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Health Habits Research Paper

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HEALTH CONSCIOUSNESS AMONG WOMEN POLICE CONSTABLES IN MADURAI DISTRICT
DR.C.SUBBULAKSHMI
Assistant Professor
Women’s Studies Centre
Madurai Kamaraj University
Madurai-625 021. drcsws@gmail.com 9865575578
ABSTRACT
Good health habits are those which help us to maintain good health and live further healthier and happier lives. There are some habits which should be cultivated by everybody-regulars exercise, regularity in the matter of sleep and rest period, optimistic attitude towards life. A lack of health consciousness can cause many health problems. People who do not bath regularly are more susceptible to fungus infection such as jock itch, athlete’s feet or toenail fungus infections. In this study, Investigator feels that women police constables …show more content…

Marital Status, Nativity, Family Type, Doing Family Work and Educational …show more content…

To measure the level of Health Consciousness among Women Police Constables in Madurai district.
2. To find out whether there is significant difference Health Consciousness among Women Police Constables in Madurai district in terms of select independent variables.
HYPOTHESIS OF THE STUDY Each of the population variables involved in this study exerts a significant influence on Health Consciousness among Women Police Constables in Madurai district.
METHODOLOGY IN BRIEF
Design : Descriptive, Method : Normative ,Technique : Survey
Sample : A random sample of 130 Women Police Constables from Madurai district with due representation to the variables, viz. Marital Status, Nativity, Family Type, Doing Family Work and Educational Qualification.
TOOLS USED
1. General Information Sheet structured by Subbulakshmi, C.(2014).
2. Health Consciousness Scale structured by Subbulakshmi, C.(2014).
STATISTICAL TREATMENTS ‘t’-test for significance of difference between the means of large independent samples.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
Health Consciousness among Women Police Constables in Madurai

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