Teaching Plan: Importance of Hand Hygiene in Community Health

This report outlines a community teaching plan focused on hand hygiene and its importance in promoting public health. The plan targets children aged 5-17 and their families, emphasizing the significance of handwashing to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. The plan includes a rationale highlighting the prevalence of hand hygiene-related illnesses and the impact of proper handwashing techniques. The report details the specific times when handwashing is crucial, such as before meals, after using the restroom, and after coughing or sneezing. It also covers the types of hand hygiene products that can be utilized, including soap and water, as well as alcohol-based hand sanitizers, and super-oxidized solutions. The report references several sources, including CDC, UNICEF, and WHO, to support the recommendations and evidence-based practices for effective hand hygiene, serving as a valuable resource for health education and disease prevention in the community.

Community
teaching plan
Topic for the teaching: Health promotion – Cleanliness and
personal hygiene, importance of proper hand wash

Teaching Plan
 Topic for the teaching: Health promotion –
Cleanliness and personal hygiene, importance of
proper hand wash
 Target audience: Children between ages 5 and 17; at
least one member from each family in the community.
 Time taken for the teaching : 1-2 hours
 Location of the teaching : Community hall
 Community setting: Community Health centre

Epidemiological rationale for
the topic
 Hand Hygiene is the ultimate way to prevent infections.
 Reports have shown that the health care providers clean their hands
less than half of the times than they should do.
 This is related to the spreading of Health care associated infections.
 According to the UNICEFF reports about 1.5 millions of children die
every year due to diarrhoea due to ineffective hand washing and
cleanliness (UNICEF, 2019).
 Some of the common respiratory diseases due to poor hand hygiene
includes influenza, cold , chicken pox and meningitis.

Facts about hand washing
(CDC,(017)

When should you wash your
hands?
• Before sitting for the meal
• After visiting washroom or changing the nappy of the baby
• After coughing, blowing the nose and sneezing.
• Before and after touching the patient
• After handling wastes
• After smoking
• In case of any abrasions or cuts, that part should be kept
covered and the dressing needs to be changed frequently.

Hand hygiene products that can be used
and some useful facts
 Washing hands
utilizing soap and
water is the best
method to wash
hands.
 Hand sanitizers, that
are alcohol based,
can be used in non-
healthcare settings.
 Alcohol free super-
oxidised solutions
can be used for
cleansing the hands.

References
 CDC,(2017). Clean Hands Count for Safe Healthcare. Access date: 3.2.2020.
Retrieved from: https://www.cdc.gov/features/handhygiene/index.html
 Ejemot‐Nwadiaro, R. I., Ehiri, J. E., Arikpo, D., Meremikwu, M. M., & Critchley, J. A. (2015).
Hand washing promotion for preventing diarrhoea. Cochrane Database of Systematic
Reviews, (9).
 Freeman, M. C., Stocks, M. E., Cumming, O., Jeandron, A., Higgins, J. P., Wolf, J., ... &
Curtis, V. (2014). Systematic review: hygiene and health: systematic review of
handwashing practices worldwide and update of health effects. Tropical Medicine &
International Health, 19(8), 906-916.
 Mahmud, M. A., Spigt, M., Bezabih, A. M., Pavon, I. L., Dinant, G. J., & Velasco, R. B.
(2015). Efficacy of handwashing with soap and nail clipping on intestinal parasitic
infections in school-aged children: a factorial cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS
medicine, 12(6).
 UNICEF, (2019).Fast Facts And Figures About Handwashing.Access date: 3.2.2020.
Retrieved from: http://unicef.in/story/129/fast-facts-and-figures-about-handwashing
 WHO, 2018. .Hand Hygiene: Why, How & When?.Access date: 3.2.2020. Retrieved from:
https://www.who.int/gpsc/5may/Hand_Hygiene_Why_How_and_When_Brochure.pdf