Home-based hand hygiene practices of mothers in relation to infections in their infants
| Autor: | Ogunlesi TA, Ogunfowora OB, Oba-Daini OO |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics, Vol 47, Iss 2, Pp 103-109 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0302-4660 2814-2985 |
| Popis: | Background: Infections are the leading causes of death in children. Most of these infections are transmitted through the hands of mothers, carers and health workers. Objective: To determine the pattern of home-based hand hygiene practices among mothers of young infants attending a tertiary facility clinic in relation to infections in their infants. Methods: A cross-sectional study of mothers of infants attending an immunization clinic was conducted using a self-designed, pretested questionnaire. Results: The mean age of the 203 mothers was 30.3 ±3.8 years. The majority of the mothers received counselling about hand washing as part of antenatal care (79.8%), had access to water at home (94.0%) and always washed hands with water and soap (48.3%). Although 149 (73.4%) knew hand sanitizers, only 28 (13.8%) used it. Close to half of their infants (46.3%) had various infections (diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections, and boils) within a month of the interview. Only counselling was associated with good quality hand washing practices (p< 0.0001) while the age of child less than 6 months and good quality of hand washing were associated with the absence of infections in the infants (p = 0.029 and (p |
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