Mudanças de hábitos de higiene à prevenção de doenças

• Autor(a) principal: Quinta, Andressa Rodrigues Martins da [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Heluy, Tárik Reis [UNESP], Santos, Lucinéia dos [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo de conferência
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://200.145.6.205/index.php/congressoextensao/8congressoextensao/paper/view/1078; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/142266
• topic: Hygiene; Disease prevention; Higiene; Prevenção de doenças

Each year diarrheal diseases and acute respiratory infections cause the deaths of more than 3.5 million children under 5 years in the world. Most of these deaths could be avoided with two simple ingredients: water and soap. Handwashing with soap is one of the main recommendations made to prevent the spread of viruses such as influenza A whose disease has no recurrent cases today, although there is a chance of outbreak due to the presence of new and more resistant virus subtypes (H1N1). Thus encouraging handwashing must overcome both cultural and economic barriers in order to reduce the risks caused by pathogens and hence the spread of diseases, which is possible through education and information. Thus, the project of Good Hygiene Practices and Health Promotion, had as main objective and commitment, aware not only the academic community but also the general population about the importance of washing hands with soap and water, performing educational nature activities with an emphasis on personal hygiene, such as promoting hand washing infant public schools / daycare and communities of Assis region, as well as workshops for learning and development of hygiene products (homemade soaps), because information is the best way to access to entail changes in society and get a healthier life.