Harshal T Pandve|Paramjit Chawla|Purushottam Giri|Kevin Fernandez|Samir A Singru
Study of hand washing practices in rural community of Pune, India
Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College and General hospital|Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College and General hospital|Institute of Medical Sciences|Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College and General hospital|Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College and General hospital
background hand washing well recognized preventive tool disease prevention study hand washing practices rural community objectives study medium hand washing b determine association hand washing practices sociodemographic characteristics c study association hand washing practices certain infectionsmethodsa community based observational study conducted five randomly selected villages rural field practice area medical college pune maharashtra house house survey interview conducted pretested questionnaire regarding hand washing practices site inspection designated place hand washing also done statistical analysis percentages proportions chisquare testresults total 1468 799 males amp 669 females individuals participated study majority 3723 21 40 years agegroup 698 studied secondary grade 4846 study participants family major source information regarding importance hand washing family 1167 7949 using soap water 117 798 used water antiseptic solution hand washing 184 1253 used water hand washing 100 practiced hand washing defecation significant association medium hand washing agegroup literacy status association also found history episode upper respiratory tract infection diarrhea medium hand washingconclusionsmajority study participants used water soap hand washing finding encouraging sustainable practice recommended