The importance of hand hygiene education on primary schoolgirls’ absence due to upper respiratory infections in Saudi Arabia

From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alzaher); Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, from the Prince Sattam Chair for Epidemiology and Public Health Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine (Gosadi), Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Field Epidemiology Training Program (Almudarra), Assistant Agency of Preventive Health, Public Health Agency, Ministry of Health; and from the Osteoporosis Control Program, Health Programs and Chronic Diseases Department (Mustafa), Public Health Directorate, Directorate General of Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alzaher); Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, from the Prince Sattam Chair for Epidemiology and Public Health Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine (Gosadi), Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Field Epidemiology Training Program (Almudarra), Assistant Agency of Preventive Health, Public Health Agency, Ministry of Health; and from the Osteoporosis Control Program, Health Programs and Chronic Diseases Department (Mustafa), Public Health Directorate, Directorate General of Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alzaher); Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, from the Prince Sattam Chair for Epidemiology and Public Health Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine (Gosadi), Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Field Epidemiology Training Program (Almudarra), Assistant Agency of Preventive Health, Public Health Agency, Ministry of Health; and from the Osteoporosis Control Program, Health Programs and Chronic Diseases Department (Mustafa), Public Health Directorate, Directorate General of Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alzaher); Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, from the Prince Sattam Chair for Epidemiology and Public Health Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine (Gosadi), Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Field Epidemiology Training Program (Almudarra), Assistant Agency of Preventive Health, Public Health Agency, Ministry of Health; and from the Osteoporosis Control Program, Health Programs and Chronic Diseases Department (Mustafa), Public Health Directorate, Directorate General of Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia