Question

The science that looks at how individuals perform work and what body movements, tools and equipment benefit the health and comfort of the salon professional and client is called:

Select one:
a. economics
b. ergonomics
c. public hygiene
d. personal hygiene

Answer 1

D : Personal Hygiene

The science that looks at how body movements, positions, tools and equipment affect you and your client's health and comfort is known as hygiene.

Answer 2

The science that deals with the study of working conditions as perform, body movements, tools and equipment to benefit health is called ergonomics (option b).

Step-by-step explanation:

Each work, such as the one done in a salon professional, must have ideal conditions, physical environment, adequate tools and way of doing the job that allow a worker to do an optimal job and maintain health. Ergonomics ensures that this is fulfilled.

Ergonomics adapts the working conditions to the physical, anatomical, functional and psychological characteristics of a worker who performs it. For this reason it is in charge of suggesting the design of a workplace, type of work and tools that do not affect the health of the human being.

Other options are not correct because:

• a. Economics: has to do with money management and exchange of goods and services.
• c. Public hygiene: is related to cleaning and sanitation practices to maintain the health of a community.
• d. Personal hygiene: individual cleaning and care practices as a social requirement and to avoid illness.