Public health campaign to promote hand hygiene before meals in a college of veterinary medicine
| Autor: | Ellen R. E. Heinrich, Kate S. KuKanich, Elizabeth G. Davis, Brad J. White |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Veterinary medicine Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Students Health Occupations Universities media_common.quotation_subject Psychological intervention Alternative medicine Health Promotion Education Hand sanitizer Sex Factors Hygiene Environmental Microbiology Medicine Humans Hand Hygiene Before Meals media_common General Veterinary business.industry Public health General Medicine Kansas Anti-Bacterial Agents One Health Female business Education Veterinary |
| Zdroj: | Journal of veterinary medical education. 41(3) |
| ISSN: | 0748-321X |
| Popis: | Veterinary students can be exposed to environmental infectious agents in school that may include zoonotic pathogens. Encouraging effective hand hygiene can minimize the spread of zoonoses and promote public health and the One Health concept among veterinary students. The purpose of this study was to determine if a campaign could improve hand hygiene among veterinary students at extracurricular meetings serving meals. Nine Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine (KSU-CVM) extracurricular organizations participated in the study, sanitizer was provided at each meeting, and baseline hand-hygiene data were observed. A hand-hygiene opportunity was defined as any student observed to approach the buffet food line. Sanitizer use (yes/no) and gender (male/female) were recorded. Campaign interventions included a 3.5-minute educational video and a novel motivational poster. The video was presented to all first-year, second-year, and third-year veterinary students. Posters encouraging hand sanitization were displayed on doors and tables alongside sanitizers at each meeting. Observational hand-hygiene data were collected immediately after introduction of interventions and again 3 months later. Environmental sampling for presence of bacteria in and around meeting locations was also performed. Observed hand hygiene was lowest during baseline (11.0%±1.7), improved significantly post-intervention (48.8%±3.2), and remained improved at 3-month follow-up (33.5%±4.0). Females had higher probability of hand sanitizing (35.9%±2.2) than males (21.4%±2.4) (p |
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