The main objective of this research is to understand the meaning of the practices concerning food hygiene in a street market in Salvador, the capital of Bahia State in Brazil. The ethnographic study presents two main categories for symbolic production related to hygiene practices: cleanliness as order and dirtiness as disorder. These cultural codes make correspondence with the studies of Mary D...

INTRODUCTION Children watch television during most of their free time. They are exposed to advertisers' messages and are vulnerable to sophisticated advertisements of foods often detrimental to oral and general health. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the influence of television advertisements on children, the relationship with oral health and to analyze the content of those advertisements. METHODOLO...

This study investigated the association between dietary patterns and oral health in primary-school children from Damascus. A total of 504 children aged 6-12 years were enrolled and food frequency questionnaires were distributed to their guardians to evaluate food consumption. Dental health was evaluated by gingival index and presence of untreated dental caries. Consumption of food groups was lo...

G. ZARFEL *, K. KRZIWANEK , S. JOHLER , M. HOENIGL , E. LEITNER, C. KITTINGER 1, L. MASOUD1, G. FEIERL1 AND A. J. GRISOLD1 1 Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria 2 Department of Hygiene, Microbiology and Tropical Medicine, National Reference Centre for Nosocomial Infections and Antibiotic Resistance, Elisabethinen Hospital, Lin...

Background: The hygiene factor of the food handler or manager, commonly called personal hygiene, is a very important procedure in maintaining cleanliness safe and healthy management. Hygiene procedures are clean behaviors to prevent contamination managed food. This study aimed determine sanitation behavior based on handlers' know¬ledge safety at restaurants working area Pasir Panjang Puskesmas ...

BACKGROUND Healthcare facility hand hygiene impacts patient care, healthcare worker safety, and infection control, but low-income countries have few data to guide interventions. AIM To conduct a nationally representative survey of hand hygiene infrastructure and behaviour in Bangladeshi healthcare facilities to establish baseline data to aid policy. METHODS The 2013 Bangladesh National Hygi...