2015
DOI: 10.5455/ijmsph.2015.2809201430
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Developing students' hand hygiene behaviors in a primary school from Turkey: A school-based health education study

Abstract: Background: Hand hygiene is a cheap, simple, and an effective method that is necessarily implemented in crowded areas such as schools where infectious diseases can spread easily. Objective: To improve hand hygiene of students from grade 6 to 8 in a primary school from Canakkale, Turkey. Materials and Methods: This research was conducted in the educational year of 2012-2013 in a primary school, Kepez, Canakkale, Turkey. The subjects consisted of 185 primary school students from grade 6 to 8. Of these, 161 (part… Show more

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“…This is consistent with another study in Turkey which revealed that students whose fathers had a high school degree or higher education had better hand washing skills as compared to those whose fathers had only primary school education. (35) In Jordan, 39.3% of school children aged 6 -12 did not always wash their hands before eating (36) compared to only 25% in the present study. In addition, findings of the current study also suggest that parental (particularly paternal) education plays a role in this skill.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 68%
“…This is consistent with another study in Turkey which revealed that students whose fathers had a high school degree or higher education had better hand washing skills as compared to those whose fathers had only primary school education. (35) In Jordan, 39.3% of school children aged 6 -12 did not always wash their hands before eating (36) compared to only 25% in the present study. In addition, findings of the current study also suggest that parental (particularly paternal) education plays a role in this skill.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 68%
“…A statistically significant difference was detected between the first practice, which was made before training, and the second and third practices, which were made after training, in terms of hand washing skill development (p < 0.001). After the training, hand-washing skill scores showed a significant increase than before-training skill scores in both female and male students (p < 0.001) 4 . Another similar cross-sectional observational study was conducted among school going children (6th, 7th & 8th standard) of two rural government high school involving all 168 students in rural Government Schools of Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 85%
“…Clean finger tips, rinse hands with water, and dry with disposable paper towel. The paper towel is used to turn off the faucet and trashed after the process without touching the trash (Cevizci et al, 2015).…”
Section: Pre-wash and Hand Washing Proceduresmentioning
confidence: 99%