| Child Care Hygiene Practices of Women Migrating From Rural to Urban Areas of Bangladesh. | |
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PMID: 21914711 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Children's hygiene is very important for better health but there is a paucity of studies in this area. This questionnaire study examined the child care hygiene practices of mothers of young children. A total of 354 women from slum areas of Dhaka city, Bangladesh, who migrated from rural to urban areas were selected for this study. The mean score on hygiene practice was 6.21 of 10 items (SD = 2.113). Low (score = 3) and high hygiene practice (score = 7-10) were practiced by 12.4% and 45.8% of participants, respectively. Multivariate regression analysis indicated that independent variables explained 39.9% of variance in hygiene practices. Eight variables have significant effect: participant's education (0.108; P < .05), time spent since marriage to first birth (0.030; P < .05), number of children (-0.105; P < .05), number of antenatal visits (0.319; P < .001), microcredit status (0.214; P < .001), breastfeeding (0.224; P < .001), husband's monthly income (0.146; P < .001), and household economic status (-0.0114; P < .05). The overall hygiene practice indicates the necessity of awareness building initiatives. |
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Housne Ara Begum; Shanta Shyamolee Moneesha; Amir Mohammad Sayem |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-9-13 |
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Title: Asia-Pacific journal of public health / Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health Volume: - ISSN: 1941-2479 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Sep |
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Created Date: 2011-9-14 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8708538 Medline TA: Asia Pac J Public Health Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Associate Professor, Institute of Health Economics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
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