Academic management strategies to promote school hygiene in the Faculty of Philosophy

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the academic management strategies to promote school hygiene applied in the School of Philosophy, University of Guayaquil. Methodologically, a quantitative, descriptive, exploratory, field, non-experimental, cross-sectional research was developed. The population consisted of 7782 students enrolled in the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Educational Sciences, year 2020, a stratified random sampling was performed, using a confidence level of 95%, margin of error of 5%, obtaining 367 students for the sample, with a proportion for each stratum of 0.047. As a technique for data collection, the survey was used, through the application of a questionnaire, applied through Google Forms. The results show that, in the personal hygiene dimension, most of the students surveyed always attach importance to cleanliness of the body, hair and mouth, to wearing clean clothes and to washing their hands frequently. For the environmental hygiene dimension, it was found that most of the students considered that it is adequate; that is, the classrooms are clean or illuminated only sometimes, they do not have air conditioners with temperature control, and the sanitary rooms have soap and water. Among the results of the academic management variable in its strategy dimension, the majority of students said that their teachers never consider strategies to promote school hygiene.