Mentoring of students to assist them in the transition to clinical practice has been utilized in a number of health professions but has only been recently introduced in dental and dental hygiene education. A survey was sent to all U.S. dental hygiene program directors to determine the prevalence of mentoring programs in the dental hygiene curriculum that utilize practicing dental hygienists as ...

BACKGROUND There is a need to have an appropriate instrument to measure the hygiene behaviors for nursing students. This study was carried out to develop a Hygiene Behavior Scale (HBS). METHODS The population of the study is composed of the students of students of nursing department. A total of 416 participants were included in this study. The students in the sampling group were asked to writ...

Indonesia is still the third largest contributor of new cases leprosy in world. The purpose this study was to analyze risk factors for influence humidity, occupancy density, and personal hygiene on incidence leprosy. Using Meta-Analytic Method with PICOS technique. Some data sources used are Google Scholar, Research Gate Plos ONE by looking at keywords such as "Humidity", "Personal Hygiene", "O...

With the booming street food industry in the developing world there is an urgent need to ensure food vendors adhere to hygienic practices to protect public health. This study assessed the adherence to food hygiene practices by food vendors in educational institutions in Konongo, Ghana. Structured questionnaires, extensive observation and interviews were used for the study involving 60 food vend...

Helminths can attack all age groups and genders. cause a decrease in health conditions, intelligence, productivity, the quality of human resources, resulting economic losses due to loss carbohydrates, protein, blood, reduce body resistance so that it is easy get other diseases. This research uses quantitative type. The population this study were elementary school children SDN Dukuh Kupang V Sur...

Personal hygiene during menstruation is an action to maintain health and cleanliness in the female area. Poor personal hygiene, especially genital area, also a predisposing factor for cervical cancer. This study aims analyze effect of education using audiovisual media on improving behaviour (knowledge, attitudes actions) about menstrual adolescent girls at Al-Izzah As'adiyah Islamic Boarding Sc...

BACKGROUND Interventions to increase hand washing in schools have been advocated as a means to reduce the transmission of pandemic influenza and other infections. However, the feasibility and acceptability of effective school-based hygiene interventions is not clear. METHODS A pilot study in four primary schools in East London was conducted to establish the current need for enhanced hand hygi...

Introduction: The World Health Organization released recommendations including social distancing, use of personal protective equipment, and respiratory hygiene to decrease the risk coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

OBJECTIVE To develop an oral hygiene complex intervention and evaluate its feasibility in a single UK stroke centre. BACKGROUND Oral hygiene interventions might improve clinical outcomes after stroke but evidence-based practice is lacking. MATERIALS AND METHODS We used a sequential mixed methods approach and developed an oral hygiene complex intervention comprising: (i) web-based education ...

The purpose of this study was to explore dental and dental hygiene students' and faculty members' personal experiences with Medicaid prior to coming to dental school as well as their professional/educational experiences with patients on Medicaid during their dental/dental hygiene education and how these experiences relate to their professional attitudes and behavior concerning treating patients...