@article{ajphr2020863,
author={{Alam, Syeda Saima and Haque, Anamul and Shipu, Tanzina Akter and Ghosh, Susmita and Kabir, Ruhul Kabir and Rahman, Md. Nahian},
title={Assessment of Hand Washing Knowledge and Practice among Primary School Children in Noakhali District, Bangladesh},
journal={American Journal of Public Health Research},
volume={8},
number={6},
pages={197--201},
year={2020},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajphr/8/6/3},
issn={2327-6703},
abstract={The main objective of this study is to identify the prevalence of hand washing knowledge and practice among primary school children in the Noakhali District, Bangladesh. It is a Cross-sectional study in nature. This study was a primary analysis of 400 children who were in primary school. We carried out frequency tabulation, binary and multivariate logistic regression analyses to achieve the study objective. In the study, 89% of students had good knowledge & 71.6% of students had good practice regarding hand washing. The odds of having good knowledge about hand washing were high among the students who were in grade 5 [AOR=2.85; CI 1.418-5.741] and had received hand washing training [AOR=2.58; CI 1.125-5.932]. The odds of having good practice about hand washing were greater among the students who were in grade 5 [AOR=1.8: CI=1.040-3.115], whose fathers were job holder [AOR=3.20; CI 1.267-8.093], whose mothers completed SSC [AOR=3.80; CI 1.786-8.102], HSC & above [AOR=3.99; CI 1.132-14.085] and received hand washing training [AOR=3.93; CI 1.748-8.872).Though the knowledge about hand washing is quite good, a community-based intervention program needs to be carried out to educate the children about the hand washing practice.},
doi={10.12691/ajphr-8-6-3}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}