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Hostel Sanitation Practices And Its Effect On Student’s Health
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1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Knowing fully the importance of
cleanliness, sanitation and its effect on one’s health, one still find
that the school hostels in Nigeriauniversities are very dirty. It
becomes necessary to find out to what extent particularly students, in
the universities are involved in hostel environmental sanitation
considering the increase in the prevalence of diseases that are hygiene
related However, thisresearchwill focus on the examination of the hostel
sanitation practices using the University of Calabar as a case study,
and the its effect on the health of students.This study will also find
out how to encourage hostel sanitation practices amongst the students.
This study will be approached by identify the mechanism adopted in
ensuring the cleanliness of the students hostel both by the management
and students themselves. This study will also analyze the frequency of
student illnesses that can be associated poor sanitary practices as way
of identifying the effect of hostel sanitary practices on student’s
health.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF STUDY
The general objective of
this study is to analyze the concept of hostel sanitation practices and
its effect on student’s health in the University of Calabar. The
specific objectives are to;
1. To identify the hostel sanitation practices in University of Calabar
2. To examine the effect of hostel sanitation practices on student’s health in the University of Calabar
3. To examine the effectiveness of hostel sanitation practices in the University of Calabar
4. To identify the challenges facing hostel sanitation practices in the University of Calabar
5. To examine the view of students towards hostel sanitation practices in the University of Calabar
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. What are the hostel sanitation practices in University of Calabar?
2. What is the effect of hostel sanitation practices on student’s health in the University of Calabar?
3. What is the effectiveness of hostel sanitation practices in the University of Calabar?
4. What are the challenges facing hostel sanitation practices in the University of Calabar?
5. What are the views of students towards hostel sanitation practices in the University of Calabar?
1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
HO1: There is no significant effect of hostel sanitation practices on students’ health in the University of Calabar
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
The following are the significance of this study:
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The outcome of this research will create awareness to both the general
public and students staying in any tertiary institution hostel about the
effect of hostel sanitation practices on their health.
2.
This research will be a contribution to the body of literature in the
area of the hostel sanitation practices and its effect on student’s
health, thereby constituting the empirical literature for future
research in the subject area.
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