title: Child care hygiene practices of women migrating from rural to urban areas of bangladesh.
abstract: Children's hygiene is very important for better health but there is a paucity of studies in this area. This questionnaire study examined the child care hygiene practices of mothers of young children. A total of 354 women from slum areas of Dhaka city, Bangladesh, who migrated from rural to urban areas were selected for this study. The mean score on hygiene practice was 6.21 of 10 items (SD = 2.113). Low (score = 3) and high hygiene practice (score = 7-10) were practiced by 12.4% and 45.8% of participants, respectively. Multivariate regression analysis indicated that independent variables explained 39.9% of variance in hygiene practices. Eight variables have significant effect: participant's education (0.108; P < .05), time spent since marriage to first birth (0.030; P < .05), number of children (-0.105; P < .05), number of antenatal visits (0.319; P < .001), microcredit status (0.214; P < .001), breastfeeding (0.224; P < .001), husband's monthly income (0.146; P < .001), and household economic status (-0.0114; P < .05). The overall hygiene practice indicates the necessity of awareness building initiatives.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Institute of Health Economics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh. drhousne@gmail.com
authors.forename: Housne Ara
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Begum
authors.forename: Shanta Shyamolee
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Moneesha
authors.forename: Amir Mohammad
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sayem
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh; D002654:Child Care / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene / Q000592:standards*; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D011204:Poverty Areas; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012424:Rural Population; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult