Factors Influencing Behavior of Six-Steps Handwash With Soap Among Children With Special Needs

Abstract

Background – Children with special needs are at risk for chronic diseases. Information regarding children with special needs are limited thereby making them vulnerable to the diseases. Disease occurs because children do not wash their hands. Efforts are made to prevent children from disease, including explaining to the children about how to wash their hands properly. Purpose: This study aimed to examine knowledge, attitude, behavior, and infrastructure supporting handwash behavior among children with special needs in Bukittinggi in 2020. Design/methodology/approach – The type of research was descriptive study. Populations of this study were children with special needs, 34 children were chosen as samples. Data were analyzed by univispaate analysis. Findings : Results show that knowledge of handwash among children is low among 25 children (73.5%), attitude is less good among 27 children (79.4%), action is less good among 29 children (85.3%), and infrastructure is less supporting among 22 children (64.7%).  Research limitation–This research was conducted during the Covid pandemic period so that data was collected through questionnaire and google form. Originality/value - This research was conducted by using interviews with children use quesionaire.