This article examines the perceptions of cleanliness and the role of soap and hand washing in two poor Bangladeshi communities, one rural and one urban.
| Title | The use of soap and water in two Bangladeshi communities : implications for the transmission of diarrhoea |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1991 |
| Authors | Zeitlyn, S, Islam, F |
| Pagination | p. s259-s264 |
| Date Published | 1991-01-01 |
| Keywords | bathing practices, behaviour, beliefs, cultural aspects, diarrhoeal diseases, disease transmission, hand washing, health education, soap |
| Abstract | This article examines the perceptions of cleanliness and the role of soap and hand washing in two poor Bangladeshi communities, one rural and one urban. Germ theory was found not to form the basis of ideas on cleanliness, as it was instead found to be based on a socio-religious concept of a reltionship between purity and impurity. Suggestions are given on the measures needed to help educate people about infection and the invisible nature of contamination. |
| Notes | Includes references |
| Custom 1 | 203.1, 245.11, 822 |
