ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1571710
This article is part of the Research TopicIndoor Environmental Quality in Day-Care Centers, Kindergartens, and Primary SchoolsView all articles
Infection Prevention and Control in Daycare Centres: A Survey of Caregivers' Knowledge and Practices in Ogbomoso Community, Southwest, Nigeria
Provisionally accepted
Rafiat Omotayo Ishola1
Dolapo Emmanuel Ajala1*Grace Olayanju1Deborah Oluwadamilola Ilugbaro1Ronke Gbonjubola Ajala2Taiwo Omotayo Dosumu1Eunice Oluwakemi Ogunmodede1- 1Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria
- 2Bowen University Teaching Hospital, Oyo, Nigeria
Select one of your emails
You have multiple emails registered with Frontiers:
Notify me on publication
Please enter your email address:
If you already have an account, please login
You don't have a Frontiers account ? You can register here
Introduction: Infectious diseases can easily spread among children in Daycare Centres (DCC).Caregivers at DCC play a pivotal role in preventing and controlling infectious disease among children.Objective: To assess the knowledge and practice of infection prevention control (IPC) among caregivers in DCC.Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among daycare caregivers in Ogbomoso Community, Southwest Nigeria. The Taro Yamane formula was used to calculate a minimum sample size of 111 caregivers from a population of 136. A snowball sampling technique was employed due to the absence of a formal registry for daycare centres; initial participants referred additional caregivers through their professional networks, enabling recruitment of this hard-to-reach population. A pretested, self-developed questionnaire with a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.96 was administered. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (α = 0.05).Results: Findings from this study showed that majority (60%) of the respondent are within the age group of 30-39years. Overall, 40% of the respondents had good knowledge of IPC while 47.3% had poor practice. Years of experience (p=0.001) and knowledge (p=0.000) were statistically significant with practice of IPC.Conclusion: This study found a significant association between caregivers' knowledge and their practice of infection prevention and control (IPC), as well as between years of experience and IPC practice. We recommend regular, targeted IPC training tailored to address identified gaps in practice, particularly in hand hygiene and waste management, to further enhance infection control standards in daycare centres.
Keywords: Infection, prevention, Control, Daycare Caregivers, Nigeria
Received: 05 Feb 2025; Accepted: 19 May 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Ishola, Ajala, Olayanju, Ilugbaro, Ajala, Dosumu and Ogunmodede. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Dolapo Emmanuel Ajala, Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria
Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.