Knowledge Of Personal Hygiene Research Articles

Assess Knowledge and Practice of Preparatory Student About Personal Hygiene in Riyadh City

Adolescence is the stage of human life, which transition from childhood to adulthood. Personality accentuated and where knowledge and habits that can last a lifetime acquired. In what concerns to health education, adolescence is the most difficult period in accepting health education, because it is characterized by non-accepting information advice provided by parents or teachers. There are many risks to health during adolescence, mainly because young people are not care in risks and believe they are not at risk or vulnerable to disease. Personal hygiene is the basic concept of cleaning and it is the first step to good health, it consider as one of the most important part of our daily lives at everywhere (home and workplace) and which help us to avoid disease and protect our health. Appropriate knowledge and practices of personal hygiene plays an important role in prevent communicable diseases. The aim of this study was to assess knowledge of personal hygiene in preparatory student in Riyadh City. About 246 female students were participated in this study through Google forms –create and analyze surveys, selected by convenience sample. Questionnaire included four parts, first part consist of demographic data, health history (personal and menstrual), 2nd part was regarding menstruation hygiene, third part was about personal hygiene, fourth part was about hand hygiene, shower, mouth hygiene. The data collected, tabulated and analyzed by using SPSS V.25, descriptive and inferential statistics employed. There is a definite need for intense personal hygiene education programs in Riyadh City based on preparatory students' needs.

Evaluation of Personal Hygiene Among Students with Visual Impairment at Al-Nour School for Blind: Ismailia City

AbstractBackground: Vision impairment and blindness are signif-icant community problem. It has lifelong implication for both the children and their families which affect their self-care skills.Aim of Study: Evaluation of personal hygiene among Students with visual impairment at El-Nour School for Blind: Ismailia City. Sample: 86 students, 60 of family caregivers.Subjects and Methods: Descriptive study design was used for conducting this study. Methods: Data were collected by the investigator using three tools. First: Interviewing ques-tionnaire to assess the students' knowledge about personal hygiene. Second: Observational checklist to assess student's practice of personal hygiene. Third tool: A structured inter-viewing questionnaire for caregivers to assess their knowledge regarding personal hygiene for their children.Result: 79.1% and 77, 9% of studied students had unsat-isfactory knowledge and practices of personal hygiene respec-tively. 71.67% of caregivers had satisfactory knowledge of personal hygiene for their children except the oral hygiene.Conclusion: The students with visual impairment had unsatisfactory knowledge and practices regarding personal hygiene, and the caregivers had unsatisfactory knowledge about oral hygiene for their children.Recommendation: Support the actual need for implanting a well-planned and continuous intervention program aiming at improving caregivers' knowledge about personal hygiene and follow up with subsequent children practice to detect the achievement.

The Relationship between Knowledge, Attitude, Behaviour, and Personal Hygiene Standard of Food Handler in Installation of Nutrition

Hygiene Personal is health measures in a way to preserve and protect the cleanliness of individual to achieve a personal hygiene standard of food handler. This research is executed in Installation of Nutrition Cempaka Putih Jakarta Islamic Hospital in April to June 2016. Target of this research to determine the relationship of knowledge, attitudes, behavior and standards of personal hygiene of food handlers in Installation of Nutrition RS Islam Jakarta Cempaka Putih. This research use analytic method with approach of cross sectional and use sampel amount to 58 respondents. This research concluded that knowledge and attitude of personal hygiene of food handlers reside at level of less and goodness, with each percentage (50%), and half of respondents have standards of personal hygiene behavior less (51,7%). There is significant relationship between knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and standards of personal hygiene in Installation of Nutrition RS Islam Jakarta Cempaka Putih. Results of research suggest that conducted the supervision and oversight of all food handlers conducted by the coordinator of the food processing supervisor in overseeing food handlers, so if there are handlers that do not comply with the regulations the given a reprimand. Keywords: attitudes, behavior, knowledge, standards of personal hygiene

The Effect of Health Education on Personal Behavior of Hygiene in Primary School Students Who Have Wear at Pampang I Inpres I Makassar

Health problems that are still considered trivial and less attention is the problem of worms. The prevalence of worms in Indonesia reached 28.12%. This is influenced by a lack of knowledge about the importance of clean and healthy living behavior (PHBS) which includes knowledge of personal hygiene. The purpose of this study is To assess the effect of health education on the behavior of Personal Hygiene In Primary School Students Who Were Experiencing Wear at Pampang I Inpres I Makassar City. The research design used is pre experimental approach with one group pre and post test design with sampling technique that is total sampling, total sample is 146 samples, the result of this research is presented in the form of narration and table. Data were analyzed using T test statistic test with significance level α = 0, 005. The result showed that there was a significant change of personal hygiene knowledge before and after health education with significant value ρ = 0.001, no significant change in personal hygiene attitude before and after health education given the value of ρ = 1, 818, but there is still a positive attitude increase that is before the positive attitude intervention of 18.8% increased to 71.3% after intervention and there is a meaningful change in personal hygiene before and after given health education with value ρ = 0.001. There is a change in personal hygiene behavior from before and after health education given 71.25% to be better behavior. This research became a reference and learning materials for nursing students, especially nursing and nursing epidemiology.

Effect of poster and video intervention on the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) level of personal hygiene among food handlers in 24 hours Mamak restaurants in Sungai Petani, Kedah

This study assesses the knowledge, attitude and practice on personal hygiene among food handlers at 24 hours Mamak operation restaurants before and after poster and video intervention. A survey and observation checklist was conducted among 100 food handlers selected from Mamak restaurants. 77% of respondents were aware on personal hygiene during the pre-intervention and the percentage has slightly escalated to 100% after intervention. Similarly, the percentage of good personal hygiene practice was increase after the intervention (42% to 73% respectively). It was observed that there was no significant correlation between knowledge and practice (r= -0.082, p=0.415), similarly there was no significant correlation observed between knowledge and attitude (r= -0.009, p=0.930 The finding adds to the growing body of evidence on the effectiveness of poster and video intervention.

Personal hygiene among college students in Kuwait: A Health promotion perspective.

BACKGROUND:Most infectious diseases result from a lack of knowledge and poor personal hygiene. Hand hygiene, in particular, is one of the most common means by which pathogens are transmitted. The aim of this study was to determine college student's knowledge and awareness of personal hygiene in Kuwait.MATERIALS AND METHODS:A multi-dimensional health assessment approach was followed using a self-administered questionnaire that was distributed among students of two colleges (the College of Nursing and the College of Health Sciences). Item analysis was conducted on 33 items of the questionnaire and measure five types of hygiene practices: hand hygiene, body hygiene, special hair application, oral care, and clothes hygiene. The data collected in the questionnaires and results were analyzed using statistical software SPSS version 23. Statistical analysis was performed using ANOVA and Student's t-test. Internal consistency, reliability was good, with an overall Cronbach's Alpha value of 0.749.RESULTS:Most respondents were female with 64%, while 80% of the college students were in the age of <20-year-old. Twelve items were underhand hygiene practices, and four items under body hygiene. Nine items were under oral care; three, items were under hair application. Three were under clothes hygiene.CONCLUSIONS:This study showed that female students had a better knowledge and were more hygienic in hand hygiene, hair application, and body hygiene whereas, male students showed a better oral hygiene practice. Nevertheless, this study shows that the hygiene questionnaire is an acceptable and reliable measure of awareness and practice among college students.

Assessment of personal hygiene knowledge among intermediate school's students at Al-Numaniya District in Wasit Governorate

Assessment of personal hygiene knowledge among intermediate school's students at Al-Numaniya District in Wasit Governorate

Washing away the germs

Jenni Clarke explores ways to promote healthy habits in the early years. This month's article looks at practical ways you can encourage young children to develop their knowledge of personal hygiene.

Relationship between Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Student’s Personal Hygiene with Scabies Incidence in Pesantren Darul Fatwa, Jatinangor, West Java, Indonesia

Background : Scabies is a parasitic infection caused by Sarcoptesscabiei Hominis varian and Acarina order. Sarcoptes scabiei infects both male and female in any age groups, ethnics, and socio-economic levels. Transmission of scabies can pass through by a direct contact from skin-to-skin or indirect contact through sharing bed, clothes, and towels. Pesantren as an educational institution supplies facilities that are shared thus making students susceptible to scabies infection. This study was conducted to discoverrelationshipbetween knowledge, attitude, and practice of student’s personal hygiene with scabies incidence. Methods : An analytic observational study was conducted from October to November 2015 in Pesantren Darul Fatwa, Jatinangor. Study was conducted with cross-sectional design and total sampling for the sample size. Total of 37 students whoparticipated in this study were 22 malesand 15 females. This study was begun with a stand alone-questionnaire, fill out on knowledge, attitude, and practice of personal hygiene that was supervised by researcher, and physical examination for scabies diagnosis that was performed by doctors. Results : Based on history taking and physical examination, 15 out of 37 students were diagnosed with scabies positive. All of them were males, dominated by 13 year old students, 1st and 2nd Junior High School students. Statistical analysis with chi-square test showed that there were no relationship between knowledge, attitude and practice of student’s personal hygiene with scabies incidence. Conclusions : There is no relationship between knowledge, attitude and practice of student’s personal hygiene with scabies incidence in Pesantren

Pengetahuan Personal Hygiene Remaja Putri pada Kasus Keputihan

This study was a cross sectional study. This research was conducted at the Institute of Islamic Education Nurul Haromain “SMP Plus Fityani" Ngroto village Pujon Malang. The purpose of this study to determine how personal hygiene knowledge of young women with vaginal discharge cases experienced. Researchers used 50 respondents and all met the inclusion criteria. Sampling method was used total sampling. The variables studied were respondent characteristics include age and educational level. While the variable knowledge of personal hygiene includes washing hands before touching the genitals, vagina washing the right way, the use of underwear, the use of pantyliener. For the case of white discharge is white discharge experienced by respondents. All variables were measured using the enclosed questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive analysis. The results most of the characteristics of the age of respondents was 13 years old. The results of the knowledge of personal hygiene mostly young girls who do not have a good knowledge of 23 respondents (46%) of personal hygiene. For the case of white discharge experienced by most experienced white discharge was abnormal discharge in the amount of 27 respondents (54%). Knowledge wasn't good due to limited access to information and a facilitator at the Education Institute. If left unchecked it will cause serious reproductive health problems. So, we need a facilitator in order to solve these problems.

INTERVENSI GIZI SPESIFIK DENGAN PENDAMPINGAN GIZI TERHADAP STATUS GIZI BALITA DI KABUPATEN BANDUNG PROVINSI JAWA BARAT

Masalah gizi kurus dan pendek banyak tersebar di kota dan desa. Untuk mengatasi masalah gizi tersebut diperlukan dua kelompok intervensi, yaitu intervensi gizi spesifik dan intervensi gizi sensitif. Intervensi gizi sensitive adalah upaya untuk mencegah dan mengurangi masalah gizi secara langsung terutama kelompok 1000 hari pertama kehidupan. Kegiatan intervensi gizi spesifik umumnya dilakukan oleh sector kesehatan berupa penyuluhan gizi, pemantauan pertumbuhan, pemberian makanan dan pengobatan penyakit. Intervensi gizi sensitive adalah upaya mencegah dan mengurangi masalah gizi secara tidak langsung dalam bentuk berbagai kegiatan pembangunan non kesehatan. Tujuan penelitian mengetahui informasi perbedaan status gizi balita sebelum dan setelah diberikan intervensi gizi spesifik dengan pendampingan gizi di Kabupaten Bandung Jawa Barat.&#x0D; Desain penelitian menggunakan quasy exsperimen pre test-post test untuk membandingkan status gizi balita sebelum dan setelah intervensi. Sampel yaitu balita kurus (Berat Badan/Tinggi Badan) dan beresiko kurus berjumlah 30. Tempat penelitian di Kecamatan Margaasih Kabupaten Bandung Provinsi Jawa Barat, yang dilaksanakan pada bulan Maret sampai September 2016.&#x0D; Data yang dikumpulkan yaitu karakteristik sampel, status gizi (berat badan/tinggi badan), pengetahuan gizi ibu, pengetahuan pemberian makan, pengetahuan perawatan anak sakit dan pengetahuan kebersihan gizi. Uji normalitas data menggunakan skewness test. Data karakteristik sampel disajikan dalam bentuk tabel distribusi frekuensi dan dianalisis secara deskriptif. Data status gizi (berat badan/tinggi badan), pengetahuan gizi ibu, pengetahuan pemberian makan, pengetahuan perawatan anak sakit dan pengetahuan kebersihan diri dianalisis bivariate menggunakan uji statistic t dependen untuk mengetahui perbedaan sebelum dan sesudah intervensi dengan tingkat kepercayaan 95% dengan nilai P&lt; 0,05.&#x0D; Hasil penelitian sebelum dan sesudah intervensi pendampingan gizi ada perbedaan signifikan status gizi (berat badan/tinggi badan) (P=0,001), pengetahuan gizi ibu (P=0,001), pengetahuan pemberian makan (P=0,015), dan pengetahuan kebersihan diri (P=0,000), sedangkan pengetahuan perawatan anak sakit tidak ada perbedaan (P=0,594). Hasil uji multivariat variabel pengetahuan perawatan anak sakit sebagai konfonding yang mempengaruhi status gizi balita indeks (berat badan/tinggi badan). Kegiatan pendampingan gizi harus dilaksanakan secara teratur dan kesinambungan untuk mengawal upaya perbaikan gizi agar dapat mencapai tujuan yang ditetapkan.

Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices of personal and oral hygiene among undergraduate university students in Sulaimani city

Poor hygiene performance and insufficient sanitary conditions assume real parts in the expanded weight of communicable diseases inside developing nations. Lack of resources such as hand washing materials, water and sanitation facilities may be essential factors why students do not wash their hands, also struggling of affordable toothpaste and absence of awareness regarding oral hygiene may be affected by improper cleaning teeth and tongue. This study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of personal and oral hygiene among undergraduate university students in Sulaimani city /Iraq and evaluated the degree to which appropriate information of hygiene was related with individual hygiene character. This cross-sectional study was carried out among 1055 undergraduate students who were met via trained staff. Data comprised of cleanliness and hand washing practices, learning about sanitation, individual cleanliness qualities, nearness of gastrointestinal parasitic disease, oral and dental diseases including dental decay and bad breathes. University students with satisfactory information of legitimate personal and oral hygiene probably had clean clothes 68.8% (P value &lt; 0.05), clean hair 72% (0.0001 P value), fingernail trimmed 139% (P value&gt; 0.05), clean teeth 59.4% (P value &lt;0.05), good mouth breath 57% (P value &lt;0.05). Approximately 57.2% of students were delegated having sufficient information of legitimate cleanliness (P value &lt;0.05). Most students preferred hand washing after defecation (96.5%) (P value &lt;0.05), while 93.8% revealed utilizing shampoo. On the other hand 62.7% of contributors reported brushing their teeth before going to sleep (P value &lt;0.05) and 74% of participants revealed cleaning their tongue sometimes (P value&lt; 0.01). this study discovered underscore the requirement for more cleanliness training in universities; and give target confirm that may direct the improvement of far reaching personal, oral hygiene and health mediation programs in Sulaimani universities. Furthermore the effective usage of this study is probably going to significantly weaken the transmissible diseases.

Food Safety Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Chotpoti Vendors in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Background: Chotpoti is a popular street food among all groups of people from low to high income in most cities of Bangladesh.Objective: This study was conducted to describe the vending sites, the stalls and equipments used for food preparation, current level of food safety knowledge of vendors and the way to prepare foods to understand the risks of food contamination and opportunities for prevention.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between July and October, 2012. We selected 18 popular chotpoti vending sites including market places, bus stops, road sides and amusement parks located under Dhaka city corporation areas by judgment sampling. From each study site we randomly selected six vendors for interview. A structured pretested questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were collected on (i) socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the respondents; (ii) health and personal hygiene knowledge of vendors; (iii) vendors’ food handling practices and (iv) source of ingredients and process of chotpoti making. Location of the chotpoti vendors, utensils used, handling of food, place of preparation of chotpoti, environment surroundings of the stall, general processing of chotpoti and hygienic practices were observed and recorded through an observation checklist.Results: We interviewed a total of 110 vendors. All vendors were male, the majority was between 21 and 30 years of age. Majority (58.2%) of the vendors acquired the knowledge of chotpoti preparation through observation. Nearly all vendors (99%) handled food with bare hands, 95% did not use aprons and hair covering and 94% handled money while serving chotpoti. Most vendors had leftovers; out of those 30% reported discarding them and the rest stored them for following day’s sale with inappropriate storage. Nearly one-third (32.7%) of the vendors washed their utensils with dirty water which is recycled. Majority reported that they changed the bucket water only once per 12 hours. Presence of flies was observed on food and surroundings of 33% of the stalls. Of the vendors interviewed, most of them did not have garbage receptacles and 23% disposed wastes nearby their stalls and 76% disposed in nearby dustbin.Conclusion: This study demonstrates that chotpoti vendors do not have formal education and formal training on food preparation. Moreover, lack of hand hygiene knowledge, infrequent cleaning of utensils with soap, inappropriate management of leftover foods, and lack of proper waste management create numerous possibilities for food contamination. Consumption of street vended chotpoti may pose a risk of food borne diseases and steps should be taken to educate and train the vendors on personal hygiene and food handling practices.J Enam Med Col 2017; 7(2): 69-76

DETERMINAN YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN TINDAKAN KEBERSIHAN DIRI SANTRIWATI DI PONDOK PESANTREN X JOMBANG

Action of personal hygiene is one of the efforts that can be done to maintain health in Islamic boarding school environment. In the implementation there are many female students who ignore it by exchanged personal items. This research purposed to determine association knowledge and attitude as predisposing factors, towards action of personal hygiene female students which supported by infrastructure and facilities of boarding school as enabling factor, and hygiene regulation as reinforcing factor in X Jombang Islamic boarding school. This research was an analytical study with cross sectional design. The population was 90 female students then obtained 48 female students as sampling by used simple random sampling. Independent variables studied included knowledge and attitudes about personal hygiene. While the dependent variable studied the action of personal hygiene female students. Instruments used a questionnaire. Data analysis techniques performed by using the chi square test to see whether or not an association between knowledge and attitude with action of personal hygiene. Variables studied and have a relationship with action of personal hygiene female students if fulfi ll the requirement p &lt;0.05. From the statistic test show that knowledge has any association with action of personal hygiene female students with p = 0.000 (p &lt; 0.05) and coffi cient contingensy at 0.593. So the conclusions of this research is, there was any association between knowledge of personal hygiene with action of personal hygiene female students in X Jombang Islamic boarding school. Infrastructure and facilities was adequate and there was a regulation about hygiene in this boarding school.Keyword: predisposing, enabling, reinforcing, action of personal hygiene

GAMBARAN PERSONAL HYGIENE ANAK USIA SEKOLAH DASAR YANG TINGGAL DI SEKITAR TPA NGRONGGO SALATIGA

Personal hygiene behavior is one effort to prevent the occurrence of various diseases due to microorganism from the waste. Children aged 6 - 11 years are still vulnerable awareness about personal hygiene. Factors of knowledge, environment, and family support become the determinants of personal hygiene practices by children. Children living in landfill have a greater risk of health disruption due to an environment that does not support personal hygiene. The purpose of this study was to look at the pattern of personal hygiene of primary school age children living in the TPA Ngronggo, Salatiga. This research is descriptive qualitative. Collecting data by interviewing respondents aged 6 - 11 years and living in landfill. The results obtained, most children do not fully understand and practice personal hygiene in their daily lives. Concluded if the children living in the landfill do not have the knowledge and practice of personal hygiene is good.

Knowledge, attitude and practice of personal hygiene and its predictors: A school-based study among adolescent girls in an urban slum

Background: Personal hygiene plays a pivotal role in maintaining proper health. Adolescent girls being the future mothers are the subjects to be considered for improvement of personal hygiene and dietary habits. Objectives: The study was conducted to assess the status of knowledge, attitude, practice (KAP) of personal hygiene, dietary habits and to find out its predictors among school going adolescent girls in a slum area of Kolkata. Materials and Methods: A school-based cross-sectional study was conducted in a Government Secondary Girls’ school situated in a slum area of Kolkata. A total of 327 adolescent girls of Class V-VIII were included by complete enumeration method and interviewed with a predesigned, pretested questionnaire along with a checklist to assess KAP of personal hygiene and dietary habits after taking informed consent from their guardians. Results: The mean age of the participants was 12.17 ± 1.255 years. Regarding the knowledge of personal hygiene and dietary habits, majority or near majority had correct knowledge of proper care of hair (94.8%), covering of mouth during coughing or sneezing (43.43%), care of nails (46.79%), hand washing (66.36%), necessity of daily bathing (64.53%), and wearing clean clothes (62.39%). Most of them had proper attitude to care of hair (96.9%), covering of mouth during coughing or sneezing (59.3%), cleansing of mouth after feeding (47.4%), hand washing (90.8%), necessity of daily bathing (62.7%), and daily changing of undergarments (60.9%). However, these knowledge and attitude were not reflected in their practices. Multivariate analyses revealed religion, socioeconomic status, type of family and parental education were significant predictors of status of personal hygiene. Conclusion: Continuous health education and behavioral change communication programs are needed to lift up the proper practices of basic personal hygiene of adolescent girls to bring them up to a healthy society.

Health education: Effect on knowledge and practice of workplace personal hygiene and protective measures among woodworkers in Enugu, Nigeria.

There has been increasing incidence of occupational diseases among woodworkers due to exposure to preventable hazards in the workplace. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of health education on the knowledge and practice of workplace hygiene and protective measures among woodworkers in Enugu timber market. This was a before and after study conducted among 290 woodworkers using interviewer administered semi-structured questionnaire and manual on workplace hazards prevention. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17 and P-value of 0.05 was set as the significance level. Two hundred and ninety respondents participated in the study; 282 (97.2%) were males, most completed secondary education and had worked for less than 10 years (71% and 58.3%, respectively). The mean knowledge score of participants pre- and postintervention were 89.5% ± 9.03 and 98.5% ± 1.84, respectively (P < 0.001). Educational status had effect on knowledge of participants (P < 0.001), whereas work experience had no effect (P = 0.285). Preintervention, 37.9% of the participants used protective materials regularly, which increased to 65.8% post intervention (P < 0.001). Personal hygiene practices showed mixed responses most of which improved post intervention. The most common reason for eating in workplace was excessive workload (60.3%), while lack of PPEs (29.3%) and lack of training (23.8%) were the most common reasons for nonuse of PPEs. Majority of the participants had good knowledge of workplace hygiene but had poor use of PPEs. Health education intervention improved the use of PPEs and should be recommended.

Surveillance of Health Caring Practices and Nutritional Status Among Adolescent Girls at Madhupur Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

A longitudinal surveillance study was carried out among the tribal (<i>Garo Tribe</i>) and non-tribal adolescent girls at a renowned hill tracts (Madhupur) in Bangladesh. A total number of 110 adolescent girls were collected among them fifty percent were tribal and another was non- tribal general population. In baseline survey, overweight found 7.3% in non-tribal adolescent girls whereas in tribal girls it was 1.8% and 70.9% non-tribal and 58.2% tribal adolescent girls were normal body weight at baseline survey. The nutritional status was increased in subsequent surveys. Hygienic sanitary napkin was used only 36.4% tribal adolescents and 70.9% non-tribal adolescent girls at baseline survey which was positively increased in 2^nd and 3^rd follow-up surveys. But the consciousness about proper sanitary practices was little increased in both groups is a bad indicator of personal hygiene knowledge. However, the knowledge about food misconception was positively deviates in both groups after second and third time monitoring. Thus it can be postulate that the repeated survey and monitoring can influence the positive variations of the nutritional knowledge, health care behavior and positive health outcomes towards normal BMI-for-age in both groups due to sharing and mix-up nutrition education knowledge.

Knowledge and Practices of Personal Hygiene among Senior Secondary School Students of Ambassadors College, Ile- Ife, Nigeria

Knowledge and Practices of Personal Hygiene among Senior Secondary School Students of Ambassadors College, Ile- Ife, Nigeria

Presence of enterobius vermicularis infections and food hygiene knowledge levels among catering industry personnel

Purpose This study was aimed to determine the presence of Enterobius vermicularis in workers in hospital kitchens in Ankara, Turkey and the levels of their food hygiene knowledge Design/methodology/approach The study included 270 employees of six catering companies that cater to hospitals in Ankara who agreed to participate in the study. Two-part questionnaires were used. The first part solicited demographic information, and the second part’s questions determined the workers’ personal hygiene knowledge. Samples taken from the participants to determine the presence of Enterobius vermicularis were collected using the cellophane application method. Findings The parasite was found in 78.1% of the personnel. The average hygiene knowledge scores were 58.94+18.1 on a 100-point scale. The changes introduced by the new "Food Hygiene Regulation" should be implemented without abolishing the food handler examination. Originality/value Food safety is an important issue that can affect lots of people. Food handlers are an important part for contamination of food. Because of this reason their hygiene knowledge and personal hygiene are very important. Because of high rate of Enterobius vermicularis the results show that they are not careful about their personal hygiene rules. So they can contaminate to food and can cause food-borne illnesses. The paper highlights the importance of education that affects food safety practices in food industry