Aunger, R;
Greenland, K;
Ploubidis, G;
Schmidt, W;
Oxford, J;
Curtis, V;
(2016)
The Determinants of Reported Personal and Household Hygiene Behaviour: A Multi-Country Study.
PLoS ONE
, 11
(8)
, Article e0159551. 10.1371/journal.pone.0159551.
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Abstract
A substantial proportion of the total infectious disease burden world-wide is due to person-to-person spread of pathogens within households. A questionnaire-based survey on the determinants of hand-washing with soap and cleaning of household surfaces was conducted in at least 1000 households in each of twelve countries across the world (N = 12,239). A structural equation model of hygiene behaviour and its consequences derived from theory was then estimated on this dataset for both behaviours, using a maximum likelihood procedure. The analysis showed that the frequency of handwashing with soap is significantly related to how automatically it is performed, and whether or not someone is busy, or tired. Surface cleaning was strongly linked to possessing a cleaning routine, the perception that one is living in a dirty environment and that others are doing the behaviour, whether one has a strong sense of contamination, as well as a felt need to keep one’s surroundings tidy. Being concerned with good manners is also linked to the performance of both behaviours. This study is the first to identify the role of manners, orderliness and routine on hygiene behaviours globally. Such findings should prove helpful in designing programs to improve domestic hygiene practices.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Determinants of Reported Personal and Household Hygiene Behaviour: A Multi-Country Study |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0159551 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159551 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2016 Aunger et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Influenza Transmission, Validity, Health, Risk, Home, Contamination, Intervention, Sanitation, Variables, Children |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1508655 |
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