Which term best matches the definition: The practice of health rules by an individual to safeguard his own health and the health of others?

• A. Personal hygiene
• B. Sanitation
• C. Communicable disease
• D. ORM

Answer: (A)

Personal hygiene is about the daily practices an individual uses to stay clean and healthy and to reduce the spread of illness to others. This includes actions like washing hands properly, bathing, brushing teeth, keeping nails tidy, wearing clean clothes, and covering coughs or sneezes. These habits directly protect both oneself and the people around you. Sanitation refers to community-level measures and facilities (like clean water systems and waste disposal), not an individual's daily health practices. A communicable disease is the illness itself that can be transmitted, not the behavior of practicing health rules. ORM isn’t related to personal health behaviors. So the term that best fits the definition is personal hygiene.