Hand washing behavior among school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultan Abdullah, Kuantan, Pahang

Absenteeism school children are usually related to respiratory and gastrointestinal disease as children are more susceptible to be infected with dangerous bacteria and viruses. Therefore, hand washing is the single most important measure to prevent the spread of infection. School children should be...

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Main Authors:	Al-Araji, Laith Issa Yassin, Umar , Nur Syazana, Wan Su, Kamaruzaman
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine RT Nursing
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/16267/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/16267/1/Hand_Washing_Behavior_A_mong_School_Children.pdf

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spelling	iium-162672012-02-02T03:47:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/16267/ Hand washing behavior among school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultan Abdullah, Kuantan, Pahang Al-Araji, Laith Issa Yassin Umar , Nur Syazana Wan Su, Kamaruzaman RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine RT Nursing Absenteeism school children are usually related to respiratory and gastrointestinal disease as children are more susceptible to be infected with dangerous bacteria and viruses. Therefore, hand washing is the single most important measure to prevent the spread of infection. School children should be taught and stressed about the importance of hand-washing. A cross-sectional study was held in Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultan Abdullah, Kuantan, Pahang, The participants were school pupils aged 10 to 12 years old and data was obtained from questionnaires and observation to evaluate their hand washing techniques. The objective of this study was to know their hand washing behaviors and techniques as well as to understand the conditions that affect hand-washing behaviors in school. It can be concluded that 86 of the students (49.7%) had proper hand washing behavior. Age, individual intention, perceive control and attitude were found to have association with hand washing behavior. In addition, it was found that 40.8% of the respondents were having correct hand washing techniques. Overall, the results of this study will help in promoting better hand washing behavior and techniques among school children particularly as it is the best way to prevent from infections which can lead to increase number of morbidity and mortality. 2011-12-07 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/16267/1/Hand_Washing_Behavior_A_mong_School_Children.pdf Al-Araji, Laith Issa Yassin and Umar , Nur Syazana and Wan Su, Kamaruzaman (2011) Hand washing behavior among school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultan Abdullah, Kuantan, Pahang. In: International Health Conference 2011, 7-8 Dec 2011, Kuantan, Malaysia..
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spellingShingle	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine RT Nursing Al-Araji, Laith Issa Yassin Umar , Nur Syazana Wan Su, Kamaruzaman Hand washing behavior among school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultan Abdullah, Kuantan, Pahang
description	Absenteeism school children are usually related to respiratory and gastrointestinal disease as children are more susceptible to be infected with dangerous bacteria and viruses. Therefore, hand washing is the single most important measure to prevent the spread of infection. School children should be taught and stressed about the importance of hand-washing. A cross-sectional study was held in Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultan Abdullah, Kuantan, Pahang, The participants were school pupils aged 10 to 12 years old and data was obtained from questionnaires and observation to evaluate their hand washing techniques. The objective of this study was to know their hand washing behaviors and techniques as well as to understand the conditions that affect hand-washing behaviors in school. It can be concluded that 86 of the students (49.7%) had proper hand washing behavior. Age, individual intention, perceive control and attitude were found to have association with hand washing behavior. In addition, it was found that 40.8% of the respondents were having correct hand washing techniques. Overall, the results of this study will help in promoting better hand washing behavior and techniques among school children particularly as it is the best way to prevent from infections which can lead to increase number of morbidity and mortality.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Al-Araji, Laith Issa Yassin Umar , Nur Syazana Wan Su, Kamaruzaman
author_facet	Al-Araji, Laith Issa Yassin Umar , Nur Syazana Wan Su, Kamaruzaman
author_sort	Al-Araji, Laith Issa Yassin
title	Hand washing behavior among school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultan Abdullah, Kuantan, Pahang
title_short	Hand washing behavior among school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultan Abdullah, Kuantan, Pahang
title_full	Hand washing behavior among school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultan Abdullah, Kuantan, Pahang
title_fullStr	Hand washing behavior among school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultan Abdullah, Kuantan, Pahang
title_full_unstemmed	Hand washing behavior among school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultan Abdullah, Kuantan, Pahang
title_sort	hand washing behavior among school children in sekolah kebangsaan sultan abdullah, kuantan, pahang
publishDate	2011
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/16267/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/16267/1/Hand_Washing_Behavior_A_mong_School_Children.pdf
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Hand washing behavior among school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultan Abdullah, Kuantan, Pahang

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