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Publication Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Personal Hygiene among Grade Nine and Ten Students in Government School of Jumla(Nepal Health Research Council, 2024) Neupane, Pratima; Panta, Prem Prasad; K.C, Shreejana; Padhaya, Ramesh Raj; Bhattarai, Preeti; Lama, NishantBackground: Personal hygiene is crucial for a healthy life, especially for school children who are more susceptible to diseases due to poor hygiene. This study was design to determine the existing knowledge, attitude and practice of personal hygiene among secondary students of grade nine and ten of a government school of Jumla. Methods: A school-based cross-sectional study was conducted in a Government Secondary school situated in a rural area of Jumla. A total of 368 adolescent girls and boys from classes nine and ten were included. Data were collected using pre-tested, self-administered questionnaires and analyzed with SPSS version 16. The Chi-square test was applied to compare the proportions of quantitative variables. Results: Among the 368 students, 43.3% were male and 52.7% were female, with a mean age of 14.98 ± 1.34 years. The study found that 94.8% had good knowledge, 82.3% had a positive attitude towards personal hygiene, and 63.6% practiced good personal hygiene. Participants with a positive attitude towards personal hygiene demonstrated a higher percentage of good hygiene practices. However, there was no statistically significant association between knowledge and attitude on personal hygiene. Conclusions: The study revealed that the majority of the students had a good level of personal hygiene knowledge. Boys appeared to be more knowledgeable than the girls; though these knowledge and attitude were not reflected in their practices. The study proposed that health education should focus on enhancing the attitude and practice to improve hygiene among rural youth. Keywords: Attitude; knowledge; personal hygiene; practices; rural government school.Publication Prevalence of Abuse and its Associated Factors among Elder Population Living in Kawasoti Municipality of Nepal(Central Department of Public Health, 2024) Kafle, Bharat; Bhattarai, Preeti; Shrestha, Aman; Aryal, Umesh Raj; Joshi, Lok Raj; Amgain, Kapil; Koirala, Sagar; Sanjel, SeshanandaAbstract Background: Elder abuse is a growing public health problem. To tackle the elder issues World Health Organization, declare for the decade of healthy ageing from 2020 to 2030, where Nepal is not exception from this goal. Thus, the study aims to assess the prevalence of abuse and its associated factors among elder population living in Kawasoti Municipality. Methods: A community based cross sectional study was conducted, taking 422 elders who were 60 years and above. The face-to-face interviews were conducted from October 2018 to January 2019. The collected data were entered into EpiData 3.1 and was exported to SPSS 26 version. The logistic regression was performed to measure associated between overall abuse and its covariates. Results: The overall prevalence of elder abuse was 43.8% and caregiver neglect was the most reported form of elder abuse. Study found that nuclear family [OR=0.42, 95% CI;0.18-0.97], illiterate [OR: 2.01, 95% CI; 1.11-3.96], family members have no migrated to another country [OR=0.57, 95% CI; 0.33-0.97], health condition was bad [OR= 1.92, 95% CI; 1.15-3.21], elder who did not depend on their daily activities on family members [OR=0.25, 95% CI; 0.12-0.52], and those who had consumed tobacco [OR= 1.91, CI; 1.19-3.06] were associated with elder abuse. Conclusion: The finding suggests that good health, a nuclear family, literacy, family members not migrated to another country, and independence in daily activities strongly reduce elder abuse. To address this, it is essential to implement awareness programs, and ageing population for their economic sustainability activities, and healthy and active aging life.