A multimodal intervention to improve hand hygiene compliance via social cognitive influences among kindergarten teachers in China.

Autor: Xiaona Liu, Zhiguang Zhao, Wanli Hou, Suzanne Polinder, Ed F van Beeck, Zhen Zhang, Yan Zhou, Gang Liu, Xu Xie, Jinquan Cheng, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Vicki Erasmus
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 14, Iss 5, p e0215824 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215824
Popis: Children attending kindergarten are at high risk for contracting infections, for which hand hygiene (HH) has been recognized as the most cost-effective prevention measure globally. Kindergarten teachers' HH behavior plays a vital role in encouraging favorable hygiene techniques and environment. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a multimodal intervention at changing kindergarten teachers' HH behavior and social cognitive factors that influences HH behavior in China. The intervention named "Clean Hands, Happy Life" includes HH products with refills, reminders and cues for action, a kick-off event with awards, and training programs. We evaluated the intervention using a self-administrative questionnaire with a stratified random sample of 12 kindergartens. Two surveys was completed by 176 teachers at baseline and 185 after the 6-month intervention. Compared with the baseline scores, there was a significant improvement in the overall self-reported HH compliance of teachers (9.38 vs. 9.68 out of 10, p = 0.006), as well as teachers' perceived disease susceptibility, disease severity and behavioral control after the intervention (p
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