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    IMPACTO DE LA HIGIENE DE MANOS EN LA SALUD DE LOS ESTUDIANTES UNIVERSITARIOS
    (2025-06-17) López Izurieta, Adonis Remigio; Moyano Calero, William Eudrillir; Universidad Técnica de Ambato / Facultad de Ciencias de Salud / Carrera de Enfermería
    Objective: The objective of this research was to evaluate the impact of hand hygiene on the health of university students. Method: It had a quantitative approach, observational design, cross-sectional and descriptive scope. To select the sample, a probabilistic sampling by clusters was used, that is to say, one parallel per semester. Descriptive statistical techniques were used to analyze the data obtained. Results: The findings derived from this research indicate that nursing students enrolled in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh semesters of the Universidad Técnica de Ambato have an adequate level of knowledge and attitudes regarding hand hygiene. Conclusion: The work environment and circumstances affect the consistency of hand hygiene practices, even though most students understand and apply them.
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    Estrategia de prevención comunitaria en COVID-19 en la población fundamentada en el análisis epidemiológico
    (Universdidad Técnica de Ambato/Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud/Centro de posgrados, 2021-08-01) Baño Barrionuevo, Marlene Soledad Lcda.; Villacís Valencia, Sandra Elizabeth Dr. Esp.
    The SARS-CoV-2 virus causal agent of the COVID-19 disease has caused a pandemic with extraordinary repercussions on the health, economic, political and social situation worldwide, for which Ecuador has been significantly affected with figures of 446,633 confirmed cases and 15,713 deaths, Tungurahua reports high numbers of infections and deaths. Objective: Design a community prevention strategy for the COVID-19 disease produced by the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the population of the province's population based on epidemiological analysis. ' Methods and Materials: This study is articulated with two Research Projects, it is defined as explanatory, experimental, longitudinal and prospective where a community prevention strategy for COVID-19 is designed based on the results obtained for the province of Tungurahua in, the period from October 05, 2020 to April 30, 2021.Descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used. Results: The age group of 18 to 26 years old predominated in the female gender, the mestizo ethnic identification 7.2% of patients with a history of COVID-19 prior to the evaluation. 13% of the cases had signs suggestive of COVID-19 at the time of In the evaluation, among the risk factor the following predominated: Arterial Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Bronchial Asthma, Ischemic Heart Disease. And among the social risk factors predominated: overcrowding, extreme poverty, inability to access health services. 7 Conclusion: The community prevention strategy of COVID-19 based on the epidemiological analysis in the Tungurahua province shows a probable impact on the reduction of transmission, morbidity and associated mortality from the modification of identified clinical and social risk factors, together with actions for the promotion and community prevention of the disease