NURSING PROFESSIONALS’ COMPLIANCE WITH HAND-WASHING: AN ANALYSIS ACCORDING TO THE HEALTH BELIEF MODEL

A descriptive and analytic study, whose objective was to understand factors related to the practice of hand-washing. 40 nursing professionals from a teaching hospital in the capital of Paraná participated in the study in the period from April to May 2007. Semi-structured interviews based on the Heal...

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Main Authors: Matilde Guedes, Fernanda Moura D'Almeida Miranda, Eliane Cristina Sanches Maziero, Fernanda Leticia Frates Cauduro, Elaine Drehmer de Almeida Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2012-06-01
Series:Cogitare Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v17i2.27886