Journal articles: 'Hygiene practice'

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Park, Jason H., Lawrence Mwananyanda, Maria Servidone, Jean Sichone, Susan E. Coffin, and Davidson H. Hamer. "Hygiene practices of mothers of hospitalized neonates at a tertiary care neonatal intensive care unit in Zambia." Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 9, no. 4 (October 3, 2019): 662–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2019.140.

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Abstract Risk of neonatal mortality secondary to infections such as pneumonia and diarrhoeal diseases can be influenced by maternal hygiene, but little information is known about current maternal hygiene practices in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to assess the hygiene practices of mothers of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients in Lusaka, Zambia and associated epidemiological factors. A cross-sectional survey of the mothers of hospitalized neonates at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka was conducted. Study nurses orally administered questionnaires to mothers in their local languages about their hygiene practices related to newborn care. Of the 201 mothers surveyed, self-reported hygiene practice was associated with literacy (p = 0.013) and income (p < 0.0001). In contrast, adherence to recommended hygienic newborn care was less common, with only 36% of mothers practising recommended cord care practices. Forgetfulness (32%) and lack of hygiene resources (13%) were the major barriers to hygienic behaviours. Surveyed Zambian women who delivered babies requiring NICU care self-reported adequate hygienic practices and apparently faced difficulty practising them due to forgetfulness and a lack of hygiene resources. Future efforts should focus on improving cord care education, reinforcement of the importance of hygienic behaviours, and the supply of affordable antiseptic tools.

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Beyene, Desalegn Humna, Bereket Beyene Shashamo, Lankamo Ena Digesa, and Eshetu Zerihun Tariku. "Oral Hygiene Practices and Associated Factors among Patients Visiting Private Dental Clinics at Hawassa City, Southern Ethiopia, 2018." International Journal of Dentistry 2021 (March 26, 2021): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8868308.

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Introduction. A poor oral hygiene is associated with dental caries, gingivitis, periodontal diseases, bad breath, respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, and chronic kidney diseases. Moreover, a poor oral health has psychosocial impacts that diminish a quality of life and restrict activities in school, at work, and home. African regions carry a major burden of oral health problems. However, very few studies highlighted about oral hygiene practices and there is also paucity of information in Ethiopia. This study was, therefore, designed to identify an oral hygiene practice on patients/clients visiting dental clinics in Hawassa City, Southern Ethiopia. Objective. To assess oral hygiene practices and associated factors among patients/clients visiting private dental clinics, Hawassa City, Southern Ethiopia. Methods. Institution-based cross-sectional study was employed among patients/clients attending private clinics in Hawassa City from January 27 to February 8, 2018. Systematic random sampling technique was used to select 403 study participants. Data were entered into EpiData 3.1, cleaned, and analyzed by SPSS 20. A multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to assess the association between independent and outcome variables. Crude and adjusted OR with 95% confidence level was estimated, and variables having P value ≤0.05 in multivariable analysis were considered as significant. Results. 393 study participants participated making a response rate of 97.52%. A median age of respondents was 27 ± 10.9. About 153 (39.9%) of the study participants had poor oral hygienic practice. Male (AOR: 1.63, 95% CI: (1.053, 2.523)), rural residence (AOR: 3.79, 95% CI: (1.724, 8.317)), and poor knowledge about oral hygiene (AOR: 2.38, 95% CI: (1.402, 4.024)) were independently associated to poor oral hygienic practice. Conclusion. More than one-third of the study participants had poor oral hygienic practice. Providing health information regarding oral hygiene for the patients/clients in the facilities with a special focus from rural areas is recommended.

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Sah, Ram Bilakshan, S. Bhattarai, D. D. Baral, and P. K. Pokharel. "Knowledge and Practice towards Hygiene and Sanitation Amongst Residents of Dhankuta Municipality." Health Renaissance 12, no. 1 (January 28, 2015): 44–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hren.v12i1.11985.

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Background: Poor hygiene practices and inadequate sanitary conditions play major roles in the increased burden of communicable diseases within developing countries. Objectives: To know knowledge and practice regarding hygiene and sanitation of households and to find out the hygienic practices with selected variables. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from 30th April to 13th May 2012 in Dhankuta Municipality where 300 households were taken as subjects. Among 9 wards, 3 wards were randomly selected and equal number of households (100) from each ward was selected on the basis of simple random sampling. Semi-structured questionnaire was used and face to face interview was conducted. Chi-square test was applied to find out the hygienic practices with selected variables. Results: Most of respondents believed that hand washing reduces diseases (71.3%). They knew that diarrhoea is spread by dirty environment (55.7%) and drinking unsafe water (46.3%) and unhygienic food (43.3%). Majority of respondents (95.3%) washing hands with soap and water after defecation. Almost (30%) respondents used burning as a management of solid waste. The ladies were found to have better hygienic practices (92%) than gents (61.6%) and Brahmin/Chhetri (70%) were more hygienic than other ethnic groups. Conclusion: The knowledge and practice on hygiene and sanitation among the households of Dhankuta municipality was found to be fair.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hren.v12i1.11985 Health Renaissance 2014;12(1):44-48

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Gould, Dinah. "Auditing hand hygiene practice." Nursing Standard 25, no. 2 (September 15, 2010): 50–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/ns2010.09.25.2.50.c7988.

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Gould, Dinah. "Auditing hand hygiene practice." Nursing Standard 25, no. 2 (September 15, 2010): 50–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/ns.25.2.50.s52.

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Sullivan, Mike. "Hand hygiene – best practice." Dental Nursing 13, no. 1 (January 2, 2017): 36–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/denn.2017.13.1.36.

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Noble, S. L. "Contemporary Dental Hygiene Practice." Journal of Dentistry 17, no. 6 (December 1989): 283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0300-5712(89)90037-7.

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Cox-Nowak, Kayleigh. "Hand hygiene in practice." Dental Nursing 17, no. 9 (September 2, 2021): 438–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/denn.2021.17.9.438.

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Habib, Mohammad Asadul, M. Ashraful Islam, Lincon Chandra Shill, Mahamuda Akter, Shamima Sultana, Miraz Hossain, Tanbir Kibria, and Shakil Ahmed. "Poultry shop based hygiene practices: a knowledge, attitudes, and practices study on poultry shop personnel of selected districts of Bangladesh." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 7, no. 6 (May 27, 2020): 2051. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20202451.

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Background: Food-borne disease outbreaks remain a major global health problem, and cross-contamination from raw meat is a major cause in developed countries due to inadequate handling. The goal of this study was to assess the poultry shop personnel's knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) in the selected districts of Bangladesh.Methods: 103 poultry shop personnel were involved in this cross-sectional study.Results: A significant association was observed between the poultry shop personnel and the knowledge (p<0.05), attitudes (p<0.05), and practices (p<0.05) of safe meat-handling. The 68.3% of poultry shop personnel had good, 26.9% had moderate, while only 4.8% of poultry shop personnel had poor knowledge about hygiene practices. The 5.8% of poultry shop personnel showed poor, 19.2% showed moderate and 75% of poultry shop personnel showed good attitude towards hygiene practices. But the poultry shop personnel 36.5% had poor, 44.2% had moderate and only 20% showed good practice of hygiene practices. The knowledge, attitude and practice Mean±SD score of poultry shop personnel was 7.38±2.04, 7.87±2.24 and 4.41±2.38 respectively, indicating that poultry shop personnel had good knowledge and attitude but poor practice. We also found that 42% of poultry shops and poultry shop personnel had maintained totally unhygienic workplace, 56% had moderately hygienic, and while only 2% poultry shops and poultry shop personnel had maintained fully hygienic workplace. Further, linear regression analysis revealed that KAP levels have been significantly associated with age, education, and the majority of knowledge, attitudes, and practice related questions (p<0.05).Conclusions: Public health awareness about safe poultry meat handling and hygiene among poultry shop personnel, in general, should be at the front burner.

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Kumar, Deepak, Gurpreet Kaur, Kanishk Rana, M. Ismael, M. Faizan, and M. Armanuzzama. "Cross-sectional study to assess knowledge and practice of hand hygiene among 1st year Bachelor of Naturopathy and Yogic Science students." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 7, no. 4 (March 26, 2020): 1442. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20201453.

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Background: Hand hygiene is recognized as the leading measure to prevent health care associated infections. WHO has introduced evidence-based guideline on hand hygiene practice among healthcare professionals. But, knowledge and practice of hand hygiene remains poor among students. Therefore, the present study was planned to study knowledge and practice of hand hygiene among Bachelor of Naturopathy and Yogic Science (BNYS) students.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 79 first year BNYS students. Knowledge of students was assessed using WHO hand hygiene questionnaire; practices were evaluated by using another self-structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics was used to calculate percentages for knowledge and practice of hand hygiene among study subjects.Results: 35 (44%) of the students had moderate level of knowledge and 25 (32%) students had poor knowledge of hand hygiene. 73 (92%) students had correct knowledge that hand hygiene action before touching a patient prevented transmission of germs to the patient. Only 11 (14%) had knowledge that artificial nails should be avoided. Only 19 (24%) students were aware that hand rubbing was required before palpation of abdomen. Only 34 (43%) students adhered to hand hygiene practices regularly.Conclusions: Hand hygiene is an important tool for prevention of hospital acquired infections. The overall knowledge and practice of hand hygiene was not good among study subjects and a few numbers of students had attended formal training about hand hygiene. These findings indicate that the BNYS students require increased emphasis on hand hygiene education and training in their curriculum.

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Mohaithef, Mohammed AL. "Assessing Hand Hygiene Practices Among Nurses in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia." Open Public Health Journal 13, no. 1 (May 23, 2020): 220–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874944502013010220.

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Background: Hand hygiene is a simple and effective practice that reduces the transmission of hospital acquired infections. However, adherence to hand hygiene guidelines among health care professionals is low. The aim of this study is to assess hand hygiene practices among nurses working in hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methodology: The standardized version of the World Health Organization (WHO) questionnaire was administered to nurses from six hospitals in the region of Asir. Results: 300 nurses were approached to enroll 243 participants so the response rate was 81%. The study found that 65.4% (159) of the participants followed a good hand hygiene practice while 10.3% (25) showed inadequate hand hygiene practice. Good hand hygiene practice was found to be significantly higher among female participants (88%) than the male participants (44%). The participants from the department of internal medicine (43.5%) showed the highest percentage of inadequate hand hygiene practice while participants from the department of pediatrics reported a 100% good hand hygiene practice. Conclusion: The male nurses and nurses working in the department of internal medicine require in-service educational intervention regarding hand hygiene to increase their compliance with its practice . Posters and other visual aids highlighting the significance of hand hygiene need to be displayed in all the departments to sensitize the importance of hand hygiene among nurses.

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Bosek, Marcia, and Hollie Shaner-McRae. "Hand Hygiene as Standard Practice." JONA's Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation 12, no. 4 (October 2010): 101–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/nhl.0b013e3181fcf82b.

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Newsom, S. W. B. "Hygiene in Hospital and Practice." Journal of Hospital Infection 63, no. 1 (May 2006): 113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2006.01.003.

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T.A., Leslie, Bitrus H.S., Abaribe C.E., Okwuikpo M.I., and Maitanmi J.O. "Patterns of Food Safety and Hygiene Practices Among Food Vendors in Government Primary School, Ikenne Local Government, Ogun State." African Journal of Health, Nursing and Midwifery 4, no. 4 (July 8, 2021): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.52589/ajhnm-bh8qfwdv.

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Food borne illness has continued to be a serious public health problem in developing countries especially among school children (who are known as the high-risk group for intestinal parasitic infections), and this can be prevented by good hygiene practices among vendors in the schools. School children are exposed to hazards of purchasing and consuming food from food vendors who may harbour dangerous pathogens or have the potential of spreading infection to a large number of other students, owing to their food safety and hygiene practices. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the pattern of food safety and hygiene practices among food vendors in public primary schools in Ikenne Local Government Area, Ogun State, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey design and the target population comprised 48 food vendors. The analysis revealed that 8.3% of the respondents had low knowledge of food safety and hygiene, 18.8% had moderate knowledge and 72.9% of them had high knowledge of food safety and hygiene. One-third of the respondents (33.3%) moderately practice food safety and hygiene and 66.7% highly practice food safety and hygiene. Factors that affected food safety and hygiene practices were access to protective equipment (100%), access to potable water (100%) and indoor food preparation environment (50%). There was a significant difference in the pattern of practice of food safety and hygiene among food vendors based on the level of knowledge of food safety and hygiene practice (p=0.000; t=45.208) and the level of education of the food vendors (p=0.00; t= 52.208). The study concluded that knowledge of food safety and hygiene practices among food vendors in public primary schools in Ikenne Local Government Area, Ogun State, Nigeria was high, though there was moderate practice. The study recommended that food vendors should be exposed to more training, regular monitoring, as well as providing basic facilities for food preparation in order to prevent the outbreak of food borne diseases among children.

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Park, Jeong Yeon. "The Effect of Hygiene Knowledge of Estheticians on Hygiene Practice." JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY DESIGN CULTURE 24, no. 2 (June 30, 2018): 285–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.18208/ksdc.2018.24.2.285.

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Rahmawati, Ulya, Dyah Nur Subandriani, and Yuniarti Yuniarti. "PENGARUH PENYULUHAN DENGAN BOOKLET TERHADAP PENINGKATAN PENGETAHUAN, SIKAP DAN PRAKTIK HIGIENE PERORANGAN PADA PENJAMAH MAKANAN." JURNAL RISET GIZI 8, no. 1 (May 31, 2020): 6–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.31983/jrg.v8i1.5226.

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Background: Hygienic and healthy food has become the principle of Food Service. Based on POM RI data in 2015, the causes of Food Poisoning Outbreak on catering services in 2015 were 13 incident (21.31%). This outbreak was happened because of knowledge, attitudes and practices personal hygiene of food handlers were poor.Objective: To analyze the effect of mass-education with booklets on knowledge, attitudes, and practices of personal hygiene among food handlers at J Catering Service Semarang.Method: This study was pre-experiment with one group pretest-posttest design. The sampling technique was used total sampling method with the study subjects were 12 food handlers at J Catering. Data collection were included knowledge, attitudes and practices. The data were analyse by Paired T-test and Wilcoxon test to determine the increase of knowledge, attitudes and practices of food handlers before and after given education about personal hygiene.Result: There were differences in knowledge and practice of personal hygiene before and after education (p = 0.002). There was no difference in attitudes of personal hygiene before and after education (p = 0.059).Conclusion: Education using booklets has been able to increase knowledge and practices personal hygiene of food handlers.

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Neupane, Mamata Sharma, Kalpana Sharma, Archana Pandey Bista, Subash Subedi, and Sandesh Lamichhane. "Knowledge on menstruation and menstrual hygiene practices among adolescent girls of selected schools, Chitwan." Journal of Chitwan Medical College 10, no. 1 (March 15, 2020): 69–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jcmc.v10i1.28075.

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Background: Menstrual hygiene is very important aspect for adolescent girls and proper menstrual hygiene has not been sufficiently addressed in developing countries including Nepal. This study aimed to assess the knowledge on menstruation and menstrual hygiene practices among adolescent girls. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among adolescent girls studying in selected schools of Chitwan district. A total 193 girls who had menstrual flow experience for at least three consecutive menstrual cycles were selected as sample using the consecutive sampling technique. Data were analyzed in Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16.0 using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Most of the girls knew about menstruation as physiological process, normal age of menstruation, and causes of menstruation as hormonal change. Overall, 66.8% of girls had adequate level of knowledge on menstruation. Regarding practice, 94.8% cleaned their genitalia properly, 93.8% used the sanitary pads, and 97.4% wrapped and disposed the pads in dustbin after use. Overall, 72.5% of girls had good level of menstrual hygiene practices. Adolescent girl’s age and grade, and occupation status of their father were significantly associated (p < 0.05) with menstrual hygiene practice. Further, significant positive relationship found between knowledge on menstruation and menstrual hygiene practice. Conclusions: One third of adolescent girls have inadequate knowledge on menstruation and one fourth have poor menstrual hygiene practice. Therefore, an awareness and advocacy programs on menstruation and menstrual hygiene practices are needed for the adolescent girls to safeguard themselves against reproductive tract infections.

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AKINBULE, O. O., I. H. OMONHINMIN, C. A. OLADOYINBO, and A. T. OMIDIRAN. "FOOD SAFETY AND HYGIENE PRACTICE OF STREET FOOD VENDORS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, ABEOKUTA." Journal of Natural Sciences Engineering and Technology 18, no. 1 (October 6, 2020): 176–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.51406/jnset.v18i1.2041.

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Street food has been implicated in adverse health outcomes among consumers. The safety of food and hygiene practice of street food vendors are major contributing factor to these health outcomes. This study was carried out to assess food safety and hygiene practice of street food vendors in Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was adopted. A validated interviewer-administered structured questionnaire adapted from Nutrition related knowledge, attitude and practice questionnaire was used to obtain information from 50 respondents. Information obtained are: personal and socio-economic characteristics, food safety, personal hygiene, food hygiene and sanitary, water sanitation and environmental sanitation practices. Chi-square test was used to determine association among variables at p<0.05 using statistical package for social sciences. All the respondents were females, 68% were within 30-49 years, about half 52% were literate and earned between N10,001– N20,000 daily. Majority (62%) of the respondents used brick as vending site while 92% were stationary vendors. Majority of the respondents had adequate food safety, personal hygiene, food hygiene and sanitary practices but moderate water and environmental sanitation practices. Daily income of respondents had significant association (p<0.05) with environmental and water sanitation practices. Type of vending site had significant (p<0.05) association with food safety and environmental sanitation practices. Respondents had adequate food safety and hygiene practices in this study and this may have positive impact on the safety of the food they are vending.

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Jores, Drend, Mohamad Taha Arif, and Md Mizanur Rahman. "Factors Associated with Food Hygiene Practices Among Street Food Vendors in Padawan, Sarawak." Borneo Journal of Resource Science and Technology 8, no. 1 (June 28, 2018): 56–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.33736/bjrst.824.2018.

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The safety and quality of street foods are still questionable. Street food vendors are often poorly educated and untrained in food safety with lack of food safety knowledge and poor hygiene practice. This study aims to identify the factors associated with hygienic practice of food safety among the streets food vendors in Padawan district, Sarawak. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Padawan, Sarawak. Data was collected by face to face interview using a validated structured questionnaire. The practice of food safety was observed using a structured observation checklist. Data entry and analysis was done by SPSS version 22.0. A p value <0.05 was considered as statistically significant. A total of 117 street food vendors were interviewed. The mean (SD) age was 41.0 (11.8) years. Three-fifths (62.9%) of the respondents had secondary level of education and higher. The mean (SD) duration of vending was 7.2 (6.7) years. Only 35.9% of the street food vendors received at least one training on food safety. Bivariate analysis revealed that religion, knowledge and attitude appeared to be statistically significant predictors of food safety and hygiene practice. However, multinomial regression analysis revealed that only religion appeared to be important predictor of food safety and hygiene practice (AOR = 14.730, 95% CI: 1.267, 171.228). Although this study failed to establish a statistical significant association between knowledge and attitude with the hygiene practice due to inadequate sample size, some relationship does seem to exist, suggesting that food safety knowledge is vital for all street food vendors to have the necessary skills to enable them to handle food hygienically and ensure food sold is safe for consumption. Keywords: Food safety, food vendors, hygiene practices, Malaysia, Sarawak

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Banu, Mst Nasrin, Md Salauddin, Kazi Md Al Noman, Mst Shabnam Mostari, Md Suruj Ahammed, and Md Masud Parvej. "Hygiene Practice and Protective Management in Biological and Pharmaceutical Laboratory." Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology 9, no. 8 (August 31, 2021): 1375–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v9i8.1375-1383.4225.

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Throughout the world, Pharmaceutical sector is an instant component in health-care systems. It involved in invention, improvement, propagation, and trading of medicines for human health and animal health. Scientific investigation is the base of pharmaceutical industries which helps to improve of new formulation of various drugs that used to treatment of different diseases and confusions. Proper personal hygiene is mandatory in pharmaceutical sector which will be helpful to control the quality of the products and minimize various types of filth that effects virtue of medicinal product. In pharmaceutical industry hygienic and safety measures are deliberated two utmost significant sights. To ensure the safety of workers, it is compulsory to fix practices of hygienic management and monitoring filth inside the biological and pharma laboratory as well as industry. This study will help to set an occupational health of the researchers, workers in laboratory by making intimation about the bad effects of personal hygiene and less protective management.

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Tomaszewska, Marzena, Katarzyna Neffe-Skocińska, Monika Trząskowska, Joanna Trafialek, Lidia Wadolowska, and Jadwiga Hamulka. "Self-reported food safety knowledge and practices of early-school-aged children – a result of analysis in towns near the Warsaw city." British Food Journal 123, no. 7 (March 8, 2021): 2461–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-09-2020-0797.

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the knowledge and practices of selected group of Polish children in early school age in terms of issues such as: (1) the principles of food preparation, storage and eating meals; (2) personal hygiene; and (3) basic information about microorganisms.Design/methodology/approachThe auditorium survey method was used. The questionnaire consisted of 15 questions related to the children's knowledge of personal hygiene, the principles of food preparation and storage and the physiology of microorganisms and 13 questions related to the children's personal and food hygiene practice. In total, 169 questionnaires were collected. The study group of children had incomplete knowledge and often reported inappropriate food hygiene practices.FindingsThe subjects of food preparation and storage and knowledge of microbes were particular problem areas. By contrast, aspects related to handwashing, the appropriate practices while coughing or sneezing and washing fruit before consumption were positively evaluated. The children demonstrated the most knowledge in the field of personal hygiene. However, a very low percentage of correct answers was noted for the question about handwashing at school. None of the 13 questions related to this practice received more than 90% correct answers. The boys and girls demonstrated a comparable level of knowledge and practice in the area of food safety. It was showed that the place of school influenced answers to a greater extent compared to gender.Originality/valueThe results of the study play an important role in the prevention of food poisoning and are useful for the teachers, staff of training institutions and parents. They can also inspire institutions in countries with a high incidence of food poisoning to search for the causes in the inappropriate hygienic practices of young children.

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Demmelash, Alelign Alemu, Biruk Demissie Melese, Fitalew Tadele Admasu, Eniyew Tegegne Bayih, and Getachew Yideg Yitbarek. "Hygienic Practice during Complementary Feeding and Associated Factors among Mothers of Children Aged 6–24 Months in Bahir Dar Zuria District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019." Journal of Environmental and Public Health 2020 (June 20, 2020): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2075351.

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Introduction. Breast milk alone is no longer sufficient to meet the nutritional requirements of infants, and therefore food is needed. Microbiologically contaminated food is particularly harmful for children <2 years of age. There is scanty of information on hygienic practice and associated factors during complementary feeding among mothers of children aged 6 to 24 months in the country, particularly in the study setting. Objective. The study was aimed to assess hygienic practices and associated factors during complementary feeding among children aged 6 to 24 months in Bahir Dar Zuria District, Northwest Ethiopia. Methods. A community-based cross sectional study was conducted from March 20 to April 20, 2019. A multistage sampling technique was used to select the study participants. Data were collected using the structured interviewer administered questionnaire. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to identify the factors associated with hygienic practice during complementary feeding. Data were entered by using Epi Data version 3.1, and then it was exported to SPSS version 21 for analysis, and at 95% CI, p value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Result. Among 604 respondents, 235 (38.9%) of study participants had good hygienic practice during complementary feeding. Access to media (AOR: 8.8, 95% confidence interval (CI): 3.8–20.3), private latrine ownership (AOR: 4.11, 95% CI: 1.90–8.49), presence of hand washing facility at doorstep (AOR: 6.75 95% CI: 3.16–14.41), and residence of the study participants (AOR: 85.42, 95% CI: 1.94–15.2) were significantly associated with good hygienic practice of mothers during complementary feeding. Conclusion. Majority of mothers had poor hygienic practice during complementary feeding. Attitude of mothers, access to media, household private latrine ownership, presence of handwashing facility, and residence of the study participants were significantly associated with hygiene practice of mothers during complementary feeding. The health sector should train mothers on good hygiene practices during complementary feeding.

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Thakur, Aradhana Thakur, and Uttara Singh. "A study on sanitation, hygiene practices and food safety knowledge among food vendors in different sectors of Chandigarh, India." Journal of Applied and Natural Science 10, no. 3 (September 1, 2018): 931–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.31018/jans.v10i3.1860.

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The present study were carried out to assess the hygiene practices and food safety among street food vendors in the city of Chandigarh. It includes 100 samples of vendors. Fifty vendors were mobile and other 50 was fixed vendors. A self planned questionnaire was used for data collection for the vendors. The questionnaire included questions about demographic information, hygiene practices and food safety. Thirty eight percent of vendors used stalls, but did not uphold their stalls well. Eighty-three per cent of the vendors had thrown garbage in the open vessel and 14.0% used dustbin for dispose garbage. Personal hygiene was also observed which indicated that the vendors never wear the head covers, handled food with bare hand and they did not wear overcoats/aprons as well. Street food vendors were not aware of hygienic and sanitary practice.

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U., Raghavendra. "Knowledge and Practice Regarding Periodontal Health / Disease and Oral Hygiene among Medical, Ayurveda and Homeopathy Undergraduate Students of Yenepoya University, Mangalore - A Cross Sectional Study." Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences 10, no. 27 (July 5, 2021): 1996–2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.14260/jemds/2021/409.

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BACKGROUND The attitude towards oral health reflects the overall health. Knowledge of health care professionals and their attitudes toward oral care corresponds to their understanding of the importance of preventive dental procedure and improving the oral health of patients. We wanted to assess the knowledge and practice regarding periodontal health / disease and oral hygiene among medical, ayurveda and homeopathy undergraduate students of Yenepoya (Deemed to Be University) (YU) and also determine their attitude and awareness towards oral health. METHODS The data related to their knowledge and practice towards the oral health was assembled using a self administered, validated questionnaire containing 13 questions which had multiple choice answers. The questionnaire was distributed through Google form among 341 medical, ayurveda and homeopathy undergraduate students of YU aged more than 17 years. RESULTS Survey responses were downloaded onto Google sheets and the data collected were coded, entered in Microsoft Excel and analysed using SPSS version 23 (Chicago, USA). Majority of study participants in different colleges showed lack of knowledge and practice regarding oral hygiene practices. To compare the mean scores of three colleges under YU for knowledge based and practice questions, ANOVA was performed. There was no significant difference found in knowledge and practice towards oral hygiene among medical, ayurveda and homeopathy colleges of YU. P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS Professional health care students who will be the future backbone of the community health care have limited knowledge on periodontal disease and oral hygiene practices. There is no difference in knowledge and practices regarding oral hygiene among the students of medical, ayurveda and homeopathy colleges of YU. It highlights the need of incorporating oral health education in University curriculum for non dental students during their study period. KEY WORDS Knowledge, Practice, Periodontal Disease, Oral Hygiene Practices, Non-Dental Students, Oral Health Education

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Clapp, Richard. "Industrial Hygiene Practice in South Africa." NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy 6, no. 2 (August 1996): 77–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/ns6.2.h.

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Chen, Yee-Chun. "Hand hygiene - from policy to practice." Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection 48, no. 2 (April 2015): S11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmii.2015.02.137.

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Moszkowicz, D., C. Hobeika, M. Collard, M. Bruzzi, N. Beghdadi, J. Catry, E. Duchalais, et al. "Operating room hygiene: Clinical practice recommendations." Journal of Visceral Surgery 156, no. 5 (October 2019): 413–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2019.07.010.

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Seager, Leonie Michelle. "Good Infection Prevention Practice: Hand Hygiene." Dental Update 37, no. 7 (September 2, 2010): 478–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/denu.2010.37.7.478.

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Myers, Ronnie, Elaine Larson, Bin Cheng, Aaron Schwartz, Keith Da Silva, and Carol Kunzel. "Hand Hygiene Among General Practice Dentists." Journal of the American Dental Association 139, no. 7 (July 2008): 948–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.14219/jada.archive.2008.0282.

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Sunell, S., and L. Rucker. "Surgical magnification in dental hygiene practice." International Journal of Dental Hygiene 2, no. 1 (February 2004): 26–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1601-5037.2004.00061.x.

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Reitz, M., and R. Jadeja. "The collaborative practice of dental hygiene." International Journal of Dental Hygiene 2, no. 1 (February 2004): 36–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1601-5037.2004.00066.x.

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King, Elizabeth, and Robert Jagger. "Denture cleaning — best practice." Dental Update 46, no. 11 (December 2, 2019): 1024–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/denu.2019.46.11.1024.

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Surveys have shown that many people do not clean their dentures effectively and suggest that the dental team may fail to educate patients in basic denture hygiene procedures. Poor denture hygiene can result in denture staining and malodour and is a risk factor for oral and systemic diseases. Methods available to clean dentures are described. Their modes of action, effectiveness and potential adverse effects are discussed. A combination of cleaning methods is probably more effective than any one method. Recommendations for effective denture cleaning that can be given to patients by the dental team are provided. CPD/Clinical Relevance: The dental team needs to explain effective approaches to denture hygiene to patients. Written information should also be provided to reinforce the message.

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Patil, Pushpa S., and Ashwini V. Rao. "Study of reproductive hygiene among married women at urban field practice area, Dharwad." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 5, no. 10 (September 24, 2018): 4393. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20183981.

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Background: Women have to be assessed at every stage of her life to lead a healthy lifestyle free from diseases such as reproductive tract infections (RTI) and sexually transmitted infections, which can be easily prevented by good reproductive hygiene practices. There is a paramount need to address these problems at the earliest as they are increasing rapidly. This study was conducted to ascertain the practices of personal, menstrual and sexual hygiene among married women of reproductive age group, to determine the early symptoms of RTI’s in them and to determine association with key demographic variables and symptoms of RTI’s.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among married women of reproductive age group visiting the urban health centre, Dharwad using semistructured questionnaire after taking informed consent from them. Data were analyzed using SPSS. Frequencies and Chi-square tests were applied.Results: All the study participants practiced good personal hygiene practices. 59% of study participants used sanitary pads.78% washed their external genitalia during menstruation. 86% washed their genitalia after sexual intercourse. Backache (31%) was the most common symptom of RTI. Significant association was found between age and boils in the vaginal area (p=<0.01), age and low backache (p=0.013) and age and pain during coitus (p=0.006).Conclusions: In our study most of them were aware of the correct hygienic practices. Backache is the most common symptom of RTI among them. Couples have to be educated on reproductive hygiene to prevent infections.

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Yadav, Ram Naresh, Shrijana Joshi, Rajesh Poudel, and Pawan Pandeya. "Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Menstrual Hygiene Management among School Adolescents." Journal of Nepal Health Research Council 15, no. 3 (January 1, 2018): 212–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jnhrc.v15i3.18842.

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Background: Menstrual hygiene management remains a taboo in many communities in Nepal. Cultural beliefs about menstruation such as food taboos and untouchability have negative impact on dignity, health and education of adolescent girls. The objective of the study was to assess the current knowledge, attitude and practice of school adolescents on menstrual hygiene management in Doti District in Far-Western Nepal.Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out from October to December 2016 at seven village development committees in Doti district, Nepal. This study was done among 276 students from grade seven and eight of 11 schools. Self-administered structured questionnaire was used to obtain information from school students. Descriptive analysis was done to analyse the knowledge, attitude and practice of school adolescents on menstrual hygiene management.Results: 67.4% respondents had fair knowledge and 26.4% respondents had good knowledge on menstrual hygiene management. However, out of 141 female adolescent respondents, only 56 (40%) were engaged in good menstrual hygiene practices. Around half of the respondents had positive attitude towards menstrual hygiene management related issues.Conclusions: Although knowledge on menstrual hygiene management among school adolescents is fair, still attitude and practice need to improve. Findings indicate the need of behavior change communication campaigns along with frequent reinforcement of school health education programs.

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Mahdi, Hashim, Amani Alqahtani, Osamah Barasheed, Amjad Alemam, Mohammed Alhakami, Ibrahim Gadah, Hadeel Alkediwi, et al. "Hand Hygiene Knowledge and Practices among Domestic Hajj Pilgrims: Implications for Future Mass Gatherings Amidst COVID-19." Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 5, no. 4 (October 16, 2020): 160. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5040160.

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This study examined Hajj pilgrims’ knowledge and reported practice of hand hygiene. In Hajj 2019, a cross-sectional survey was undertaken in Mina, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, of domestic Saudi pilgrims aged ≥18 years by using a self-administered Arabic questionnaire that captured data on pilgrims’ socio-demographics, hand hygiene knowledge, and reported practices of hand cleaning following certain actions. A total of 348 respondents aged 18 to 63 (median 32) years completed the survey, of whom 200 (57.5%) were female. The mean (±standard deviation (SD)) hand hygiene knowledge score was 6.7 (±SD 1.9). Two hundred and seventy one (77.9%) and 286 (82.2%) of respondents correctly identified that hand hygiene can prevent respiratory and gastrointestinal infections respectively, but 146 (42%) were not aware that it prevents hand-foot-mouth disease. Eighty-eight (25.3%) respondents erroneously reported that hand hygiene prevents HIV. Washing hands with water and soap was the most preferred method practiced before a meal (67.5% (235/348)), after a meal (80.2% (279/348)), after toilet action (81.6% (284/348)), when hands were visibly soiled (86.2% (300/348)), and after waste disposal (61.5% (214/348)). Hajj pilgrims demonstrated a good knowledge and practice of hand hygiene, but there are gaps that are vital to control outbreaks such as COVID-19.

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Dasgupta, Aparajita, Keya Roy, Lina Bandyopadhyay, and Bobby Paul. "Quantification of poor menstrual hygiene among women of reproductive age group in a slum of Kolkata." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 6, no. 5 (April 27, 2019): 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20191811.

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Background: Menstruation, a phenomenon unique to the females, is the cyclical shedding of the inner lining of uterus. It is associated with myths and misconceptions and poor knowledge of the normal physiology. Above all, poor menstrual hygiene is a precursor of various morbidities related to the reproductive tract. This study was conducted among women of reproductive age (WRA) group with the aim to assess their socio demographic characteristics, to elicit the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding menstruation and to find the factors associated with the menstrual hygiene practice.Methods: This community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 152 women aged (15-49 years) during December 2017 to January 2018 in Lockgate area of Chetla, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Data on socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude and practices towards menstruation were obtained from structured questionnaire. Outcome variable was menstrual hygiene practice. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were performed to analyze the data by using SPSS 16.0 version.Results: The mean ages of the participants were 27±8 years. Inadequate knowledge, negative attitude and unsatisfactory practice towards menstruation were 73.7%, 65.1% and 62.5% respectively. Significant correlates were Lower level of education [AOR=1.6 (1.3, 2.1)] and less per capita income [AOR=4.7(1.4, 15.5)] for inadequate knowledge. Less per capita income [AOR=4.7(1.9, 11.1)] for negative attitude. Increasing age [AOR=1.1 (1, 1.2)] and lower level of education [AOR=1.3 (1.2, 1.6)] for unsatisfactory menstrual hygiene practice when adjusted with other variables in the multivariate analysis.Conclusions: Women need to be educated about the significance of menstruation, importance of high quality menstrual hygiene management, use of satisfactory absorbent material, proper and hygienic disposal of menstrual absorbent so as to enable them to lead a healthy reproductive life.

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Anjum, Uzma. "Knowledge and Expressed Practice Related to Hand Hygiene among Student Nurses - A Selected College of New Delhi, India." International Journal of Nursing & Midwifery Research 07, no. 03 (March 16, 2021): 46–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.24321/2455.9318.202026.

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Introduction: Hand hygiene is an important healthcare issue globally and is a single most cost-effective and practical measure to reduce the incidence of health care associated infection across all setting-from advanced healthcare systems to primary healthcare centres. The objectives of the present study were to assess the knowledge and expressed practice related to hand hygiene among the student nurses in a selected college of Nursing, New Delhi. Materials and Methods: Quantitative research approach with descriptive research design were adopted for this study. Structured questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge and expressed practice checklist was used to assess the expressed practice related to hand hygiene among student nurses. Total 102 student nurses were selected through convenient sampling technique from DGNM 1st year and DGNM 2nd year of Rufaida College of Nursing, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. Data were collected in the month of September 2020. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. Result: The findings of present study revealed that out of 102 samples, 90 (88.24%) have inadequate knowledge whereas only 12 (11.76%) have adequate knowledge on hand hygiene and 78 (76.47%) have good expressed practice while 16 (15.69%) have satisfactory expressed practice and 8 (7.84%) have poor expressed practice on hand hygiene. Conclusion: It was concluded that more observational studies should be conducted on hand hygiene as majority of samples have good expressed practice on hand hygiene whereas very few samples have adequate knowledge on hand hygiene.

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Tsyhanenko, O. I., Ya V. Pershehuba, N. A. Sklyarova, and L. F. Oksamytna. "Methodology of hygienic assessment of the fulfillment of hygienic rules of sleep hygiene by athletes under conditions of high physical activity." Scientific Journal of National Pedagogical Dragomanov University Series 15 Scientific and pedagogical problems of physical culture (physical culture and sports), no. 1(129) (January 27, 2021): 115–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.31392/npu-nc.series15.2021.1(129).25.

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Violation of the hygienic rules of sleep hygiene can negatively affect the physical and mental performance of athletes. This gives grounds to consider the issue of assessing the degree of fulfillment of these rules by athletes under conditions of high physical exertion. Objective of the study: to develop methodological approaches to assessing the fulfillment of hygienic rules of sleep hygiene by athletes under conditions of high physical exertion. Research methods: theoretical analysis of scientific literature: generalization, synthesis, formalization, abstraction. Research results and conclusions: on the basis of the system analysis of scientific, scientific and methodological literature and other sources of information, a test questionnaire was developed to assess the degree of fulfillment of hygienic rules of sleep hygiene by athletes under conditions of high physical activity. It is concluded that the developed test-questionnaire of the survey to assess the degree of fulfillment of hygienic rules of sleep hygiene by athletes can be used in the future in practice to determine the degree of fulfillment of hygienic rules of sleep hygiene by athletes under conditions of high physical activity.

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Gillespie, Amy V., Stuart D. Carter, Roger W. Blowey, Gareth J. Staton, Tessa R. Walsh, and Nicholas J. Evans. "Measuring the impact of bovine digital dermatitis research on knowledge and practice of biosecurity during cattle foot-trimming." Journal of Dairy Research 88, no. 1 (February 2021): 60–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022029921000170.

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AbstractThis research communication reports the results from questionnaires used to identify the impact of recent research into the disinfection of cattle foot-trimming equipment to prevent bovine digital dermatitis (BDD) transmission on (a) biosecurity knowledge and (b) hygiene practice of foot health professionals. An initial questionnaire found that more than half of participating farmers, veterinary surgeons and commercial foot-trimmers were not considering hand or hoof-knife hygiene in their working practices. The following year, after the release of a foot-trimming hygiene protocol and a comprehensive knowledge exchange programme by the University of Liverpool, a second survey showed 35/80 (43.8%) farmers, veterinary surgeons and commercial foot-trimmers sampled considered they were now more aware of the risk of spreading BDD during foot- trimming. Furthermore, 36/80 (45.0%) had enhanced their hygiene practice in the last year, impacting an estimated 1383 farms and 5130 cows trimmed each week. Participants who reported having seen both the foot-trimming hygiene protocol we developed with AHDB Dairy and other articles about foot-trimming hygiene in the farming and veterinary press, were significantly more likely to have changed their working practices. Difficulties accessing water and cleaning facilities on farms were identified as the greatest barrier to improving biosecurity practices. Participants' preferred priority for future research was continued collection of evidence for the importance and efficacy of good foot-trimming hygiene practices.

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Nsemo, Alberta David, Idang Neji Ojong, Ramatu Agambire, Regina Adu, and Mercy Dankwah. "Menstrual Hygiene Practices Among Adolescent Girls in Junior High Schools in Selected Communities of Ashanti Region, Ghana." Global Journal of Health Science 12, no. 8 (May 29, 2020): 38. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v12n8p38.

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INTRODUCTION: Menstruation is a phenomenon unique to the females and menstrual hygiene is still a problem for adolescent girls especially in low and middle income countries particularly when attending school. This issue is insufficiently acknowledged and has not received adequate attention in the reproductive health sectors in developing countries including Ghana and its relationship with the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). OBJECTIVES: This study examined the knowledge and practices of menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls, the cultural beliefs that influence menstrual hygiene practices, and the problems adolescent girls face in practicing menstrual hygiene. METHODOLOGY: A quantitative research method using descriptive cross-sectional survey design was employed in the study. Using a multi-staged sampling technique, a sample size of 151 adolescents in Juniors High schools who had reached menarche was selected from four (4) schools located in Asamang, Sekyere south District of Ashanti region of Ghana. Data was collected through a researchers’ constructed and validated questionnaire titled “Adolescents knowledge and practice of menstrual hygiene questionnaire (AKPMHQ)”. Data was analysed using simple frequencies and percentages. RESULTS: The study revealed that 68(45%) of the girls were in the Junior High School three (JHS3) and 88(58.5%) of them ranged between 14-15 years. Most of them (74.2%) had pre-menarche education given by their family members. Most of the parents 94(62.3%) had secondary education. Majority of the girls practiced good menstrual hygiene. Their culture does not exert much influence on their knowledge and practices of menstrual hygiene. However, there were some myths which are not scientifically based. Most of the girls experience some challenges during menstruation such as lower abdominal pain 77(51.0%) and unavailability of facility in school to change during menstruation 61(40.4%). CONCLUSION: The adolescent girls are knowledgeable about menstrual hygiene and also have good menstrual hygiene practices. However, there exist few cultural practices in the community that may have negative effect on their knowledge and practice of menstrual hygiene in the midst of some physical and social challenges experienced by the adolescents during menstruation.

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Mansimranjit Kaur Uppal and Khateeb Khan. "To Assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Oral Hygiene Protocols Among Patients Having Orthodontic Treatment." International Healthcare Research Journal 2, no. 7 (October 27, 2018): 176–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.26440/ihrj.v2i7.153.

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INTRODUCTION: Orthodontic treatment is widely acknowledged and accepted in everyday dental practice due to the positive effects it has on the dentofacial complex. Importance of oral hygiene in orthodontic patients is also important to prevent any further oral diseases.AIM: The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of oral hygiene protocols among patients having orthodontic treatment.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The sample consisted of 90 patients who had permanent dentition from the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics and various questions were asked regarding the knowledge, attitude and practice on oral hygiene during the time of orthodontic treatment. All the responses were analysed statistically.RESULTS: The results of the study showed that nearly 40% of the patients were unaware about gingival health, 65% did not follow the oral hygiene instruction. Despite being given instructions, most of them were reluctant in practicing them strictly.CONCLUSION: The knowledge, attitude, practice of oral hygiene among orthodontic patients were poor and showed the need of better education and motivation. Many factors may be responsible for the non-maintenance of gingival health practices. There is a need to incorporate and evaluate more intense oral hygiene programs in the future.

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Mohammed Gena, Hussein. "Menstrual Hygiene Management Practices and Associated Factors among Secondary School Girls in East Hararghe Zone, Eastern Ethiopia." Advances in Public Health 2020 (November 12, 2020): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8938615.

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Background. Many adolescent girls in developing countries lack appropriate information, means or materials, and access to the right sanitary facilities to manage menstruation. Hence, they adopted unsafe hygienic practices during menstruation that in turn has a negative impact on their dignity, health, and education. Thus, this study aimed to assess the practices of menstrual hygiene management and associated factors among secondary school girls in East Hararghe Zone. Methods. A school-based cross-sectional study was conducted from April to May 2017 among secondary school girls in East Hararghe Zone, Eastern Ethiopia. A total of 672 girls were selected randomly and interviewed using a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire. Logistic regression analysis was employed to identify predictors of good menstrual hygiene management practices. Result. Overall, 58.3% of the girls had good menstrual hygiene management practices. Around two-thirds (66.1%) of them used commercial sanitary pads as absorbents, 56.4% changed sanitary materials more than three times a day, and 68.3% cleaned their external genitalia daily during their menstruation. During multivariate analysis, living in urban areas (AOR = 2.59, 95% CI: 1.77, 3.80), having moderate (AOR = 2.78, 95% CI: 1.64, 5.28) and good knowledge about menstruation (AOR = 3.87, 95% CI: 2.21, 6.77), and mothers’ secondary and above education (AOR = 1.83, 95% CI: 1.01, 3.30) showed a positively significant association with good menstrual hygiene management practices. Conclusion. In this study, the practice of good menstrual hygiene management of secondary schoolgirls was low. Factors independently influencing menstrual hygiene management practices were girls’ place of residence, knowledge status of menstruation and its hygiene management, and mothers’ educational status. This highlights a need for targeted interventions to raise awareness of school girls especially for rural residents and the public in general to improve the knowledge and practices of menstrual hygiene management.

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Lawson, Aaron, and Marie Vaganay-Miller. "The Effectiveness of a Poster Intervention on Hand Hygiene Practice and Compliance When Using Public Restrooms in a University Setting." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 24 (December 11, 2019): 5036. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16245036.

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Background: Most research on hand hygiene compliance in community settings indicates that compliance is poor. It is not conclusive as to whether poster interventions are effective at improving compliance. Methods: An independent, self-designed poster intervention was installed in one set of male and female public restrooms in a university campus in the UK. The hand hygiene practice and compliance of the university population was measured via indirect observation over a 60 day period. Results: During the pre-intervention observation period, 51.09% of the university population practiced basic hand hygiene compliance (washed hands with water, soap and dried afterwards), and 7.88% practiced adequate hand hygiene compliance (washed hands with water and soap for 20 s or more and dried afterwards for 20 s or more). During the post-intervention observation period, 55.39% of the university population were observed practicing basic hand hygiene compliance, and 7.97% practicing adequate hand hygiene compliance. Gender differences revealed that more females practiced basic hand hygiene in the post-intervention observation period (62.81%) than during the pre-intervention period (49.23%) and this was statistically significant (χ2 = 13.49, p = < 0.01). Discussion: The poster intervention had a limited effect on improving the basic and adequate hand hygiene compliance of the general population when using public restrooms. The use of independent, self-designed posters to improve hand hygiene practice and compliance is largely ineffective in the short term and should be used with caution in future intervention strategies.

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Puspita, Dhanang, Sanfia T. Messakh, and Christintya Nuarika. "GAMBARAN PERSONAL HYGIENE ANAK USIA SEKOLAH DASAR YANG TINGGAL DI SEKITAR TPA NGRONGGO SALATIGA." KRITIS 26, no. 1 (February 25, 2017): 92–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.24246/kritis.v26i1p92-110.

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Personal hygiene behavior is one effort to prevent the occurrence of various diseases due to microorganism from the waste. Children aged 6 - 11 years are still vulnerable awareness about personal hygiene. Factors of knowledge, environment, and family support become the determinants of personal hygiene practices by children. Children living in landfill have a greater risk of health disruption due to an environment that does not support personal hygiene. The purpose of this study was to look at the pattern of personal hygiene of primary school age children living in the TPA Ngronggo, Salatiga. This research is descriptive qualitative. Collecting data by interviewing respondents aged 6 - 11 years and living in landfill. The results obtained, most children do not fully understand and practice personal hygiene in their daily lives. Concluded if the children living in the landfill do not have the knowledge and practice of personal hygiene is good.

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Odonkor, Stephen T., Jones Kitcher, Mavis Okyere, and Tahiru Mahami. "Self-Assessment of Hygiene Practices towards Predictive and Preventive Medicine Intervention: A Case Study of University Students in Ghana." BioMed Research International 2019 (August 4, 2019): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3868537.

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Introduction. Personal hygiene is essential to the current paradigm shift towards predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine, which enables the prediction and prevention of infectious disease outbreaks. Objective. The aim of this paper was to evaluate the personal hygiene practices among university students aiming at providing a basis for preventive and predictive medical interventions and to make future efforts improve target interventions for young people. Methods. The study was conducted using a cross-sectional study. Validated instruments that related personal hygiene practices were used to obtain quantitative data from 412 tertiary students from seven universities in Accra, Ghana. The resulting data were analyzed with IBM-SPSS, version 23. Results. There were more female respondents (54.4%) in the study than male respondents (45.6%). Respondents between the age group of 19-24 years constituted majority (59.7%) of the respondents in the study. Respondents from urban areas exhibited good hygiene practice compared to those from urban residences. There was a significant association between residence and hygiene practice (χ2=17.8, P≤0.001). We also observed that those respondents within the upper class in society had a poor hygiene practice, compared to the Lower Class and Middle Class respondents. Lack of education (63.1%) was observed as the main barrier to personal hygiene among the respondents. Future of the society depends on the health of its youth. Conclusion. A significant number of students are not actively practicing good hygiene. There is a need for deployment of preventive medicine interventions targeted at young people. It calls for improvement in methods of hygiene education for young people in tertiary institutions and the inclusion of hygiene in school curricula.

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Holbrook, Mark I., Melinda H. White, and Michelle J. Hutt. "Increasing Awareness of Sleep Hygiene in Rotating Shift Workers: Arming Law-Enforcement Officers against Impaired Performance." Perceptual and Motor Skills 79, no. 1 (August 1994): 520–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1994.79.1.520.

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Research into the effects of rotating shift work on health, social, and performance indices suggests significantly more health concerns and judgement errors and poorer sleep patterns in shift workers on rotating versus nonrotating schedules. 31 male and 7 female law-enforcement officers voluntarily participated in a training session on sleep hygiene practices. On the Sleep Hygiene Awareness and Practice Scale administered prior to and after training were significant increases in awareness of sleep hygiene and knowledge of nicotine, caffeine, and hypnotics. We predicted that use of this knowledge would increase sleep satisfaction. However, 1-mo. follow-up scores on the Post-sleep Inventory of Webb, et al. reflected no change. It appears that scheduling demands, coupled with feelings of low self-efficacy toward managing those demands, resulted in little or no practice of sleep hygiene. A more productive approach may be to incorporate a comprehensive behavioral program within departments to instill and reinforce better practice of sleep hygiene.

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Sultana, Rajea, Ela Rani Shom, and Fahima Khatun. "Menstrual hygiene practice between rural and urban high school adolescent girls in Bangladesh." International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology 9, no. 3 (February 27, 2020): 1039. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20200871.

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Background: Menstruation is a natural, normal biological process experienced by all adolescent girls and women. Urinary tract infection, reproductive tract infection and complication during pregnancy are the impact of poor menstrual hygiene practices. The aim of this study is to compare the menstrual hygiene practice between rural and urban high school adolescent girls in Bangladesh.Methods: A descriptive comparative study design was used. Cluster sampling technique was used to select 120 study participants. The data were collected through self-reported questionnaire by structured questionnaires. In descriptive statistics; frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and in inferential statistics; chi-square-test, t-test was used to compare the menstrual hygiene practice between rural and urban. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 23.Results: There was significant difference between rural and urban girls regarding mean age at menarche (5.50, p = 0.000). There was a statistically significant difference between rural and urban girls using of sanitary pad (30.54, p = 0.000) and reusable cloth (38.92, p = 0.000).Conclusions: This study found that menstrual hygiene practice (MHP) was more among the urban high school adolescent girls than in the rural high school adolescent girls. The result provides baseline information regarding menstrual hygiene practice (MHP) among rural participants that’s why need more emphasize on health promotion and counseling program regarding menstrual hygiene practice (MHP) among rural and primary level health sectors in Bangladesh.

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Galgamuwa, Lahiru S., Devika Iddawela, and Samath D. Dharmaratne. "Knowledge and practices of food hygiene among food handlers in plantation sector, Sri Lanka." International Journal of Scientific Reports 2, no. 12 (November 24, 2016): 304. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/issn.2454-2156.intjscirep20164307.

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Background: Diseases related with consumption of contaminated foods are a common problem in worldwide. Food handlers play a major role in ensuring food safety and hygiene. Information about food hygiene in plantation sector of Sri Lanka is insufficient. This study was designed to assess the knowledge and practice of food hygiene among food handlers in tea plantation sector of Kandy, Sri Lanka.Methods: A community based cross sectional study was conducted among food handlers in tea plantations in three tea plantations from July to September 2013. Information regarding food handling practices, knowledge and attitude of food hygiene and safety and medical treatments was obtained from food handlers using a structured questionnaire. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 20 statistical software. Results: 375 food handlers from 18 to 63 years (mean 33.4 ± 7.2) were enrolled of which 88% of them were females. Out of total participants, 59.6% of the respondent had good knowledge of food practice and hygiene. Gender (p = 0.044), education level of food handlers (p = 0.019), and good medical practices (p < 0.05) were statistically significant with practice of food safety and hygiene.Conclusions: Community - health education programs, promoting food hygiene and safety training should be implemented to improve the level of knowledge and practice of food hygiene.

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Bhupalam Pradeepkumar, Narayana G, Haranath Chinthaginjala, Ramalingam P, Somasekhar Reddy K, Sudheer A, Veerabhadrappa KV, and Vijayajyothi M. "Impact of pharmacist mediated educational program on knowledge and practice of menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls." International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences 10, no. 4 (October 16, 2019): 3083–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.26452/ijrps.v10i4.1598.

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In India, awareness about menstruation before menarche was low, and it is viewed as unclean or dirty in society. In adolescent girls who attained menstruation for the first time, menstrual hygiene management is constrained by social, practical and economic factors such as the expense of sanitary pads, lack of water facilities, lack of private rooms for changing sanitary pads, and limited education about the facts of menstrual hygiene. The practice of good menstrual hygiene reduces the incidence of reproductive tract infections. The aim of the present study was to assess the impact of pharmacist mediated educational program on menstrual hygiene practice. An interventional study was carried out to assess the impact of menstrual hygiene practice on knowledge and practice of menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls in backward areas of Andhra Pradesh, India. A self-administered questionnaire comprises socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge related to menstruation and menstrual hygiene practice was used to collect data. The collected data was analyzed to assess the knowledge related to the menstrual hygiene practice, school attendance during the menstrual period at baseline and after providing education on menstrual hygiene. The present study reveals that 52.52% of the participants had good knowledge about menstrual hygiene. Pharmacist mediated educational program showed great improvement on the practice of menstrual hygiene such as the use of sanitary pads was improved from 40.42% to 93.38%. After educational program school dropouts was greatly declined from 55.32% to 7.33%. Pharmacist mediated program had a positive impact on menstrual hygiene practice, Government of India need to conduct more educational programs on menstrual hygiene management at a community level.

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Ribeiro Gaião, Luciene, Maria Eneide Leitão de Almeida, José Gomes Bezerra Filho, Peter Leggat, and Jorg Heukelbach. "Poor Dental Status and Oral Hygiene Practices in Institutionalized Older People in Northeast Brazil." International Journal of Dentistry 2009 (2009): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/846081.

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In this study we describe the dental status and oral hygiene practices in institutionalized older people and identify factors associated with poor dental status. A cross-sectional study was performed in a nursing home in Fortaleza, the capital of Ceará State (northeast Brazil). The number of decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) was assessed in the residents of the nursing home (; mean age = 76.6 years). The mean DMFT value was 29.7; the mean number of missing teeth was 28.4. Ninety-three (58.1%) were edentulous. Almost 90% practiced oral hygiene, but only about half used a toothbrush. Only 8% had visited a dentist in the preceding three months. Most of the variables regarding oral hygiene habits (such as the use of toothbrush, frequency of oral hygiene per day, regular tooth brushing after meals) did not show any significant association with the DMFT. In multivariate regression analysis, age, general literacy level, and practice of oral hygiene were independently associated with the DMFT (). Institutionalized older people in northeast Brazil have poor dental status, and oral hygiene practices are insufficient. Dental health education is needed focusing on the special needs of this neglected and socioeconomically deprived population to improve their quality of life.

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Journal articles on the topic 'Hygiene practice'

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