Personal hygiene is the practice of keeping your body clean, including your hands. Hygiene has aesthetic and moral (purity) dimensions in addition to health dimensions.1 Dating back to biblical times and beyond, societies have emphasized the importance of cleanliness of both people and the environment. Dirt was negatively construed, moving hygiene into the realm of […]
Author Archives: Susan Watt
Susan is an Emerita Professor of Social Work at McMaster University and an Adjunct Professor at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Her research is primarily at the intersection of health care and social policy fields, particularly in relation to maternal and newborn health in Canada and globally. Most recently her focus has been on the impact of WaSH policies and practice in LMICs and their impact on maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality. Additionally, she works on issues of interdisciplinary community-based education, research ethics, and gender equity.
