Hand Hygiene Awareness of the Middle School Students and Use of Theater Performance

Abstract

• Present study has been conducted to investigate the effects of raising the awareness of middle-school students toward hand hygiene via using theater performances. The population of this intervention study consists of 5th and 6th graders studying at the Middle-school. Prior to using the theater performance, 15.7% of students practiced proper hand-washing technique while after the theater, the ratios escalated to 33.8%. After the intervention, there was a statistically significant increase in the ratio of respondents having emphasized the need to wash hands as shown by the demonstrated technique(p<0.05). İt was demonstrated that upon performing drama, entertainment and didactic scenarios integrated theater activities among middle-school students, there was a heightened level of hand-hygiene awareness toward a manifold of issues in the short term. In addition it was detected that by teaching the proper technique students achieved to double increase their knowledge on hand hygiene.
  

Keywords

• Education,theater,hand hygiene,awareness,middle-school,students

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