Table 3.
Students' knowledge and attitude about hand washing practice in Harar town, eastern Ethiopia 2021(n = 670).
| Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Do human feces contain germs | Yes | 590 | 88.1 |
| No | 80 | 11.9 | |
| All clean objects are free from germ | Yes | 411 | 61.3 |
| No | 259 | 38.7 | |
| Human urine contain germ | Yes | 557 | 83.1 |
| No | 113 | 16.9 | |
| Germs can be acquired when desks, doors books and animals are touched | Yes | 502 | 74.9 |
| No | 168 | 25.1 | |
| Poor hand washing cause disease | Yes | 610 | 91.0 |
| No | 60 | 9.0 | |
| Water only enough for hand washing | Yes | 147 | 21.9 |
| No | 523 | 78.1 | |
| Hand washing with soap needed after sneezing | Yes | 537 | 80.1 |
| No | 133 | 19.9 | |
| Failure to wash hand transmit infectious disease | Yes | 615 | 91.8 |
| No | 55 | 8.2 | |
| Overall knowledge | Good | 413 | 61.6 |
| Poor | 257 | 38.40 | |
| If you wash your hands really well with water you don't need to use soap | Yes | 508 | 75.80 |
| No | 162 | 24.20 | |
| You only need to wash your hands with soap if they look dirty or smell bad | Yes | 450 | 67.20 |
| No | 220 | 32.80 | |
| Young infant's feces do not contain germs | Yes | 500 | 74.60 |
| No | 170 | 25.40 | |
| Washing your hands with soap before feeding is important only if you use your hands to feed | Yes | 481 | 71.80 |
| No | 189 | 28.20 | |
| Overall attitude | Positive | 446 | 66.60 |
| Negative | 224 | 33.40 |