The study of the development of family hygiene education during the republic of China

Authors

  • Shuangye Zhao PHD, Research Center for History, Politics and International Affairs, The National University of Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia 43000 Author
  • Suffian Bin Mansor Doctoral Advisor, Research Center for History, Politics and International Affairs, The National University of Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia 43000 Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0887-8312

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56294/sctconf20251255

Keywords:

Family Hygiene Education, Republic of China (RoC), Sanitation, Education Programs

Abstract

Introduction: Family hygiene education relates between untidy living standards and sicknesses it offers more instructions how to avoid diseases. In the era of the Republic of China that characterized by tremendous social and political transformation, hygiene education (HE) became one of the important elements of public health. 
Objectives: The paper explores the transformation of family hygiene education in China, examining policies, practices, and community programs that influenced public health and individual health standards. 
Method: It adopted the historical analysis approach in records of educational curriculum, public health, and community papers would be analysed. Such sources prove useful in mapping the evaluation and results of the distribution of knowledge in the field of hygiene to communities and managing with threats pretended to their well-being. 
Result: According to research, family hygiene education played important role in tackling diseases and hygiene problems that were common at that time. The study found that hygiene programs significantly improved community health practices, increased health literacy among community members, and encouraged greater involvement in health-related matters. 
Conclusion: They used education to spread the concept of family hygiene as an essential instrument in developing public health and mapped out the principles from the República de China with appropriate social and historical contexts.. The present research offers important information on the evolution of hygiene education and its long-lasting relevance to people’s behavior

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2025-01-01

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Zhao S, Bin Mansor S. The study of the development of family hygiene education during the republic of China. Salud, Ciencia y Tecnología - Serie de Conferencias [Internet]. 2025 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Dec. 1];4:1255. Available from: https://conferencias.ageditor.ar/index.php/sctconf/article/view/1255