Relationship between handwashing practices and infectious diseases in Korean students / 農村醫學 地域保健
Journal of Agricultural Medicine & Community Health
; : 206-220, 2015.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-719942
Responsible library:
WPRO
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between practice and infectious diseases in elementary, middle and high school students.METHODS:
In 16 metropolitan cities and province of the Korea, the students who from fourth grade of elementary school to third grade of high school were surveyed by personal interviews and an web-based online survey from 5 to 25 September, 2014. We analyzed data with chi-square test and logistic regression analysis.RESULTS:
Common cold, diarrhea, and eye infections were more prevalent among students in higher grade than lower grade. In particular, common cold was more prevalent among girls than boys, using hand sanitizer than washing with soaps, and students who wash the dorsal side of hand than not wash the dorsal side of hand.CONCLUSIONS:
Higher-grade students showed low status of hand washing practice. Hand washing was determined as the fact which influences to increase the prevention of communicable disease such as common cold. Considering the fact that youth groups have higher risk of being infected due to their group life, schools are recommended to provide adequate educations regarding proper hand washing practice with soap.
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Health context:
SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
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Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Target 3.3: End transmission of communicable diseases
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Diarrhea
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Neglected Diseases
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Soaps
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Eye Infections
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Logistic Models
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Hand Disinfection
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Communicable Diseases
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Common Cold
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Diarrhea
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Hand
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Korea
Type of study:
Risk factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Agricultural Medicine & Community Health
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article