:Clean Hands
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Approach: One to one Level: Year 4
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Focus: Prevention of illness and infection
Resources: Sticker

Questions/instructions:

Hand sticker to student.

Look at this sticker.

It gives a special message about the importance
of washing your hands.

clean sticker


% responses
y4

1. Tell me all of the times when it is important to wash your hands.

 
 
before eating
78
before/after preparing food
22
after going to the toilet
75
before brushing your teeth
0
after coughing/sneezing/blowing nose
8
before dealing with a wound
3
after getting them dirty (general)
81
2. Explain why it is important to wash your hands.
 
stop spread of infection/get rid of germs
81
protect your health
49
protect other people’s health
12
avoid making a mess
3
3. If you were going to teach a young child how to wash and clean their hands really well, what would you tell them to do? Tell me all the things you need to do to clean your hands really well.
 
use soap/detergent
97
use warm or hot water, if available
11
wash thoroughly
70
rinse thoroughly
45
dry with clean towel, hot air, etc. before touching anything else
68
Total score:
10–15
6
8–9
33
6–7
43
4–5
16
0–3
2
Subgroup Analysis:
Year 4

Commentary:
Most students were well aware of the need to wash hands after going to the toilet or before eating but paid much less attention to other risks. Pasifika students scored markedly lower than the other subgroups.
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