Annotation of A Quantitative Research Article Name Institutional Affiliation Annotation of A Quantitative Research Article Stedman-Smith, M., DuBois, C. L., & Grey, S. F. (2015). Hand hygiene performance and beliefs among public university employees. Journal of Health Psychology, 20(10), 1263-1274. Summary The quantitative research carried out by Stedman-Smith, DuBois, and Grey (2015) states that workers have a persuasive focus to moderate communicable infections such as influenza, the common cold, and gastrointestinal (GI) diseases. According to the authors, companies face challenges due to costs incurred as a result of overtime direct or indirect effects of these diseases. Suggestively, Stedman-Smith, DuBois, and Grey (2015) justify that the workplace provides a suitable scenario that can be used to access community members, considering that employers are highly concerned about the workforce wellbeing. The researchers administered a survey to a random sample of workers based in the Midwestern US Universi