Hand hygiene performance and beliefs among public university employees. (October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stedman-Smith, Maggie; DuBois, Cathy LZ; Grey, Scott F
• Is Part Of: Journal of health psychology. Volume 20:Number 10(2015:Oct.)
• Page Start: 1263
• Page End: 1274
• Publication Date: 2015-10
• Subjects: employees -- hand hygiene -- health promotion -- infectious disease -- theory of planned behavior; Clinical health psychology -- Periodicals; 613.019
• DOI: 10.1177/1359105313510338
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-1053

Abstract

The workplace is an important location to access community members, and employers have a direct interest in employee well-being. A survey administered to a random sample of employees at a Midwestern US university tested the ability of a model informed by the theory of planned behavior to predict hand hygiene practices and beliefs using structural equation modeling. Questions demonstrated acceptable validity and reliability. Constructs predicted self-reported hand hygiene behaviors, and hand hygiene behaviors reduced the odds of reporting sickness from respiratory tract and gastrointestinal infections. The findings support multi-modal hand hygiene improvement interventions.