Personal and domiciliary hygiene practices and its association with incidence of infectious diseases among children aged 6-59 months

Authors

  • Md Hasanuzzaman Department of Environmental Sanitation, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Patuakhali, Bangladesh
  • Md Hafizur Rahman Department of Environmental Sanitation, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Patuakhali, Bangladesh http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2742-049X
  • Md Shafiqul Islam Khan Department of Food Microbiology, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Patuakhali, Bangladesh
  • Musammet Rasheda Begum Department of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences, Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Science University, Bangladesh
  • Farjana Alam Faculty of Nutrition and Food Science, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Patuakhali, Bangladesh
  • Al-Amin Imran Faculty of Nutrition and Food Science, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Patuakhali, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20213519

Keywords:

Personal hygiene, Domiciliary hygiene, Infectious diseases, Under-5 children

Abstract

Background: Over 200 million under-five-children born in low-income countries are at risk of not reaching their development potential and infectious diseases are the leading cause of development deficits in these regions.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate personal and household hygiene practices among 154 mothers and their association with the incidence of infectious diseases among 167 children aged 6 months to 59 months in Patuakhali district, Bangladesh.

Results: Only 13.6% of the mothers had proper hand washing knowledge. Besides, 14% and 53.9% of the mothers washed their hands with soap and only with water respectively before feeding their child. About 68.2% of mothers prepared food on the ground and half (49.5%) of the toilet did not have a hand washing location beside it. The risk of childhood infectious disease was significantly associated with hand washing of mothers before feeding a child (OR: 2.3, 95% CI: 1.5-4.1, p<0.05) and hand washing of child before eating (OR: 3.4, 95% CI: 1.8-5.7, p<0.05).

Conclusions: Hand washing agents were inadequate and compliance to hand washing was poor. Therefore, the continuous focus is needed on the mother's awareness construction to increase the compliance to hand washing practice among mothers as well as their child with soap, especially during child feeding.

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2021-08-27

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Hasanuzzaman, M., Rahman, M. H., Khan, M. S. I., Begum, M. R., Alam, F., & Imran, A.-A. (2021). Personal and domiciliary hygiene practices and its association with incidence of infectious diseases among children aged 6-59 months. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 8(9), 4204–4209. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20213519

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