Hygiene
Conditions
Brief summary
An anonymous online survey will be conducted to measure the barriers and facilitators parents and teachers experience to positively influencing children's hand-hygiene. A sub-section of the survey will also examine the barriers and facilitators they experience to surface cleaning. The final survey will be conducted with participants from Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. The data collected will be completely anonymous and there are no sensitive questions. The primary and secondary analyses will focus on the hand-hygiene items to examine the survey's internal and external validity. The results will inform a future school-based intervention.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALAll participants will be asked to respond to the same survey questions
All participants will be asked to respond to the same survey questions
Sponsors
University of Warwick
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* be 18 years or older; * identify as a female or male; and * be either a teacher or parent of children between 5 and 10 years old.
Exclusion criteria
* be 17 years or younger; * not identify as a female or male; and * not be a teacher or parent of children between 5 and 10 years old.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Domains Framework Barriers/Facilitators | Reported during the survey on Day 1 | Participants' agreements with survey statements about the barriers and facilitators they expereince to positively influecing children's hand hygeine and surface cleaning. Each response is given on a 5 point scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree. Some statements will be reverse scored. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Self-reported confience in positively influencing children's hygeine when they are watching | Reported during the survey on Day 1 | Participants' responses to the following question: When your \[children/pupils\] can see you watching them, what percentage of the time do they wash their hands with soap and water after going to the toilet and before eating? \[response options 0% - 100%\] |
| Self-reported confience in positively influencing children's hygeine when they are not watching | Reported during the survey on Day 1 | Participants' responses to the following question: When your \[children/pupils\] cannot see you watching them, what percentage of the time do they wash their hands with soap and water after going to the toilet and before eating?'\[response options 0 - 100%\] |
| Self-reported hygiene | Reported during the survey on Day 1 | Participants' responses to the following question: What percentage of the time do you wash your own hands with soap and water after going to the toilet and before eating? \[response options 0-100%\] |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Country | Reported during the survey on Day 1 | The country participants live in, either: India, the United Kingdom, China, Australia, South Africa, Indonesia, or Saudi Arabia |
| Occupation | Reported during the survey on Day 1 | Participants' employment status: Work full-time, Work part-time, Retired, Full-time, Home-maker / parent, Student, Unemployed, or Other |
| Gender | Reported during the survey on Day 1 | What gender participants identify with: Male, Female, Other/prefer not to say |
| Age | Reported during the survey on Day 1 | Participants' ages: 18 - 30 years old, 31 - 40 years old, 40 - 50 years old, 50 - 60 years old, 61 - 70 years old, or 70 or more years old |
| Parent or Teacher | Reported during the survey on Day 1 | Participants' life roles that might help them influence children's hygiene: Mum, Dad, Teacher |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed