ASSESSMENT OF PRACTICE OF TOILET INFECTION PREVENTIVEMEASURES AMONG BOARDING SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS INNORTH EAST, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study assessed the practice of toilet infection preventive measures among boarding secondary school students
in North East, Nigeria. To achieve this purpose, descriptive survey research design was used. The population for
this study was twenty-five thousand seven hundred and seventy-three (25,773) female students in boarding
secondary schools across North-East Nigeria. The sample size of 378 was selected using multistage sampling
procedures which include stratified, simple random, purposive, and proportionate sampling. The instrument for
data collection was a structured questionnaire developed by the researcher. The instrument was pilot-tested using
Cronbach Alpha and a 0.851 coefficient value was obtained. The Descriptive statistics of frequency and simple
percentages were used to analyze the demographic characteristics of the respondents. The research question was
answered using mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics of one-sampled t-test was used to test the
stated hypothesis at a 0.05 level of significance. The result revealed that the practice of toilet infection preventive
measures is significant (t = 15.351; p = 0.000). Based on the results, the study concluded that boarding secondary
school students in North East, Nigeria practice toilet infection preventive measures. Based on the conclusion, the
study recommends among others the need for the school administrators to implement comprehensive educational
programmes to reinforce and maintain the high level of knowledge among boarding secondary school students in
North East, Nigeria regarding toilet infection preventive measures.