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The Dangers of Dirt
Valerie Curtis
其他書名
Household Hygiene and Health
出版Curtis, 1998*
ISBN90548589829789054858980
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=oojENwAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This thesis presents the results from nine years work on these problems from the town of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso and elsewhere. The first chapter addresses the subject of hygiene in general and suggests that it has dual origins; in the need for individual and social order, and also in the need to avoid disease. The second chapter evaluates the specific hygiene practices most likely to put health at risk. The literature on thesubject suggests that practices which can reduce the faecal contamination of the household environment, such as safe stool disposal and hand-washing with soap after contact with stools, are likely to be of greatest protective value. The problem of the measurement of hygiene behaviour is addressed in chapters four to six, which conclude that structured observations are probably the most valid and practical tool available orrecording hygiene practices.