| Yazarlar (6) |
Sibel Cevizci
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Ayşegül Uludağ
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Naci Topaloğlu
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. Ülken Tunga BABAOĞLU
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Merve Çelik
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Coşkun Bakar
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
| Özet |
| Background: Hand hygiene is a cheap, simple, and an effective method that is necessarily implemented in crowded areas such as schools where infectious diseases can spread easily.Objective: To improve hand hygiene of students from grade 6 to 8 in a primary school from Canakkale, Turkey.Materials and Methods: This research was conducted in the educational year of 2012–2013 in a primary school, Kepez, Canakkale, Turkey. The subjects consisted of 185 primary school students from grade 6 to 8. Of these, 161 (participation rate= 87%) students participated. It was an educational study devoted to improve skills about hand hygiene. This study was carried out in three steps. First, a self-answered questionnaire and a standard checklist were used before hand hygiene training. Second, after 1 week from this first step, students were trained for improving hand-washing skills. Immediately afterward the training course, researchers observed each student for the assessment of their hand-washing habits and then filled the skill checklist. The last evaluation was made in the third step after 3 months from the training course. Students’ hand-washing skill scores before and after the training were compared. Statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS software, version 19.0. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.Results: Of 161 participants, 50.1% were boys and 49.0% were girls with the mean age of 12.6±0.9 (min 11; max 14) years. Of these participants, 32.3% were from grade 6, 32.3% from grade 7, and 35.4% from grade 8; 98.1% students were living in Kepez and 1.9% were living in village. A statistically … |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | Uluslararası alan indekslerindeki dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health |
| Dergi ISSN | 2320-4664 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | Scopemed |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 02-2015 |
| Cilt No | 4 |
| Sayı | 2 |
| Sayfalar | 155 / 161 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.5455/ijmsph.2015.2809201430 |
| Makale Linki | http://www.scopemed.org/?mno=170440 |
| Atıf Sayıları | |
| Google Scholar | 32 |
