The Meaning of "Hygiene" and Its Linked Practices in a Low-Income Urban Community in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT: Improving hygiene practices is considered to be the single most cost-effective means of reducing the global health burden of infectious diseases. Hygiene promotion and disease prevention interventions often portray and promote "hygiene" from a biomedical perspective, which may not be optimally effective for achieving their goal of changing people's behaviors. This study aimed to educe the meaning of hygiene for the residents of a low-income community in Bangladesh and how that meaning shapes their personal hygiene practices. We conducted this study in the Tongi township in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from September 2014 to June 2016. The research team purposively selected 24 households. The team conducted day-long observations using the participant observation approach and in-depth interviews with

SUBMITTER: Sultana R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9407852 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature