Health and Hygiene Practices in the Rural Areas

Abstract

Personal hygiene and good habits are important aspects of community hygiene. Community health invariability depends on health and habits of people. But it is observed everywhere in rural areas that most of the people do not take care of their personal and house hygiene. Rural housing is far from satisfactory. Most of the houses in rural areas are Kachcha houses. There is no separate living space for all. We hardly find separate bathrooms, latrines and kitchens. There is no drainage system and we find open drains, which are blocked with mud and filth. It is worst when children for defecation every morning use community drains. This renders the rural environment smelling foul. Most of the people in rural areas hardly take note of the importance of hygiene and health.