Exploring infection prevention and control knowledge and beliefs in the Solomon Islands using Photovoice.

ABSTRACT: Healthcare associated infections are the most common complication of a person's hospital stay. Contemporary infection prevention and control programs are universally endorsed to prevent healthcare associated infections. However, western biomedical science on which contemporary infection prevention and control is based, is not the only way that staff and patients within healthcare settings understand disease causation and/or disease transmission. This results paper reports on one aspect of a study which ascertains perceptions of disease transmission and how these influence infection prevention and control practice at Atoifi Adventist Hospital Solomon Islands. Photovoice was used as the primary data collection method with staff and patients. The germ theory and hospital hygiene processes wer

SUBMITTER: Sparke VL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021726 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature