Good Hygiene
What hygiene tasks should you complete in the morning? Why are they important?
Shower, brush teeth, clean clothes, brush hair, wear deodorant
This is important to promote good physical, mental, and emotional health. This also helps prevent illness or germs affecting yourself or infecting others.
How long should you brush your teeth?
2 minutes each time, total of 4 minutes per day
Easy ways to reach 2 minutes:
- You could brush your teeth while listening to a 2 minute song
- Set a timer for 2 minutes
- Divide your mouth into sections and spend 30 seconds brushing each section.
How should you apply shampoo to your hair?
First by getting it wet, then apply shampoo, then scrub with your fingertips in small circles on your scalp
Benefits of washed hair:
- Removes oily build up, sweat, and other dirt
- Improves appearance of hair
- Helps with maintaining and styling hair
Is getting good sleep part of hygiene?
Yes, getting enough sleep is important for hygiene and it affects our body (our physical health), and our mental health
Tips for good sleep:
- Establish a good and consistent night routine
- Taking a shower before bed can help you sleep better
- Yoga or activities that promote relaxation can help you sleep better
How long should you wash your hands?
20 seconds
Tips to remind yourself:
- Sing for 20 seconds
- Set a timer for 20 seconds
- Count for 20 seconds
Is keeping your room clean part of good hygiene? What happens if you don't clean your room?
Yes! Germs and bacteria can live on surfaces, so it's very important to have a clean area. Having a clean room/area can enhance your mental health and improve anxiety/depressive symptoms.
Not cleaning your room can cause bacteria, germs, and odors to spread. This can also affected people who have asthma or respiratory illnesses.
True or False: Going to the dentist is another important part of having good oral hygiene
True: A dentist can help by checking if your teeth and gums are strong and healthy
Dentist can also help with tooth pains, aches, answering dental questions, and preventing gum/teeth damage.
True or False: If you use hair products like hair gel or hair spray, you should wash your hair really well
True: Products such as this can cause build up in your hair and cause your hair to be sticky, which requires extra care when washing
What happens if you don't:
- You could damage your hair
- Cause build up
-After using the bathroom
-When they are dirty
-Before cooking or eating
If I shower everyday, will it help me smell nice?
Yes, showering keeps your body clean and smelling nice
Showering daily can also improve:
- Acne and dandruff
- Remove bacteria and sweat
- Reduce risks to infections
When you sneeze, what should you do?
Cover your nose, sneeze in your elbow, and wash your hands
What happens when you don't:
- You could spread germs to staff and peers.
- You could spread germs in your living area and common spaces
- If you're sick, you could probably get someone else sick. (Where a mask)
How often should you brush your teeth?
At least 2x per day
How to remind yourself:
- Set a timer
- Make brushing your teeth apart of your morning and night routine.
- Pair brushing your teeth with another habit.
What happens if you have an accident? (Urinating yourself or throwing up on yourself)
- Put clothes, bedding, or both in laundry
- Take a shower
- Clean the surrounding area with disinfectant and wear gloves
- Clean up the waste
Is deodorant important? If so, why?
Yes, it helps prevent bad odors caused from sweat
Why does your body smell bad after sweating?
Body odor is caused by bacteria in the sweat on your skin
Ways to help remove body odor:
- Showering daily
- Applying deodorant daily
- Wash clothes that smell of body odor
Why is maintaining good hygiene important?
Good hygiene is important to maintain a healthy mental, physical, and emotional lifestyle. Good hygiene can help you and those around you from getting sick, by helping prevent the spread of infections, illnesses, and bad odors
Maintaining good hygiene can:
- Lower a risk of illness for you and others around you
- Boost your self-esteem
- Positively enhance social relationships
What is a tiny hole in your tooth called?
A cavity: a hole in your teeth caused from bacteria or plaque build up.
You can get a cavity from not brushing your teeth properly (especially after snacking) and irregular visits with dentists.
How can having poor hygiene affect our social relationships (friends, having a romantic relationship..)
It can cause others to not want to get close to us due to body odor and other smells that can occur when we don't take care of our bodies and our oral hygiene
To prevent:
- Shower daily and apply deodorant
- Perfume/Cologne after a shower can help
- Wear clean clothes
True or False: It's okay to share deodorant with others
False: This is how germs can spread
Is it okay to touch your face with dirty hands? What can happen? Is it okay to touch surfaces
Dirty hands can cause you to get sick by the germs (touching your mouth, putting your hands or other objects in your mouth), and can cause acne.
Touching surfaces with dirty hands can spread illness, germs, and dirt onto common spaces and appliances.
To prevent this:
- Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds
Poor hygiene can lead to infections, illness, social rejection, and low self-esteem. Poor hygiene can worsen negative mental health symptoms and lead to isolation.
Examples of poor hygiene:
- Not brushing teeth, not showering, not doing laundry, not washing hair/hands, not attending doctors/dentist appointments... (other examples?)
What happens if you don't brush your teeth?
- You can have bad breath
- You can get cavities
- You can get gingivitis (gum disease/bleeding of the gums)
- It can affect your physical health
- You may have to pay a dentist hundreds-thousands of dollars in dental care
What is personal hygiene:
A. Being dirty, smelly, and not doing anything about it
B. Taking care of someone else
C. Taking care of your body, cleaning yourself, getting regular dental and doctor check ups
C. Taking care of your body, cleaning yourself, getting regular dental and doctor check ups
True or False: If you get sweaty during the day playing or doing sports, you don't have to shower as long as you showered in the morning
False: Even if you showered in the morning, sweat and oils cause bacteria that gives off bad odors. It is a good idea to shower again.
What are some ways you can protect your skin?
- Wear sunscreen
- Showering and moisturizing with lotion
- Managing stress in a healthy way can improve skin as well