Table 2 Personal hygiene of children aged 6–59 months in rural Dembiya, northwest Ethiopia, May 2017
Hygiene variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
General cleanliness of children | ||
Clean | 3 | 1.3 |
Not clean | 222 | 98.7 |
Children wash their face with clean water in every morning | ||
Yes | 152 | 67.6 |
No | 73 | 32.4 |
Children wash their body with clean water and soap | ||
Once in 3 days | 158 | 70.2 |
Once a week | 67 | 29.8 |
Children’s fingernails kept short | ||
Yes | 59 | 26.2 |
No | 166 | 73.8 |
Children wear shoes | ||
Yes | 65 | 28.9 |
No | 160 | 71.1 |
Children frequently wash their hands after playing, defecation, and before eating | ||
Yes | 102 | 45.3 |
No | 123 | 54.7 |
Mothers’ or caregivers’ hand washing habits | ||
Before meal | 223 | 99.1 |
After latrine use | 154 | 68.4 |
After handling baby’s diaper/feces | 138 | 61.3 |
After meal | 209 | 92.9 |
Before feeding a child | 154 | 68.4 |
Before food preparation | 201 | 89.3 |
After handling rubbish/ animals | 112 | 49.8 |
Mothers’ or caregivers hand washing practice | ||
Good | 55 | 24.4 |
Not good | 170 | 75.6 |