1750/Woloszynek/Survey & Paper
Health Topic: Personal Hygiene
Subject A: Kate L., 7 years old, Willoughby, Student, 2nd Grade
Subject B: Lisa C., 31 years old, Willowick, School Psychologist, Master’s Degree
Subject C: Linda W., 63 years old, Concord, Medical Lab Technician, Associate’s Degree
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Questions: 1. Do you brush your teeth? How often? At what time? A. Yes, Twice a day, morning and before bed. B. Yes, Twice a day, morning and before bed. C. Yes, Twice a day, morning and night. 2. Do you take showers or bathes? How often? Morning or night? A. Bathes, 4 times a week, after dinner, but not on Fridays. B. Showers, once a day, 7 days of the week, mornings. …show more content…
Subject A was the only subject that regularly took bathes, whereas subjects B and C took primarily showers. Subjects B and C also predominantly took their showers in the morning compared to subject A, who took their bathes in the evenings. It appeared that hand washing was related to daily job duties. Subject C would wash their hands the most. This might be related to the testing and handling of different substances throughout the day as a medical professional. In contrast, subject A only washed their hands when they needed to, with subject B working in the education field washed her hands an average of 5-10 times a day. It seemed that trimming nails with trimmers was a similarity between subjects B and C on a weekly basis. Subject A’s response was in my opinion, a typical child’s answer of only biting them when they needed it. The question of washing bath towels and bedding was met with almost identical answers for subjects B and C. Both subjects agreed once a week they wash their bath towels, and wash their bedding about every three weeks. Subject A’s response to this question was simply that her Mother did those