Table 2 Characteristics of food, personal and environmental hygiene of participants at Woreta Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 310)
Variable | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
Are dinning utensils Clean | ||
Yes | 282 | 91.0 |
No | 28 | 9.0 |
Do you wash your hand after toilet before touching your child | ||
Always | 144 | 46.5 |
Sometimes | 166 | 53.5 |
Does your child eat unwashed fruits and vegetables | ||
Always | 22 | 7.1 |
Sometimes | 90 | 29.0 |
Never | 154 | 63.9 |
Your child meal | ||
Always fresh | 98 | 31.6 |
Sometimes fresh | 183 | 59.0 |
Rarely fresh | 29 | 9.4 |
Do you trim your child’s nails when grown | ||
Always | 100 | 32.3 |
Sometimes | 210 | 67.7 |
Does your child take other food before the age of six month | ||
No | 286 | 92.3 |
Yes | 24 | 7.7 |
Your child playing ground | ||
Not clean | 110 | 35.5 |
Clean | 200 | 64.5 |
What is your source of drinking water | ||
Tap water | 178 | 57.4 |
Stream water | 132 | 42.6 |
Type of your toilet | ||
Open defecation | 138 | 44.5 |
Public | 74 | 23.9 |
Private | 98 | 31.6 |
Knowledge of mode of transmission | ||
Contaminated food | 124 | 40 |
Contaminated water | 131 | 42.3 |
Both | 55 | 17.7 |