[ Opinions des enfants à situation de la rue dans la ville de Bunia relative à l’hygiène des mains, République Démocratique du Congo ]
Volume 71, Issue 2, March 2024, Pages 160–168
Suga Savo Amos1, Logo Ndalo Pascal2, Byaruhanga Bamaraki Moïse3, Dduve Nzale Françoise4, and Kambale Amani Etienne5
1 Pédiatre, Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales de Bunia, RD Congo
2 Obstétricien, Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales de Bunia, RD Congo
3 Informatique et Gestion de Base de données, Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales, Bunia, Ituri, RD Congo
4 Nutritionniste, Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales de Bunia, RD Congo
5 Pédiatre, Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales de Bunia, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2024 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, nearly 3.5 million children under the age of five die each year from diarrheal diseases and pneumonia due to non-compliance with hand hygiene. However, hand washing still remains inaccessible for millions of people (around 40%), most often found in places of learning and in schools. Furthermore, deaths of diarrheal origin attributable to water, hygiene and sanitation problems are burdens linked to unsanitary water, the absence of a sanitation system and lack of hygiene, as well as on the latest estimates of infant and child mortality. This study explores the opinions of street children in the city of Bunia regarding hand hygiene. This is an exploratory type study, during which we used the cross-sectional method. Purposive sampling was used to draw our sample. Thanks to a semi-structural interview to collect data. The results obtained state that: The majority of children think that digestive problems are the consequence of lack of hand hygiene, while others have the opinion that lack of hand hygiene results in respiratory illnesses and finally the majority have the opinion that diseases from dirty hands come from the products contained in the water prepared for hand washing (alluding to chlorine 0.05%). In short, we found that the hand washing devices are non-existent in public places; the consequences of which are enormous especially among children in Situation de la Rue in the city of Bunia.
Author Keywords: Opinion, Children in Street Situation, Hand hygiene.
Volume 71, Issue 2, March 2024, Pages 160–168
Suga Savo Amos1, Logo Ndalo Pascal2, Byaruhanga Bamaraki Moïse3, Dduve Nzale Françoise4, and Kambale Amani Etienne5
1 Pédiatre, Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales de Bunia, RD Congo
2 Obstétricien, Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales de Bunia, RD Congo
3 Informatique et Gestion de Base de données, Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales, Bunia, Ituri, RD Congo
4 Nutritionniste, Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales de Bunia, RD Congo
5 Pédiatre, Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales de Bunia, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2024 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, nearly 3.5 million children under the age of five die each year from diarrheal diseases and pneumonia due to non-compliance with hand hygiene. However, hand washing still remains inaccessible for millions of people (around 40%), most often found in places of learning and in schools. Furthermore, deaths of diarrheal origin attributable to water, hygiene and sanitation problems are burdens linked to unsanitary water, the absence of a sanitation system and lack of hygiene, as well as on the latest estimates of infant and child mortality. This study explores the opinions of street children in the city of Bunia regarding hand hygiene. This is an exploratory type study, during which we used the cross-sectional method. Purposive sampling was used to draw our sample. Thanks to a semi-structural interview to collect data. The results obtained state that: The majority of children think that digestive problems are the consequence of lack of hand hygiene, while others have the opinion that lack of hand hygiene results in respiratory illnesses and finally the majority have the opinion that diseases from dirty hands come from the products contained in the water prepared for hand washing (alluding to chlorine 0.05%). In short, we found that the hand washing devices are non-existent in public places; the consequences of which are enormous especially among children in Situation de la Rue in the city of Bunia.
Author Keywords: Opinion, Children in Street Situation, Hand hygiene.
Abstract: (french)
Dans le monde, selon l’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé, près de 3,5 millions d’enfants de moins de cinq ans meurent chaque année des suites de maladies diarrhéiques et de pneumonie de suite de non observance des règles d’hygiène de mains. Cependant, le lavage de mains reste encore inaccessible pour des millions de population (soit environ 40%), le plus souvent rencontré en lieu d’apprentissage et au niveau des établissements scolaires. Par ailleurs, les décès d’origine diarrhéique imputables aux problèmes d’eau, hygiène et assainissement relève des fardeaux liés à l’insalubrité de l’eau, à l’absence de système d’assainissement et au manque d’hygiène, ainsi que sur les dernières estimations de la mortalité infanto-juvénile. Cette étude est d’explorer les opinions des enfants à situation de la rue dans la ville de Bunia relative à l’hygiène de mains. Il s’agit d’une étude du type exploratoire, au cours de laquelle nous avons utilisé la méthode transversale. L’échantillonnage à choix raisonné a été utilisé afin de tirer notre échantillon. Grace à un interview semi-structurelle pour récolter des données. Les résultats obtenus stipulent que: La majorité d’enfants pensent que les problèmes digestif est la conséquence de manque de l’hygiène de mains, tandis que d’autres ont d’opinion que le manque de l’hygiène de mains a pour conséquences les affections respiratoires et enfin la majorité ont pour opinion que les maladies de mains sales proviennent des produits contenus dans l’eau préparée pour le lavage de mains (allusion au chlore 0,05%). En somme nous avions trouvé que la dispositifs de lavage des mains sont inexistant dans les lieux publiques; dont la conséquence sont énorme surtout chez les enfants à Situation de la Rue de la ville de Bunia.
Author Keywords: Opinion, Enfants à Situation de la Rue, Hygiène de main.
How to Cite this Article
Suga Savo Amos, Logo Ndalo Pascal, Byaruhanga Bamaraki Moïse, Dduve Nzale Françoise, and Kambale Amani Etienne, “Opinions of children on the street situation in the city of Bunia relating to hand hygiene, Democratic Republic of Congo,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 160–168, March 2024.
