ArticleBioMed research international2019
An Institution-Based Assessment of Students' Hand Washing Behavior.
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- Improving WASH facilities and practices in Bangladeshi schools: progress and challenges from 2014 to 2018.Global health action · 2025Article
- A Review of the Difficulties Faced by Low and Middle-income Countries in Hygiene and Healthcare Practices.Infectious disorders drug targets · 2025Review
- Understanding the impact of different hand drying methods on viral aerosols formation and surface contamination in indoor environments.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Factors associated with hand washing effectiveness: an institution-based observational study.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2023Observational
- Hand hygiene during the spread of COVID-19: a cross-sectional study of awareness and practices among academic institutions in Lebanon.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Handwashing Practice of Food Establishment Customers, Microbial Quality of Handwashing Water, and Associated Factors in Ginjo Kebele, Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia.Environmental health insights · 2022Article
- A modified hand washing method for resource limited settings.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Washing Hands according to the WHO Guideline since the COVID-19 Outbreak in the Context of Medical Undergraduates at a Tertiary Care Center: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundHand hygiene is cost-effective and has been recognized as an effective measure in the control of communicable diseases. The main aim of this study is to evaluate the hand washing knowledge, practices, and skills of students in both private and public institutions of higher learning.
methodsThis was an institution-based cross-sectional study that included a mix of 577 university students from different disciplines (49.6% males and 50.4% females) with a mean age of 21.8 ± 3.5 years. Departments were selected at random, and the quota sampling technique was used to select the study participants. Hand washing knowledge, practices, and skills scores were assessed using a structured questionnaire. The differences in scores were further quantified across different factors using multiple quantile regression analysis.
resultsThe prevalence of hand washing with soap was 10.7%. Also, the majority of the study participants (75.2%) had a poor hand washing practices score. Age ≥29 years was associated with a 6.3% lower median hand washing knowledge score (
conclusionsEducational interventions need to be carried out to create awareness of the importance of hand washing and also to enhance the hand washing knowledge, practices, and skills of university students.
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