Knowledge, attitude and practice on hand washing and associated factors among public primary schools children in Hosanna town, Southern Ethiopia

Alula Seyum Buda; Dejene Ermias Mekengo; Terefe Markos Lodebo; Abinet Arega Sadore; Bazie Mekonnen

doi:10.5897/JPHE2017.0987

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Public Health and Epidemiology

Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
Language: English
ISSN: 2141-2316
DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
Start Year: 2009
Published Articles: 655

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Knowledge, attitude and practice on hand washing and associated factors among public primary schools children in Hosanna town, Southern Ethiopia

Alula Seyum Buda

Alula Seyum Buda
Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wachemouniversity, Hadiyya, Ethiopia.
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Dejene Ermias Mekengo

Dejene Ermias Mekengo
Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wachemouniversity, Hadiyya, Ethiopia.
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Terefe Markos Lodebo

Terefe Markos Lodebo
Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
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Abinet Arega Sadore

Abinet Arega Sadore
Department of Health education and Behavioural Science, Faculty of Public Health, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
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Bazie Mekonnen

Bazie Mekonnen
School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
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Article Number - C6CC5F457013
Vol.10(6), pp. 205-214 , June 2018
https://doi.org/10.5897/JPHE2017.0987

Received: 24 November 2017
Accepted: 05 February 2018
Published: 30 June 2018

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