Table 4.
Mothers’ handwashing (n = 20) in three communities in Balés, Kossi, and Boulkiemdé provinces in Burkina Faso
| Event | Opportunities* | Any handwashing† | Handwashing with soap | Running water | Air-drying |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After agriculture work | 1 | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) |
| After cleaning animal feces | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| After playing on floor | 1 | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| After sweeping | 7 | 1 (14) | 1 (14) | 0 (0) | 1 (14) |
| After toilet | 13 | 2 (15) | 1 (8) | 0 (0) | 2 (15) |
| Before eating | 9 | 4 (44) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (33) |
| Before feeding child | 10 | 1 (10) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Before food preparation | 14 | 4 (29) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (29) |
| Washing baby | 1 | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) |
| Other‡ | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
* Opportunities: these were key events when mothers’ hands were likely to come into contact with dirt and children, adult, or animal feces, as well as critical opportunities when dirt or fecal matter was likely to be introduced to/or contaminate food/or to be ingested during feeding.
† The same handwashing event could fit in all categories; for example, any handwashing could have been with soap and running water, and hands were air-dried.
‡ Other: any other opportunity of handwashing observed that was not classified under the rest of the categories.