Hand Hygiene during the Early Neonatal Period: A Mixed-Methods Observational Study in Healthcare Facilities and Households in Rural Cambodia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, infections are the third leading cause of neonatal mortality. Predominant risk factors for facility-born newborns are poor hygiene practices that span both facilities and home environments. Current improvement interventions focus on only one environment and target limited caregivers, primarily birth attendants and mothers. To inform the design of a hand hygiene behavioural change intervention in rural Cambodia, a formative mixed-methods observational study was conducted to investigate the context-specific behaviours and determinants of handwashing among healthcare workers, and maternal and non-maternal caregivers along the early newborn care continuum.

Methods

Direct observations of hygiene practices of all individuals providing care to 46 newborns acros

SUBMITTER: Nalule Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8122667 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature