Vol. 2, Issue 1, Part A (2025)

The promotion of personal hygiene among primary school children has broad implications for preventing communicable diseases, enhancing school attendance, and improving overall health. Research indicates that despite awareness programmes, children often fail to translate knowledge into consistent hygiene practices. For instance, school based interventions have produced improvements in knowledge and practice of hygiene behaviors, including handwashing, nail cutting and bathing ^{[1,  2,  3,  4]}. This research titled “Effectiveness of Illustrated Hygiene Booklets in Improving Personal Hygiene among Primary School Children” investigates whether the distribution and guided use of illustrated hygiene booklets in primary schools can significantly increase the hygiene knowledge and self-reported hygiene practices of children aged 6-11 years. The objectives are to assess pre intervention knowledge and practice levels, deliver the illustrated booklet intervention, and evaluate post intervention changes. The hypothesis is that children who receive the illustrated hygiene booklet will demonstrate greater improvement in personal hygiene knowledge and practices than children who receive standard verbal instruction alone. Through a quasi-experimental design with pre and post-tests, the research addresses a gap in the literature concerning low cost, visually rich educational tools tailored for younger children, especially in resource constrained settings. Results will inform school health education strategies and may guide curriculum development for hygiene promotion.