Abstract
Knowledge and practice of mothers and caregivers are decisive factors in the prevention of Hand,Foot and Mouth disease for children under 5 years old. A cross-sectional descriptive study was usedto assess the current status of knowledge and practice on prevention of Hand, Foot and Mouth diseaseamong mothers/carers of children under 5 years old in Tu Nang commune, Yen Chau district, SonLa province. Out of a total of 944 study subjects, 73% had correct knowledge about subjects at riskof disease, 84% knew about the danger of the disease and 81.4% knew about measures to preventthe spread. However, only 30.7% subjects had correct knowledge about taking care of children withHand, Foot and Mouth disease. The rate of using antiseptic solution for cleaning utensils of childrenis low, accounting for only 13.1%. Correct practice of handling measures when children are sickand preventing infection ranges from 30.9 to 59.4%. And most of the study subjects practiced goodenvironmental hygiene (92.8%).
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