Back-to-school health: UAB’s top strategies to keep your family germ-free

By: Hannah Echols

Cleaning commonly touched surfaces with soap and water and disinfectant sprays can kill germs and lower chances of becoming infected.

Back-to-school time brings an excitement for new classes, a new year and new opportunities. However, it can also bring an increase in illnesses for children, teachers and parents.

“When kids return to school, they are suddenly in close contact with many students who are outside of their summer social circle and could be exposed to new germs, which can lead to an increase in illnesses like the common cold,” said Suzanne Judd, Ph.D., chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Health Behavior. “Kids can then bring germs home to their parents and family, who can inadvertently take those germs to the workplace.”

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