Graduation Semester and Year

Summer 2025

Language

English

Document Type

DNP Project

Degree Name

Doctor of Nursing Practice

Department

Nursing

First Advisor

Dr. Deborah Behan

Abstract

Introduction: Among healthcare providers and educators in Kenya who work with and educate school-aged children, a toolkit that includes a guideline, educational hand-hygiene posters, handouts, and resources on hand hygiene for children using graded literature, assists educators and healthcare providers with education of school-age children regarding sanitation.

Methods: The recommendations were created using a collection of graded literature. The recommendations were presented to stakeholders of healthcare providers and educators from urban and rural areas. The stakeholders rated each recommendation using a Likert scale from 1 – very poor to 4 – very good.

Results: Five of the six stakeholders who rated the recommendations agreed that the guideline and toolkit would help in motivating children to good hygiene practices.

Conclusion: The toolkit and guideline assist educators and healthcare providers to promote healthy hygiene practices among school aged children.

Keywords

Promoting good hygiene, Good hygiene practices, Nurse’s role in Kenya, Sanitation in Kenya, Waterless hand hygiene, and Hand hygiene alternatives

Disciplines

Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing | Public Health and Community Nursing

License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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