Success StoryClean Hands Saves Lives



Clean Hands Saves Lives

Author: Christy Blevins

Planning Unit: Bell County CES

Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

The Centerfor Disease Control and Prevention estimates that since 2010, flu relatedhospitalizations among children younger than 5 years of age range from 7,000 to26,000 in the United States with some resulting in death.

 

UKCooperative Extension Service SNAP-Ed Assistant partnered with Bell CountyFamily Resource Directors to educate primary students on the importance ofwashing their hands with hot soapy water. Reading a book called Germs, Germs,Germs from the LEAP curriculum, the students learned that germs are easily passedfrom one person to another, that you can only see germs under a microscope and theywere taught the correct hand washing technique and how long they should washtheir hands.

After the studentsparticipated in a hands on activity using glow germ powder that glows under ablack light to show how well they had washed their hands, 100% of the studentsshowed improvement in their hand washing technique. A teacher stated” sincethis program I have seen a big difference in my students wanting to wash theirhands more often”.






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