A Health Education Program regarding Personal Hygiene among Homeless Youth in Fayoum Governorate

Document Type : Scientific Research Periodical

Authors

1 community health nrsing, faculty of ursing, Fayoum University Fayoum, Egypt.

2 community health nursing, faculty of nursing, fayoum university,Egypt

3 Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University, Egypt

Abstract

Background: Homeless youth present a serious public health issue for communities. Personal hygiene is the basis of a healthy lifestyle, a condition for effective primary and secondary prevention of various diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of health educational Program to improve awareness regarding personal hygiene. Design: A quasi-experimental design was used to conduct this study. Setting: The study was conducted at social care shelter in Fayoum Governorates. Sample: Convenience sample was used in this study. Tool: Part I: Demographic characteristics of homeless youth, part II: Homeless youth knowledge regarding personal and menstrual hygiene, part III: Homeless youth attitude regarding personal hygiene. Part IV: Homeless youth self-reported practice regarding personal and menstrual hygiene. Results: The presenting study showed that, 80.0 % of participants scored poorly knowledge, which reduced drastically to 10.0% post-program, 66.7% of participants had a negative attitude, which decreased to 8.3% post-program. 80.0% of participants reported unsatisfactory practices, which decreased to 10.0% post-program. A highly significant correlation between personal hygiene knowledge, attitudes and practices toward personal hygiene. Conclusion: The current study concluded that there were statistically significant improvment in the total knowledge, total attitude and total reported practice scores of homeless youth after the implementation of the program. Recommendation: Applying continuous health education program.in large sample and other settings for generalization.

Keywords

Main Subjects

Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice
Volume 4, Issue 11
September 2025
Pages 28-46

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics