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KMID : 1156220090350010036
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Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
2009 Volume.35 No. 1 p.36 ~ p.44
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A Study on the Hand-washing Awareness and Practices of Male University Students
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Kim Jong-Gyu
Park Jeong-Yeong
Kim Joong-Soon
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Abstract
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Hand-washing has been recognized as a critical factor in controlling infection and cross-contamination. This study was performed to investigate hygienic behavior of male university students focusing on awareness of hand-washing, their hand washing practices, and the difference between their awareness and practices. Both a self-administered questionnaire survey and a separate direct observation in restrooms were carried out at a university campus over a four week period. In the survey, 93.6% of the responded students claimed to wash their hands after using toilet. However, just 16.9% of the observed students actually did so, according to a separate and unnoticed observational study. Among the observed students who washed their hands, 25.0% of them used soap, only 5.0% of them washed four pans of their hands, and 15.0% of them washed their hands for more than 10 seconds. Paper towel was the most common hand-drying method in the direct observation and also in the survey. Significant differences between the questionnaire survey and the direct observation (p＜0.01) were found in hand-washing practices, duration of hand-washing, using soap, washing parts of the hand, and hand-drying method after using the toilet. This study indicates that there is a remarkable difference between the male university students’ awareness of hand-washing and their hand-washing practices. This study reveals that there is the need for programs or campaigns to increase hand-washing practices of male university students.
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KEYWORD
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Hand-washing, awareness, practices, male university students
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