EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE RESEARCH ANALYSIS

The best approach would be to support initiatives meant to promote proper and hygienic hand washing techniques among school going children. All in all, the background is indeed comprehensive in capturing the problem that needs to be addressed and it even goes further in prescribing what could be considered the most appropriate solution. Literature review When it comes to reviewing past literature, the overriding sentiment is that no researches conducted in the past have had the impact of highlighting some of the key issues that the HI-Five study seeks to unveil. For instance, Johansen, et al. pointed out that out of all past researches that they looked at, none had managed to successfully establish the correlation between hand washing and the prevalence of communicable diseases among children. Gottfried M. Evaluating the relationship between student attendance and achievement in urban elementary and middle schools: an instrumental variables approach.

Am Educ Res J. Methodology Starting with the quantitative component, this approach to research employs the use of numerical data in the analysis of the phenomenon being studied. Quantitative research also involves a lot of data analysis techniques that are designed to uncover the underlying trends being analyzed (Born, 2007). The rates of incidence were further analyzed by differentiating the participants according to their socio-demographics. Some of the rates used in the analysis with respect to socio-demographics included the percentage of children who were boys and girls, percentage of respondents living with both parents, percentage of respondents who were ethnically Danish, percentage of respondents who had siblings and finally, percentages relating to the economic status of the family of the respondent. Finally, the analysis also entailed establishing the number of students who were absent from class and calculating the number of absenteeism attributed to diseases occasioned by poor hand washing practices.

Conclusion The study has indeed a played a crucial role in establishing a key link between the rates of communicable diseases among school going children and proper hygiene; especially hand washing. One of the most notable things that stand out as far s the research study is concerned is the fact that the Hi-Five study is the only that has sought to integrate information relating to the impact of awareness creation on the part of the respondents as far as hand washing as a disease prevention mechanism is concerned. Precisely, the background information starts off by introducing the problem which is the prevalence of Health-care associated infections (HCAI) among healthcare professionals in Ireland. The background asserts that health-care associated infections a major issue that affects a significant number of professionals working in the industry hence the need for a comprehensive analysis and investigation.

Secondly, the background information delves further and explains that most HCAI are spread by germs that are mostly present in the hands. Finally, the background draws a correlation between proper hand washing using alcohol-based gel and incidences of diseases. Review of literature In order to ensure that the research is backed by other studies conducted in the past, Kingston, O’Connell, and Dunne (2018) make some references to past researches that have sought address similar issues. S. Rodriguez, M. Gubb, J. Stachowiak, J. Stibich, M. Oenema, A. Daha, T. Richardus, J. Brug, J. A Qualitative Exploration of Reasons for Poor Hand Hygiene Among Hospital Workers Lack of Positive Role Models and of Convincing Evidence That Hand Hygiene Prevents Cross-Infection. The students were then required to respond to questions relating to their perceptions regarding the importance of hand washing in their profession.

percent of the medical students regarded hand washing to be an important component in their practice while 72 percent of the nursing students had a similar view. Data analysis Several data analysis techniques were employed in analyzing the data relating to the relationship between HCAI and proper hand washing using alcohol-based gel. First and foremost, the use of computerized data analysis played a key role in the study and precisely, the researchers opted for the Statistical Package For Social Services (SPPS) as the software of choice in analyzing the data. The analysis was also facilitated by calculation of frequencies and percentages in order to draw some of the key relationships between the data. BMC Public Health 15:207. Kingston, L. O’Connell, N. Dunne, C. A comparative study of hand hygiene and alcohol-based hand rub use among Irish nursing and medical students.