Background: Depression is an illness that involves the body, mind, and, thoughts that affect the way a person eats, sleep, feels about him/ her and thinks about things. Objectives: The study aimed to assess knowledge, attitude and practice among girls in schools toward Depression, King Saudi Arabia, Khamis Maushyt, the Governate of Aseer Region. Methods: Community based cross–sectional descriptive study was conducted in Khamis Mushayt School to identify knowledge, attitude and practice among girls towards depression. A total of 207 students (girls) were involved in the study. They were selected by using simple random sampling techniques. Data were collected through a questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS software version 20. Result: The study showed that 180 (87%) students knew what depression means, 151(72.9%) of study group did not feel depressed, while 79 (38.2%) of the study group sometimes felt lonely. In the study, 50 (24.2%) of students go to the physician when they feel depressed and 53 (25.6%) students in the study group think that depression has medical treatment while 109 (52.7%) of study group believed that depression might have other treatment such as Holy Qur’an. Conclusion: There is a need for a national intervention program to promote of adolescent mental health in schools. The program should include the screening of students using psychometric scales.

Background: Personal hygiene is the behaviors that must be practiced in daily life, starting from morning to sleep time to protect our health. Objectives: The current study aimed to assess personal hygiene practices among Primary School Pupils in Umbada Locality, Khartoum state, Sudan (2018-2020). Materials and methods: An observational interventional study was conducted where a pre- and post-assessment was done. Pre-test and post-test intervention was used to determine the practices of hygiene among primary school Pupils in some selected schools of Umbada locality al emir unit. The targeted population was primary school Pupils in Government schools only. The study populations were the pupils in the Primary public schools by a total number of 37850 Pupils (grade 5, grade 6 and grade7) distributed among 180 public primary schools in the locality. The sample size were consist of (800) pupils during the period of the study. A pre- and post- questionnaire was carefully prepared, tested and directed to the pupils. It covers pupil’s age, sex, and the classroom; source of water supply and latrine in the house there, and to obtain data regarding knowledge, attitude, and practices (as regards personal hygiene in both pre and post intervention phases.  Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences SPSS Computer Program Version (19.0).  Results: The study revealed that the overall practice of pupils, about personal hygiene was increased from 39% to 61% after intervention of health education sessions.  Conclusion: Health education has significant role in promoting the practice of school pupils regarding personal hygiene. Moreover, motivational approaches and programs to encourage children about their primacy personal hygiene should be adopted and implemented.

Background: Personal hygiene is the behaviors that must be practiced in daily life, starting from morning to sleep time to protect our health. Objectives: The current study aimed to assess personal hygiene practices among Primary School Pupils in Umbada Locality, Khartoum state, Sudan (2018-2020). Materials and methods: An observational interventional study was conducted where a pre- and post-assessment was done. Pre-test and post-test intervention was used to determine the practices of hygiene among primary school Pupils in some selected schools of Umbada locality al emir unit. The targeted population was primary school Pupils in Government schools only. The study populations were the pupils in the Primary public schools by a total number of 37850 Pupils (grade 5, grade 6 and grade7) distributed among 180 public primary schools in the locality. The sample size were consist of (800) pupils during the period of the study. A pre- and post- questionnaire was carefully prepared, tested and directed to the pupils. It covers pupil’s age, sex, and the classroom; source of water supply and latrine in the house there, and to obtain data regarding knowledge, attitude, and practices (as regards personal hygiene in both pre and post intervention phases.  Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences SPSS Computer Program Version (19.0).  Results: The study revealed that the overall practice of pupils, about personal hygiene was increased from 39% to 61% after intervention of health education sessions.  Conclusion: Health education has significant role in promoting the practice of school pupils regarding personal hygiene. Moreover, motivational approaches and programs to encourage children about their primacy personal hygiene should be adopted and implemented.

Background: Depression is an illness that involves the body, mind, and, thoughts that affect the way a person eats, sleep, feels about him/ her and thinks about things. Objectives: The study aimed to assess knowledge, attitude and practice among girls in schools toward Depression, King Saudi Arabia, Khamis Maushyt, the Governate of Aseer Region. Methods: Community based cross–sectional descriptive study was conducted in Khamis Mushayt School to identify knowledge, attitude and practice among girls towards depression. A total of 207 students (girls) were involved in the study. They were selected by using simple random sampling techniques. Data were collected through a questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS software version 20. Result: The study showed that 180 (87%) students knew what depression means, 151(72.9%) of study group did not feel depressed, while 79 (38.2%) of the study group sometimes felt lonely. In the study, 50 (24.2%) of students go to the physician when they feel depressed and 53 (25.6%) students in the study group think that depression has medical treatment while 109 (52.7%) of study group believed that depression might have other treatment such as Holy Qur’an. Conclusion: There is a need for a national intervention program to promote of adolescent mental health in schools. The program should include the screening of students using psychometric scales.

Background:  Personal hygiene is the behaviors that must be practiced in daily life, starting from morning to sleep time to protect our health. Objectives: The current study aimed to assess personal hygiene attitudes among Primary School Pupils in Umbada Locality, Khartoum state, Sudan (2018-2020). Materials and methods: An observational interventional study was conducted besides a pre- & post-assessment was done. Pre-test and post-test intervention was used to determine the practices of  hygiene among primary school Pupils in some selected schools of Umbada locality Alaemir unit. The targeted populations were primary school Pupils in Government schools only.  The study populations were the pupils in the Primary public schools by a total number of 37850 Pupils (grade 5, grade 6 and grade7) distributed among 180 public primary schools in the locality. The sample size   consisted of (800) pupils during the period of the study. A pre- and post- questionnaire was carefully prepared, tested and directed to the pupils. It covers pupil’s age, sex, and the classroom., source of water supply and latrine in the house there, and to obtain data regarding knowledge, attitudes, and practices (as regards personal hygiene in both pre and post intervention phases. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences SPSS Computer Program Version (19.0).  Results: The study revealed that the overall attitude of pupils, about personal hygiene was increased from 45.8% to 54.2 % after intervention of health education sessions.  Conclusion: Health education has a significant role in promoting attitude of school pupils regarding personal hygiene. The need for more health education concerning personal hygiene to ensure that all children learn at an early age how to protect themselves and others from preventable exposure to  illness and other hazards related to poor hygiene. This can be carried out through formal (as a part of the curriculum) and informal health education messages.