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Article: Hygiene Practices and Early Childhood Development in the East Asia-Pacific Region: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
Title | Hygiene Practices and Early Childhood Development in the East Asia-Pacific Region: A Cross-Sectional Analysis |
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Authors | |
Keywords | child East Asia-Pacific region growth and development hand hygiene oral hygiene |
Issue Date | 4-Feb-2023 |
Publisher | MDPI |
Citation | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023, v. 20, n. 4 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Poor hygiene might be a risk factor for early childhood development (ECD). This study investigated the associations of three hygiene practices (‘wash hands before a meal,’ ‘wash hands after going to the toilet,’ and ‘brush teeth’), separately and combined, with ECD. Six thousand six hundred ninety-seven children (4 [0.8] years) from the East Asia-Pacific Early Child Development Scales validation study were included in this cross-sectional analysis. The hygiene variables were recoded to have comparable values as ‘always,’ ‘sometimes,’ and ‘never.’ These variables were then grouped to create combined categories. The binary outcome variables, poor ECD, were defined as a score < age-specific 25th centile. Modified Poisson regression models were used to analyse the associations. Data collection was performed between 2012 and 2014, and the analyses were conducted in April 2022. Compared with children who ‘always’ washed their hands before a meal, those who did it ‘sometimes’ (Prevalence Ratio [PR]: 1.30 [95% CI: 1.16–1.46]) or ‘never’ (PR: 1.35 [1.18–1.55]) had a higher likelihood of poorer overall development. Comparable results were identified for the other two hygiene practices and the other four domain-specific outcomes (p < 0.05). Compared with children who always followed the three hygiene practices, the likelihood of poor overall ECD increased as the combined hygiene practice decreased among children with poor hygiene practices (PRnever: 1.67 [1.40–2.00]; PRrarely: 1.49 [1.30–1.71]; PRsometimes: 1.30 [1.14–1.49]). Children who did not always follow good hygiene practices had a higher likelihood of poor ECD independently of sociodemographic factors. Considering these findings, future hygiene practice interventions and trials should consider including ECD outcomes. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/341753 |
ISSN | 2019 Impact Factor: 2.849 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.808 |
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dc.contributor.author | Petermann-Rocha, Fanny | - |
dc.contributor.author | Rao, Nirmala | - |
dc.contributor.author | Bala, Manya | - |
dc.contributor.author | Parshad-Asnani, Monika | - |
dc.contributor.author | Sifuna, Anthony | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yousafzai, Aisha | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ho, Frederick K | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ip, Patrick | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-26T05:36:55Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-03-26T05:36:55Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2023-02-04 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023, v. 20, n. 4 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1661-7827 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/341753 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p>Poor hygiene might be a risk factor for early childhood development (ECD). This study investigated the associations of three hygiene practices (‘wash hands before a meal,’ ‘wash hands after going to the toilet,’ and ‘brush teeth’), separately and combined, with ECD. Six thousand six hundred ninety-seven children (4 [0.8] years) from the East Asia-Pacific Early Child Development Scales validation study were included in this cross-sectional analysis. The hygiene variables were recoded to have comparable values as ‘always,’ ‘sometimes,’ and ‘never.’ These variables were then grouped to create combined categories. The binary outcome variables, poor ECD, were defined as a score < age-specific 25th centile. Modified Poisson regression models were used to analyse the associations. Data collection was performed between 2012 and 2014, and the analyses were conducted in April 2022. Compared with children who ‘always’ washed their hands before a meal, those who did it ‘sometimes’ (Prevalence Ratio [PR]: 1.30 [95% CI: 1.16–1.46]) or ‘never’ (PR: 1.35 [1.18–1.55]) had a higher likelihood of poorer overall development. Comparable results were identified for the other two hygiene practices and the other four domain-specific outcomes (p < 0.05). Compared with children who always followed the three hygiene practices, the likelihood of poor overall ECD increased as the combined hygiene practice decreased among children with poor hygiene practices (PRnever: 1.67 [1.40–2.00]; PRrarely: 1.49 [1.30–1.71]; PRsometimes: 1.30 [1.14–1.49]). Children who did not always follow good hygiene practices had a higher likelihood of poor ECD independently of sociodemographic factors. Considering these findings, future hygiene practice interventions and trials should consider including ECD outcomes.</p> | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | MDPI | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | child | - |
dc.subject | East Asia-Pacific region | - |
dc.subject | growth and development | - |
dc.subject | hand hygiene | - |
dc.subject | oral hygiene | - |
dc.title | Hygiene Practices and Early Childhood Development in the East Asia-Pacific Region: A Cross-Sectional Analysis | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/ijerph20042798 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85148964538 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 20 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1660-4601 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1660-4601 | - |