PROMOTING HEALTH AWARENESS AND HYGIENE IN SCHOOLS

Abstract

The holistic development of children depends crucially on the awareness schools create about health together with hygiene instruction. This chapter examines health and hygiene priorities in schools by presenting solutions to implementation barriers while discussing appropriate methods. Health education provides knowledge both basic and advanced that helps students develop enduring practices about proper nutrition while learning hygiene essentials alongside mental health understanding. Schools have a special role in addressing health inequalities because poor physical health triggers disproportionate levels of school absences and academic decline while creating lasting physical and mental health problems. Educational institutions focus on three main strategies through their health educational approach which consists of curriculum integration and hygiene education and school environment maintenance.