Open AccessThe Era of Coronavirus: Knowledge, Attitude, Practices, and Barriers to Hand Hygiene Among Makerere University Students and Katanga Community Residents
Author(s) -
Julius Nuwagaba,
Meddy Rutayisire,
Thomas Balizzakiwa,
Ibrahim Kisengula,
Edna Joyce Nagaddya,
Dave Darshit
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s318482
Subject(s) - hygiene , hand sanitizer , medicine , hand washing , family medicine , pandemic , environmental health , covid-19 , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
The Novel Coronavirus was declared as a pandemic by the WHO at the end of 2019. Proper hand hygiene was identified as one of the simplest most cost-effective Covid-19 control and prevention measures. It is therefore very important to identify gaps in the knowledge, attitude, and practices, and barriers regarding hand hygiene in the community.