Study of hand washing practices in rural community of Pune, India

Pandve, Harshal T; Chawla, Paramjit; Giri, Purushottam A.; Fernandez, Kevin; Singru, Samir A

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20151560

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“…Another study conducted in Karnataka by Aithal et al found that 96.7% of respondents had knowledge regarding prevention of diseases with hand washing was. 21 All the mothers (100%) were practicing hand washing after defecation which was encouraging and similar to findings in the studies conducted by Pandve et al, Rafath et al, De et al and Ray et al [22][23][24][25] Most of the mothers i.e., 97.57% in this study were practicing hand washing before eating. These findings were comparable to the finding by De et al in which 95% of mothers were practicing hand washing before eating.…”

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“…Pandve et al and De et al observed that 80% and 74.67% of participants were using water with soap as medium of hand washing respectively which was comparable with the present study findings. 22,24 Many studies demonstrated that communities which practice hand washing with soap and water have less incidence of diarrhoea and respiratory disease. 5,13,30 In the present study significant association was found between medium of hand washing and episodes of diarrhoea and ARI in last 6 months amongst mothers under five children or other family members.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Pandve et al also found significant relationship between medium of hand washing and episodes of diahroea or URTI in last three months. 22 Borah et al and Freeman et al revealed that there was greater incidence of diarrhea amongst children of the mothers who didn't practice hand washing with soap and water. 28,31…”

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Hand washing practices amongst mothers of under-fives in an urban slum

Quazi¹,

Wadde²,

Nagaonkar³

2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Hand washing with soap is a cost-effective tool of disease prevention, but most of the time it is overlooked. Use of contaminated hands enhances transmission of germs into body causing ill-health. Mothers clean, prepare, serve and feed the food. If this is coupled with poor knowledge and practice of hand washing it increases risk to spread of diseases to self, other family members especially to under-fives. Present study was conducted to address this issue being a critical factor in disease prevention. The objective of the present study was to determine the knowledge and practices of hand washing amongst mothers of under-fives.Methods: Present cross sectional study was conducted at UHTC, field practice area of Community Medicine, GMC, Latur amongst mothers of under-fives visiting UHTC to avail health services. The data was collected in a predesigned, pretested questionnaire by interviewing them.Results: Out of 204 mothers, 38.24% were from the age group of 24-26 and majority i.e., 69.61% were housewives. 99.02% mothers were aware that unwashed hands can transmit the diseases. Most of the mothers told that clean hands reduces food and water contamination. Maximum i.e., 97.57% mothers washed hands before eating and 71.57% washed before cooking. All the mothers washed hands after visiting toilet. Most mothers used soap and water (85.3%) for hand washing. Significant numbers of mothers, under-fives and other members suffered from diarrhea in last six months (p<0.05).Conclusions: Hand washing practices need to be followed at all critical moments for prevention of the faeco-oral infections.

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Hand washing practices amongst mothers of under-fives in an urban slum

Quazi¹,

Wadde²,

Nagaonkar³

2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…27 Similar studies revealed from India showed that handwashing practice with soap was 79.49%. 28 Similarly, multiple studies showed that handwashing practice with soap was still challenging for universal practice. It is confirmed by the global prevalence of handwashing with soap was estimated nearly 1 among 5 19% with a systematic review after compiling 42 studies all over the world.…”

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Handwashing Practice and Its Predictors Among Mothers of Children Aged 0 to 23 Months in South Ethiopia: Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

Mekonen¹,

Admasie

Leka

et al. 2021

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Background: Maternal handwashing practice is an important measure to prevent the spreading of childhood disease. Handwashing is still being practiced to a very low extent especially at critical times since the global prevalence of handwashing with soap was estimated at 19% by a systematic review after compiling 42 studies all over the world. Objective: To assess the handwashing practice and its predictors among mothers of children aged 0 to 23 months in Mareka District, south Ethiopia, 2020. Method: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted with a multistage sampling technique on 520 women having children aged 0 to 23 months in Mareka District. Data were collected by using interviewer-administered pre-tested structured questionnaires. Data were checked for completeness and entered into Epi data entry 4.6.2. The data were exported into SPSS version 22 for analysis with multivariate logistic regression analysis at P < .05. Result: Mothers wash their hands with soap and water after visiting the latrine (27.1%), after cleaning the child’s bottom (28.5%), before cooking (6.2%), before eating (6.9%), and before feeding the child (21.2%). The most important predictors were water availability near the handwashing location with an adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 5.26 (95% CI 1.99-13.69) and soap availability near the handwashing location with AOR 0.40 (95% CI 0.18-0.89) for good handwashing practice. Conclusion: The handwashing practice at critical times was low. The presences of water and soap near the handwashing location were the most important predictors. It is necessary to increase the provision of both water and soap near the handwashing location for improving handwashing with soap and water at key times.

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“…In another study done by Pandve HT et al 10 Revealed that almost 80% of the study participants used water with soap for hand washing. Around 12% were using only water for hand washing.…”

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Study of knowledge and practices of hand washing among mothers having children under 5 years of age in urban field practicing area of Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Telangana, India

Begum

Bhavani

2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Hand washing: clean hand saves lives is defined as physical removal of microorganisms from the hands using soap (plain or antimicrobial) and running water. According to WHO estimates, 3.8 million children aged less than five die each year from diarrhoea and ARI. An estimated 88% of diarrheal deaths worldwide are attributable to unsafe water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene. Clean water and hand washing are viewed as the most cost effective intervention for preventing diarrheal diseases and ARIs. According to WHO, proper handwashing was defined as washing hands with soap and water (HWWS) thoroughly following the five critical ABSTRACT Background: Hand washing is viewed as most cost effective intervention for reducing global infections like diarrhoea, acute respiratory tract infections. According to WHO estimates, 3.8 million children aged less than five die each year from diarrhoea and ARI. WHO defines hand washing as washing hands with soap and water (HWWS) thoroughly following the five critical moments i.e. after defecation, after cleaning child's bottom who had defecated, before cooking, eating and feeding child. Objectives of the study was to study the socio demographic profile of mothers, to study the hand washing practices among mothers having children under 5 years of age and factors influencing them and to impart knowledge about the importance of hand washing Methods: A community based descriptive cross sectional study was undertaken on mothers randomly selected in rangampet, urban field practising area of KMC, Warangal. A total of 150 mothers were interviewed using a predesigned semi-structured questionnaire. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 22.00. Results: Mothers who washed their hands with soap and water after defecation (79.3%) and after cleaning child's bottom (82.7%) before cooking (44.7%), before eating (44.7%) and before feeding the child (41.3%). The women who didn't wash their hands properly (used only water) after defecation (20.7%) and after cleaning a child who has just defecated (17.3%) cited the absence of soap or water at the designated site of hand washing as the reason for not doing so. 78.7% have told that hand washing is important in prevention of diseases. 16.7% have given the response that they don't know the importance of hand washing. Conclusions: The study shows hand washing after critical moments is critically low. It can be suggested that interventions by educating target an increase in hand washing practices. Innovative social marketing approaches may help in adoption of proper hand washing behaviour.

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Study of hand washing practices in rural community of Pune, India

Cited by 11 publications

References 6 publications

Hand washing practices amongst mothers of under-fives in an urban slum

Hand washing practices amongst mothers of under-fives in an urban slum

Handwashing Practice and Its Predictors Among Mothers of Children Aged 0 to 23 Months in South Ethiopia: Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

Study of knowledge and practices of hand washing among mothers having children under 5 years of age in urban field practicing area of Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Telangana, India

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