the following
skills:
• Proper tooth brushing
• Flossing
• Identifying foods that are
good and bad for the
teeth

34. DEMONSTRATION
• Use the mouth model and
a toothbrush to show
children how to properly
brush their teeth.
• To prevent plaque
damage, brush at least
once a day, preferably at
bedtime.

35. DEMONSTRATION
• Brushing after every meal
increases chances of
thorough plaque removal.

37. FOOD FOR HEALTHY TEETH
Foods which are bad for the
teeth:
• Candy
• Cake
• Sweet biscuits
• Cola
• Sugary drinks
• Milk with sugar

38. FOOD FOR HEALTHY TEETH
Foods which are good for the teeth:
• Pineapples
• Coconuts
• Apples
• Beans
• Oranges
• Tomatoes
• Dark green vegetables

39. FOOD FOR HEALTHY TEETH
These are examples of protective
foods that are good for overall
health.
• Eggs
• Meat
• Lemons

40. 7. TRIMMING LONG FINGERNAILS
• When washing hands,
don't forget to clean
around the cuticles and
under the nails.
• Regularly clip the nails
short, but don't cut too
close to the nail bed.

41. INSPECTION
• Ask the children to
put their hands on the
top of their desks.
• Tell them to observe
their fingers and their
nails.

42. 8. COVERING MOUTH AND NOSE
WHEN SNEEZING OR COUGHING
• It is important to cover
your mouth and nose
whenever you sneeze or
cough because you prevent
others from getting sick.

43. DEMONSTRATION
• Fill two plastic bags with
some water and some sand
or glitter.
• Inflate the plastic bags and
tie with a string.
• Pretend that you are
sneezing or coughing then
release air slowly from one
of the bags.

44. DEMONSTRATION
• Cover the opening of the
plastic bag with a tissue or
handkerchief. Show how
the tissue or handkerchief
was able to catch the water
and sand or glitter.

45. KEY QUESTIONS
• What happens when you
don't cover your mouth
when you cough or sneeze?
• Why is it important to
cover your mouth when
you cough or sneeze?

46. 9. NOT SPITTING IN PUBLIC PLACES
• Just like coughing or
sneezing, spitting can
spread infection.
• If you must spit, do this
into tissue, dispose of the
tissue properly and wash
your hands afterwards.

47. 10. USING OWN DRINKING CUP
AND UTENSILS
• Saliva contains germs that
cause colds, fever, mouth
sores and many kinds of
infections.
• Bring your own eating
utensils and wash these
after use.

48. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
GAME: PAINT ME A PICTURE
• In this activity for older children, have small
groups portray without using words a child
with good personal hygiene habits and
another child with poor habits as they get
up in the morning and prepare to go to
school.

49. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
GAME: PAINT ME A PICTURE
1. What good/bad habits did we see?
2. Why is it important to have good personal
hygiene?
3. Why do we sometimes forget to practice
good hygiene?
4. What can we do to make sure that we
develop good personal hygiene habits?

50. QUESTIONS?

51. JOFRED M. MARTINEZ, MAN, RN
Nurse II
Department of Education
Division of Antique
A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ME
A Campaign on Personal Hygiene for Health Promoting Schools