Josefina C Carlos, Vinna Marie T Quinones, Maria Peñafrancia L Adversario, Jennifer M Nailes, Jangail C Songco, Donaliz R Garcia, Michelle G Cacayorin, May Priscilla V Cero, Maria Paula Aleta Benedicto-Delfin, Ma Christina C Blanco, Nadjah S Natividad, Jacqueline D Bernabe, Hyacinth Claire T Chacon, Ronald Alvin C Ascue, Jayme Natasha K Paggao, Lous Ohsana P Comendador, Gustavo Hernandez-Suarez, Adriana Guzman-Holst
Seroprevalence and Shifting Endemicities of Hepatitis A Virus Infection in Two Different Geographical Areas in the Philippines
Infectious diseases and therapy
hand washing simplest affordable effective means limiting spread infections despite increasing efforts improve hand washing critical times defecation handling childadult feces cleaning childs bottom cleaning environment preparing food eating food motherscaregivers underfive children fail conduct reason appears unclear thus study sought identify hand washing critical times associated factors among motherscaregivers underfive children nefas silk lafto subcity addis ababa ethiopia facilitybased crosssectional study conducted april 115 2019 312 motherscaregivers participated pretested questionnaire used collect data participants intervieweradministered technique data analyzed statistical package social science version 20 factors determined conducting logistic regression crude odds ratio cor adjusted odds ratio aor respective 95 confidence intervals statistical tests conducted 5 level significance study revealed 232 744 95 ci 696792 motherscaregivers washed hands critical times illiterate motherscaregivers motherscaregivers lacked tap water inside home backyard 66 aor 034 95ci 017069 62 aor 038 95ci 018080 reduced odds washing hands critical times respectively motherscaregivers middle aor 456 95ci 1841133 richer aor 561 95ci 2111530 richest aor 614 95ci 2241672 times increased likelihood washing hands critical times poorest majority motherscaregivers practiced hand washing critical times improving maternal literacy household economy availability water sources backyard needed maintain enhance practice