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Personal Cleanliness Activities in Preschool Classrooms
One hundred and twelve preschool teachers in Indiana were asked to complete a questionnaire requesting them to indicate what personal health-related activities they were incorporating into their classroom routines, why they were incorporating them, and how often such activities were done. The result...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7088372/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32214782 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10643-008-0253-4 |
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description | One hundred and twelve preschool teachers in Indiana were asked to complete a questionnaire requesting them to indicate what personal health-related activities they were incorporating into their classroom routines, why they were incorporating them, and how often such activities were done. The results of the study indicate that the most incorporated activities were hand-washing, proper ways of coughing, and discussion on germs. The least incorporated personal health-related activities were proper use of bathroom and keeping things out of the mouth. Reasons for incorporating the activities include helping to curtail the spreading of colds and germs, helping the children to develop good life skills later in life, and helping the preschoolers know about the health hazards associated with germs, among others. The study recommends the need to make Health Education a core component of preschool teachers’ training. |
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spelling | pubmed-70883722020-03-23 Personal Cleanliness Activities in Preschool Classrooms Obeng, Cecilia Sem Early Child Educ J Article One hundred and twelve preschool teachers in Indiana were asked to complete a questionnaire requesting them to indicate what personal health-related activities they were incorporating into their classroom routines, why they were incorporating them, and how often such activities were done. The results of the study indicate that the most incorporated activities were hand-washing, proper ways of coughing, and discussion on germs. The least incorporated personal health-related activities were proper use of bathroom and keeping things out of the mouth. Reasons for incorporating the activities include helping to curtail the spreading of colds and germs, helping the children to develop good life skills later in life, and helping the preschoolers know about the health hazards associated with germs, among others. The study recommends the need to make Health Education a core component of preschool teachers’ training. Springer Netherlands 2008-05-06 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC7088372/ /pubmed/32214782 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10643-008-0253-4 Text en © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2008 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
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title | Personal Cleanliness Activities in Preschool Classrooms |
title_full | Personal Cleanliness Activities in Preschool Classrooms |
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title_full_unstemmed | Personal Cleanliness Activities in Preschool Classrooms |
title_short | Personal Cleanliness Activities in Preschool Classrooms |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7088372/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32214782 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10643-008-0253-4 |
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