Comparison of Health and Hygienic Practices among Different Types of Professional Students

Aim: To compare the health and hygienic practices among different types of professional students. Material and Methods: 300 professional students were randomly selected from different colleges at Kanpur for the purpose of this study. The subjects were from different professions namely physical education, medical and engineering. The subjects were ranging from 18 to 25 years. All the subjects had different environmental influence as they came from families of different economic status. A questionnaire method was employed to collect the relevant data regarding the health and hygienic practices among different types of professional students. The responses were tabulated and recorded as the raw scores for the analysis. The various responses received in terms of health and hygienic practices were analyzed using the descriptive technique of percentage. To test the hypothesis the level of significance was set at 0.05. The above statistical technique was analyzed Results: All the subjects are having knowledge of health education and they know the importance of health & hygiene, so they become more conscious about their health and possess good health & hygienic practices. They adopt health & hygienic practices as they want to keep themselves healthy & free from disease and health & hygienic practices makes a person more social & popular in society. Conclusion: there is positive health and hygienic practices among different types of professional students namely physical education, medical and engineering.