초록 열기/닫기 버튼
This study examined the factors affecting the hand washing behavior of children based on the health belief model with the permission of PUN IRB (2017_60_HR). The survey was conducted on 156 elementary school students in Malang City, East Java, Indonesia, from July 17 to August 14, 2017. The subjects were 77 boys (49.4%) and 79 girls (50.6%). Most children were between 10 and 12 years of age. Most of the subjects washed their hands ‘before meals’(94.8%) but the rate of washing their hands ‘after using the toilet’(61.0%) or ‘after returning home’(33.1%) were low. All the factors of the health belief model were related to the hand washing behavioral intention significantly. Among them, self-efficacy (β=0.491, p<0.001) and perceived sensitivity (β=0.317, p<0.001) were the most influential factors. On the other hand, the subjective norms that were expected to affect children had no significant relationship with the hand washing behavioral intention. Therefore, to improve the hand washing behavior of children, it is necessary to educate them to wash their hands well and to inform them that they can become sick if they do not wash their hands well.
