Hand washing and occurrence of diarrhoea and acute respiratory tract infection.
| dc.contributor.author | Aye Mon Mon Kyaw | |
| dc.contributor.author | Win Myint Oo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Aye Mya Aung | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-03T07:49:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-11-03T07:49:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-06-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This cross-sectional study done in 2014 explored the hand-washing practice and its relation with the occurrence of acute diarrhoea and acute respiratory tract infection (ARI) among grades 9 and 10 students from No.1 Basic Education High School, North Okkalapa Township, Yangon Region. Altogether 380 students were selected: inclusive of 190 students from ninth grade and the same number of students from tenth grade by using multistage sampling procedure. Anonymous self-administered questionnaires were used in data collection. Results indicated that only 19.7% (95% CI = 15.9%, 24.1%) of students reported proper handwashing practices. The occurrence of acute diarrhoea and ARI among students within last three months were reported as 40.8% (95% CI = 35.9%, 45.8%) and 98.2% (95% CI = 96.2%, 99.2%), respectively. There were statistically significant associations between age (p = 0.002), gender (p =0.002), grade (p = 0.001), socio-economic status (p = 0.05) and practice of hand-washing. Moreover,proper hand-washing practice significantly influenced the occurrence of acute diarrhoea (p =0.001) and occurrence of ARI (p = 0.004) among students. Therefore, the enabling environment for hand-washing should be created for children at school as well as in their home settings. This may lead the children to adopt and sustain proper hand washing-practice in regular manner. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 80p. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Aye Mon Mon Kyaw, Win Myint Oo, Aye Mya Aung. Hand washing and occurrence of diarrhoea and acute respiratory tract infection. Myanmar Medical Journal. 2015 June; 57 (2): 14-19. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0007-6295 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/164952 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Myanmar Medical Association | en_US |
| dc.rights | Myanmar Medical Association | en_US |
| dc.source.uri | www.mmacentral.org/myanmarmedicaljournal | en_US |
| dc.subject | Diarrhea | en_US |
| dc.subject | Antidiarrheals | en_US |
| dc.subject.mesh | Hand Disinfection | en_US |
| dc.subject.mesh | Respiratory Tract Infections | en_US |
| dc.title | Hand washing and occurrence of diarrhoea and acute respiratory tract infection. | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |