Investigating the Quality and Improvement of Community Health as a Result of Personal Health Education

Abstract

 Personal hygiene is one of the most fundamental pillars of health promotion and disease prevention in human societies and plays a key role in reducing the burden of diseases, improving the quality of life, and increasing life expectancy. Observing the principles of personal hygiene includes body hygiene, regular hand washing, oral and dental care, water and food hygiene, observing hygiene principles in the living and working environment, and paying attention to physical activity, healthy nutrition, and adequate sleep. Personal hygiene education in schools is one of the basic pillars of advanced educational systems that plays a vital role in promoting individual and social health. This study examines the importance of personal hygiene education for students and its impact on the health of the community. The research method of this study is a review type and by analyzing reliable domestic and foreign sources, various dimensions of this education have been examined.The findings show that integrated personal health education programs, in addition to reducing infectious diseases in educational settings, increase awareness and change students' attitudes towards a healthy lifestyle. Also, by creating sustainable health habits, these trainings reduce medical costs at the macro level and improve community health indicators. In addition, the role of teachers and parents in promoting health concepts and the impact of modern educational methods, such as educational games and digital technologies, on sustainable learning of health skills have been examined. The results show that schools, as influential institutions in educating the next generation, should benefit from comprehensive and efficient programs for personal health education.It is suggested that educational policymakers, by developing and implementing new strategies, pay more attention to teaching health skills in order to increase students' health and form a healthier and more dynamic society.