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  • Interdisciplinary Assessment of Hygiene Practices in Multiple Locations: Implications for COVID-19 Pandemic Preparedness in Vietnam

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    Nguyen, Trang Huyen Thi
    Le, Huong Thi
    Le, Xuan Thi Thanh
    Do, Toan Thanh Thi
    Ngo, Toan Van
    Phan, Hai Thanh
    Vu, Giang Thu
    Nguyen, Tu Huu
    Phung, Dung Tri
    Nghiem, Son Hong
    Vu, Thuc Minh Thi
    Nguyen, Thu Ha
    Tran, Trung Dinh
    Do, Khanh Nam
    Truong, Dat Van
    Le, Thanh Tuan
    Tran, Bach Xuan
    Latkin, Carl A
    Ho, Roger CM
    Ho, Cyrus SH
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Phung, Dung T.
    Nghiem, Son H.
    Year published
    2020
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    Abstract
    Due to the shared border with China, Vietnam faced risks from the COVID-19 pandemic at the early stages of the outbreak. Good hygiene practices were considered an effective prevention method, but there were only minimal data on the effectiveness of hygiene practices against the pandemic at the community level. Thus, this study aims to assess hygiene practices in society by using a community-based survey. A cross-sectional study using survey monkey was conducted from December 2019 to February 2020. The Snowball sampling technique was used to recruit participants and exploratory factor analysis was applied to scrutinize the ...
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    Due to the shared border with China, Vietnam faced risks from the COVID-19 pandemic at the early stages of the outbreak. Good hygiene practices were considered an effective prevention method, but there were only minimal data on the effectiveness of hygiene practices against the pandemic at the community level. Thus, this study aims to assess hygiene practices in society by using a community-based survey. A cross-sectional study using survey monkey was conducted from December 2019 to February 2020. The Snowball sampling technique was used to recruit participants and exploratory factor analysis was applied to scrutinize the construct validity of the measurement. We used the Tobit regression model to assess the association. Hygiene in a high-risk environment and hygiene in the social and educational environment were two main factors after applying the EFA method. Participants grade community sanitation quite low (around 6 out of 10). Furthermore, the mean score of hygiene practice at a local level in a high-risk environment was slightly low at 6.0. The score of sanitation in the Central region (5.3) was quite low compared to the North (5.8) and the South (6.2). The most high-risk environment was construction, industrial zone and food safety. Moreover, younger respondents were more likely to report poorer hygiene practices in high-risk environments (Coefficient = -1.67; 95% CI = -3.03; -0.32) and social and educational environment (Coefficient = -1.29; 95% CI = -2.54; -0.04). Our study gives an insight into pandemic preparedness at the grassroots level. The findings suggest the necessity of specific communication education for society to improve the compliance of hygiene practices to prevent the spreading of COVID-19.
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    Journal Title
    Frontiers in Public Health
    Volume
    8
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.589183
    Copyright Statement
    © 2021 Nguyen, Le, Le, Do, Ngo, Phan, Vu, Nguyen, Phung, Nghiem, Vu, Nguyen, Tran, Do, Truong, Le, Tran, Latkin, Ho and Ho. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
    Subject
    Public Health and Health Services
    coronavirus
    hygiene practice
    local preparedness
    pandemic prevention
    sanitation practice
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/402467
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