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Perceptions and behaviors related to hand hygiene for the prevention of H1N1 influenza transmission among Korean university students during the peak pandemic period

BMC infectious diseases, 2010-07, Vol.10 (1), p.222-222, Article 222 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
Perceptions and behaviors related to hand hygiene for the prevention of H1N1 influenza transmission among Korean university students during the peak pandemic period
Author: Park, Jae-Hyun ; Cheong, Hae-Kwan ; Son, Dae-Yong ; Kim, Seon-Ung ; Ha, Chang-Min
Subjects: Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Behavior ; College students ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Disease Outbreaks ; Disease Transmission, Infectious - prevention & control ; Female ; Hand Disinfection - methods ; Health aspects ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Hygiene ; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype - isolation & purification ; Influenza, Human - epidemiology ; Influenza, Human - prevention & control ; Influenza, Human - virology ; Korea - epidemiology ; Male ; Perception ; Prevention ; SARS coronavirus ; Students ; Surveys ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Swine influenza ; Universities ; Young Adult
Is Part Of: BMC infectious diseases, 2010-07, Vol.10 (1), p.222-222, Article 222
Description: This study was performed to better assess the perceptions, motivating factors, and behaviors associated with the use of hand washing to prevent H1N1 influenza transmission during the peak pandemic period in Korea. A cross-sectional survey questionnaire was completed by 942 students at a university campus in Suwon, Korea, between December 1 and 8, 2009. The survey included questions regarding individual perceptions, motivating factors, and behaviors associated with hand washing for the prevention of H1N1 influenza transmission. Compared to one year prior, 30.3% of participants reported increasing their hand washing frequency. Female students were more likely to practice more frequent hand washing. Women also perceived the effectiveness of hand washing to be lower, and illness severity and personal susceptibility to H1N1 infection to be higher. Study participants who were female (OR: 1.79-3.90) who perceived of hand washing to be effective (OR: 1.34-12.15) and illness severity to be greater (OR: 1.00-3.12) washed their hands more frequently. Korean students increased their frequency of hand hygiene practices during the pandemic, with significant gender differences existing in the attitudes and behaviors related to the use of hand hygiene as a means of disease prevention. Here, the factors that affected hand washing behavior were similar to those identified at the beginning of the H1N1 or SARS pandemics, suggesting that public education campaigns regarding hand hygiene are effective in altering individual hand hygiene habits during the peak periods of influenza transmission.
Publisher: England: BioMed Central Ltd
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1471-2334
EISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-222
PMID: 20663229
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Perceptions and behaviors related to hand hygiene for the prevention of H1N1 influenza transmission among Korean university students during the peak pandemic period

COPYRIGHT 2010 BioMed Central Ltd. ;COPYRIGHT 2010 BioMed Central Ltd. ;Copyright ©2010 Park et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2010 Park et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. ;ISSN: 1471-2334 ;EISSN: 1471-2334 ;DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-222 ;PMID: 20663229

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