Global Variation in Hand Hygiene Practices Among Adolescents: The Role of Family and School-Level Factors.

ABSTRACT: While appropriate hand hygiene practices (HHP) are protective against infections, the paucity of evidence on global estimates and determinants of HHP in adolescents limits effective design and planning of intervention to improve HHP in young people. We examined the prevalence and correlates of HHP in adolescents. We used nationally representative data from the Global School-based Student Health Survey (2003-2017) from 92 countries. HHP were categorized as "appropriate", "inappropriate" and "lacking" based on the information about "hand washing before eating", "hand washing after using the toilet", and "hand washing with soap". Multinomial logistic regression analyses were used to assess the role of socio-demographic, health, lifestyle, school, and family-related variables in HHP. Among 354

SUBMITTER: Jatrana S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8125682 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature