GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT Personal hygiene is the principle of maintaining cleanliness and grooming of the body. It entails the way an individual cares for the body from head to toe to help preserve and protect the body from infections and to promote good health. Generally, hygiene is one of the silent victories of public health since it refers to practices whereby people maintain and promote good health by keeping themselves, their homes and surroundings clean. Proper home management must be practiced alongside personal hygiene in order to maintain a healthy and happy family. Home management is the art of utilizing all the resources which are available in the family to achieve healthy living and wellbeing. The woman is basically the home manager. This paper is introduced and discussed under subheadings like personal hygiene, issues on personal hygiene, importance of personal hygiene, types of personal hygiene, home management, process of home management, general steps in home management, etc. It is recommended among others that children should be taught personal hygiene and home management early in life so that as they grow up, they continue with the practices, to help them maintain good health and personal wellbeing, and become responsible members of the family and society. KEY WORDS: Personal Hygiene, Home Management