ABSTRACT
The study examined
the practice of hostel sanitation and its health impact on students. The study
explored the knowledge, attitudes and practices of sanitation among hostel
users at University of Jos in the College of education zuba. The study revealed
that hostel users lack the requisite knowledge on good hygiene and improved
hostel sanitation practices. As a result, they do not see the issue of improved
sanitation as a current priority. They also failed to change their current
lifestyles that seemed to worsen the sanitation situation. Besides, they do not
seem accountable for keeping a clean school environment. There is, therefore,
the urgent need to educate hostel users to have the necessary information that
will enable them change their current bad attitudes for effective and efficient
practices toward improved sanitation.
Measures must also be put in place by the Local Authority to provide
basic waste collection bins to ensure clean school for good revenue generation.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1
BACKGROUND
OF THE STUDY:-
World Health
Organization defined sanitation as the means of collecting and disposing
excreta and community liquids, waste in a hygienic way. So as not to endanger
the health and welfare and also for the social and environmental effects, it
may have on people; people have been suffering from one disease to another
without knowing the problems of their illness, the situation and due to
distress or dirty environment. Cleanliness is next to Godliness. Similarly,
Iheke (2010) sees sanitation as the process of keeping places clean and
hygienic especially by providing a sewage system and a clean water supply.
Sanitation refers to all conditions that affects the health of people in a
geographical area. Billions of people still live without access to sanitation facilities
and are unable to practice such basic hygienic as washing their hands with soap
and water.
There has been considerable awareness of water supply in
institution, but the problems of excreta and waste disposal have receive less
attention. In University of Jos , every where is littered with pure water
polythene, pieces of papers and so on, without proper disposal. In order to
focus attention of these problems. Sanitation exercise should be done daily to
keep the environment clean by employing labourers that will help keep the
school clean. Environments should be formulated in order to kill dangerous
animals like snake, scorpion etc.
In school hostels, there are problems of over-crowding and
these affects the health of the students in the hostel. More than 200 students
share four (4) toilets. Mostly girls in hostel have inadequate sanitation
facilities. With this premise, the researchers seek to find out the implication
of hostel sanitation practices on students health in University of Jos .
Inadequate sanitation and water in school jeopardize not only the students
health but also their attendance. Girls in particular area likely to be kept
out of school, if there is no sanitation. Seminars should be organized in
institutions to help educate students more, especially girls in the hostel on
menstrual hygiene, sanitation hygienic practices, cleanliness in the
surroundings. To make everywhere conducive for teaching and learning, lack of
skills and this have hindered the educational prospects of girls residing in
the hostel. Flies petch on dirts, toilet etc and later petch on uncovered foods
and all this are dangerous to human health.
1.2
STATEMENTS
OF PROBLEM:-
Control of pests, waste disposal had become a problem in our
environment because of poor hostel sanitation practices. Diseases related to
poor sanitation and water availability causes many people to die of sickness
like cholera, diarrhea, malaria, typhoid which damages the body tissues.
However, it is not clear on the extent in which school management and student
union government (SUG) have contributed in curbing poor hostel sanitation
practices. The problem of this study is to find out the strategies which could
be employ to provide facilities to students to reduce dirtiness.
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY:-
The purpose of this study is to find
out the implication of hostel sanitation practices on students health in University
of Jos. Specifically this study was to:
1 To examine the causes of poor hostel sanitation practices in school.
1 To examine the causes of poor hostel sanitation practices in school.
2
To examine the level of hostel sanitation practices in school.
3
To examine the effects of hostel sanitation practices on students health.
4
To examine the relationship between hostel sanitation practices and implication
on students health.
5
To suggest strategies that could be employed to improve hostel sanitation
practices in school.
6
To examine the extent in which the school management have contributed in
providing facilities that will enhance hostel sanitation practices.
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The findings of this study will enable the students in University
of Jos, to better understand and cultivate a clean environment because
cleanliness is next to Godliness. The finding will help the following people:
The students to know the needs of hygiene or health practices, because cleanliness in next to Godliness and also enable to have a sound health, if sanitation is practiced by the students, sickness and diseases will be reduced.
To the school management: The findings will help the school management to provide adequate facilities that will enable the labourers to keep the environment clean and tidy, also provide fund for buying disinfectant and Antiseptic, and also paying the labourers.
The students to know the needs of hygiene or health practices, because cleanliness in next to Godliness and also enable to have a sound health, if sanitation is practiced by the students, sickness and diseases will be reduced.
To the school management: The findings will help the school management to provide adequate facilities that will enable the labourers to keep the environment clean and tidy, also provide fund for buying disinfectant and Antiseptic, and also paying the labourers.
Government:- The findings will help the government, to
formulate a policies that will enable their follow students keep the
environment clean and regulations on the school. Also they serve as a mediator
between the management and the students.
1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS:
In order to find answers to the objective
of this study, the researchers formulated the following research questions.
1
what are the causes of poor hostel sanitation practices in school.
2
what is the level of hostel sanitation practices in school.
3
what is the effects of hostel sanitation
practices on students health.
4
what is the relationship between hostel sanitation practices and implication on
students health.
5
what are strategies that could be employed to improve hostel sanitation
practices in school.
6
what is the extent in which the school management have contributed in providing
facilities that will enhance hostel sanitation practices.
1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The scope of the study was delimited to determining the
implication of sanitation practice in student’s health in schools especially
those in hostel in University of Jos.
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