Influential factors related to hand washing practice of dental hygienists by health belief model

Effects of Infection Control Training on Dental Hygienists’ Health Beliefs and Practices of Infection Control

“…Perceived benefit increased significantly after the training in the intervention group as compared to the control group. This is consistent with the previous studies that have shown perceived benefit to be an important factor that can promote actual implementation easier than the other health belief model components 23) , and that perceived benefit is effective when used in the development of educational programs 24) , and that infection control practice increases when perceived benefit increases 12) . Thus, it is believed that the increase in perceived benefit with training was an important factor directly affecting implementation, and that it was the most significant factor in increasing better infection control practice.…”

“…When were viewed the status of research on dental infection control in-country, we noted that the majority of studies focus on the current state of infection control 9) , or on the awareness and implementation of certain aspects of infection prevention, or dental device disinfection and sterilization [9][10][11] . There have also been some studies that focused on factors relating to dental hygienists' hand-washing behavior based on the health belief model 12) , factors relating to their general infection control practices, again using the health belief model 5) , and the quality of infection control correlated with having received specific training 13) . However, there has been lack of research on changing dental hygienists' practice after providing special training on dental infection control.…”

Health Belief Model Effect on Nurses Hand Hygiene Adherence

“…These results are in concordance to study by Kim and Kwon, where the findings are age and education can't predict nurse adherence of hand hygiene practice [22]. But this finding is in conflict with findings of Lim's study in 2011 on dental hygienist in hospitals and dentist clinics in Seoul, which found that age and education can predict nurse's adherence to hand hygiene practice (p<0.05) [23]. Kim and Kwon study also shown that length of career, and sex cannot predict the adherence of hand hygiene practice by nurses (p>0.05) [22].…”