Personal health Bringing good hygiene home
Original Article by American Journal of Infection Control, cited below
Summary By Simply The Basics
This article focuses on hygiene in the newest frontier of disease prevention—hygiene in the home. Research on infections over the past few decades has focused on hospitals, day-care facilities, and schools, but little attention was paid to the home. Today, the increase of foodborne illness and a growing need for home health care have focused renewed interest on hygiene and cleanliness in the home.
“Hygiene” refers to conditions or practices by which people maintain or promote good health by keeping themselves and their surroundings clean. Even in our contemporary society, good hygiene practices continue to be the primary disease-prevention strategy.
Continue reading to learn more about how hygiene access impacts overall health from a researchers’ point of view.
Alision E. Aiello, Elaine L Larson, Richard Sedlak. “Personal Health Bringing Good Hygiene Home”. American Journal of Infection Control. December 2008. https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(08)00741-4/fulltext