Investigation and analysis of infant’s hand hygiene behavior in Huzhou urban childcare institutions / 中国学校卫生

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To investigate hand hygiene of children in kindergartens in Huzhou City, so as to provide basis for improving hand hygiene and conduct health education on hand hygiene related diseases.@*Methods@#A total of 343 children in 6 kindergartens in two districts of Huzhou City were observed by stratified cluster random sampling and observation.@*Results@#A total of 1 042 hand hygiene indications and 886 hand washing (85.03%). The overall hand-washing qualification rate was 53.35%. Within different kindergartens, children in the lowest level kindergartens had poor hand washing habits. There was a positive correlation between levels of kindergarten and children’s hand washing habits. Boys’ hand washing habits were relatively poor, 45.35 percent of boys’ had substandard hand washing habits, which was only 19.88 percent of girl. The hand hygiene behavior of children in primary class was better than that of middle class. The proportion of substandard hand washing of children in primary class and middle class was 23.13% and 39.80% respectively.@*Conclusion@#There is a big promotion space of hand hygiene habits of children in kindergartens, so it is necessary to strengthen compliance with hand hygiene and cultivate correct hand hygiene habits.