2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.09.007
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Gender and ethnic differences in hand hygiene practices among college students

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“…Economic status and availability of water were significantly associated with hand hygiene among both caregivers and children in rural Bangladesh. 19 Among university students in the USA 21 and Ghana, 22 females performed better handwashing practice than males. A high level of knowledge about diseases that can be transmitted by hand was found to be a protective factor for handwashing behaviour, and was also a mediator of other factors such as level of education.…”
Section: Characteristicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Economic status and availability of water were significantly associated with hand hygiene among both caregivers and children in rural Bangladesh. 19 Among university students in the USA 21 and Ghana, 22 females performed better handwashing practice than males. A high level of knowledge about diseases that can be transmitted by hand was found to be a protective factor for handwashing behaviour, and was also a mediator of other factors such as level of education.…”
Section: Characteristicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Regarding hand washing, the present study revealed that nurses practice inadequate frequency of hand washing. Anderson et al emphasized that hand washing is the most effective way of preventing the spread of infectious diseases 12 . A study done by Knight and Bodsworth shows that the good practices were also found among nurses in Australia as they put on gloves when handling blood/ blood equipment, urine and feces 13 .…”
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“…17 Çalışmada yatılı ilköğretim öğrencilerinin temizlik ve hijyen algıları cinsiyet değişkeni açısından incelendiğinde Kahveci ve Demirtaş (2012)'ın yaptığı çalışmayla çalışmamız paralellik göstermeyip kız öğrencilerile erkek öğrenciler arasında temizlik algısında anlamlı farklılık olmadığı istatistiksel olarak saptanmıştır. 16 Öğrencilerin kişisel hijyen davranışlarının incelendiği başka çalışmalarda da kız öğrencilerin vücut temizliği uygulamalarının daha iyi olduğu [18][19][20][21][22] ve erkek öğrencilere göre daha sık banyo yaptıkları belirlenmiştir 23,24 . Bu sonucun, öğrencilerin büyük çoğunluğunun yatılı kalmasından ve okulun banyo yapma, temizlik imkan ve saatelerinin tümöğrenciler için aynı olmasından kaynaklandığı düşünülmektedir.…”
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