UNIT 4-HYGIENE AND HEALTH. DR.PRISCILLA MARY J.,PHARM D ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY PRACTICE.

1. HYGIENE AND HEALTH
PRESENTER
DR PRISCILLA MARY J
PHARM D

2. HYGIENE AND HEALTH
HYGIENE:
• Hygiene word derived from greek term ‘Hygeia’.
• Hygeia means “Goodness of health”
• Hygiene is a group of practices implemented for
preservation of health.
• According to WHO, hygiene mention to conditions and
practices that use to maintain health and prevent the
spread of diseases.
HEALTH:
• Health, as described by WHO are state of total physical,
mental and social health and not only the absence of disease.
• Health may be defined as the capacity to improve the physical,
mental and social provocations throughout life.

3. TYPES OF HEALTH
1. Physical Health
2. Mental Health.
PHYSICAL HEALTH:
Physical health is defined as the health which is free from illness or injury.
• Maintaining physical fitness.
• Regular exercise.
• Intake of all nutrition in diet.
• Sufficient rest for physical health.
• Lack of disease due to regular proper workout.
• Regular exercise and proper workout can protect and develop the
patience of a person’s breathing.
• Heart function, body flexibility, muscular strength.

4. TYPES OF HEALTH
MENTAL HEALTH:
• Mental health means person’s emotional, psychological and
social health.
• Mental health is important for vital lifestyle.
• Mental health is not only the absence of anxiety, depression
and any disorder.
• Mental health depends on the ability to
 Feel safe and secure
 Make meaningful contribution to their communities.
 Adapt the difficulties.
 Staying positive
 Helping others.
 Connecting with others.

5. TYPES OF HYGIENE
1. Industrial hygiene
2. School hygiene
3. Community hygiene
4. Personal hygiene.
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE:
 Industrial hygiene is the identification,
expectation, control, evaluation and verification
of protection from danger or risk at work that
may result in illness, injury or affect the health
of employee.

6. TYPES OF HYGIENE
SCHOOL HYGIENE:
• School hygiene is the most important part of
school education.
• School hygiene is the study of school habitat.
• It explores the impact of schooling to physical
and mental health of children.
• School hygiene education is to improve behavior
through useful practices connected to personal,
water, food, domestic and public hygiene.

7. TYPES OF HYGIENE
COMMUNITY HYGIENE:
 Community hygiene is the group of people.
 Those people are responsible for improving public
health level, focusing more hygiene problem and
living conditions in the village.
PERSONAL HYGIENE:
 Personal hygiene may be defined as the maintaining
grooming and cleanliness of the body.
 For good health personal hygiene consists of bathing,
brushing teeth and washing your hands, clean
clothing.

8. PERSONAL HYGIENE AND
HEALTH CARE
• Personal hygiene may be defined as the maintaining
the body’s cleanliness.
• Hygiene is a broad term it involves some personal
habits that are
 Bath regularly.
 Change clothing regularly.
 Wash hands.
 Cut fingernails.
 Brushing teeth.
 Washing scalp hair.
 Removing hair.
 Exercise daily.

9. PRINCIPLES OF PERSONAL HYGIENE
• Health practices directly affect the mental,
physical, social health of a person.
• Prevention of microorganism into the body by
good health practices.
• Practice proper hygiene.
• Sanitize all equipments and machines tools
before handling or preparing.
• Prevent cross contamination.(transfer of
pathogens and germs from one object or food)
• Follow Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points.

10. OBJECTIVES OF PERSONAL HYGIENE
• To develop the level of health.
• To defend oneself from sickness.
• Restoration of health
• Main objective is personal hygiene.

11. CAUSES OF PERSONAL HYGIENE
• To upgrade the self respect in the society.
• To keep resistance and safety from infection.
• To encourage mental health.
• To encourage good health.
• To prevent sickness.
• To increase the level of health.
• To maintain quality life of an individual.
• To encourage community and spiritual health.

12. ADVANTAGES OF PERSONAL HYGIENE
• Contribution in the atmosphere (environmental)
health and environmental prevention.
• Improve in immune system.
• Various infections are under control.
• Improvement in health standard.
• Washing your hands regularly is an effective way to
keep germs away from spreading.
• Staff like pharmacist and other health practitioners
must practice to prevent any spread of infections
to the buyer.

13. IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL HYGIENE
Personal hygiene
Hand washing.
Dental care
Bathing.
Hygienic clothes
Nail care
Avoidable Habits:
Smoking
Nail biting
Picking Nose.

14. PHARMACIST ROLE IN
PERSONAL HYGIENE
• The pharmacist has to motivate in carrying out
the physicians order.
• The pharmacist should determine the needs of
patients and recognizing related pharmacist
problems.
• The pharmacist necessity to collect further
information about prescriptions and hygiene.
• Direct supply of hygienic care provides the
pharmacist for daily analysis of the patients
emotional and physical state.

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