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Development of a handwashing with soap intervention in low-income settlements of Mombasa, Kenya [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Health
Introduction Interventions to improve handwashing with soap have shown mixed effects on behaviour which may be due to contextual differences in different settings. Low-income settings have complex socio-economic conditions which requires local contextual
Sheillah N. Simiyu, Phylis J. Busienei, Naomi Njeri, Kelly K. Baker, Robert Dreibelbis   +4 more
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Adherence to handwashing behaviour and its impact on the incidence and death of viral respiratory infectious diseases: a systematic review, meta-analysis and modelling study [PDF]

BMJ Global Health
Objectives Washing hands is considered an effective way for preventing viral respiratory infections. This study systematically investigated the global and regional adherence to hand-washing behaviour and its impact on the incidence and death of viral ...
Shigui Yang, Can Chen, Daixi Jiang, Jiaxin Chen, Yue You, Wenkai Zhou, Jiaxing Qi, Mengsha Chen, Zhenglin Yuan, Jiani Miao, Mengya Yang, Kexin Cao, Rongrong Qu, Yuxia Du, Xiaoyue Wu, Dingmo Chen   +15 more
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Behavioral antecedents for handwashing in a low-income urban setting in Bangladesh: an exploratory study [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Health programs commonly promote handwashing by drawing attention to potential fecal contamination in the environment. The underlying assumption is that the thought of fecal contamination will result in disgust, and motivate people to wash ...
Musarrat J. Rahman, Fosiul A. Nizame, Leanne Unicomb, Stephen P. Luby, Peter J. Winch   +4 more
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Determinants of access to basic handwashing facilities and handwashing with soap in low-income areas of four Kenyan cities. [PDF]

PLOS Global Public Health
Handwashing with soap is an effective public health measure against infectious disease and is enabled by availability of handwashing facilities, soap and sufficient water.
Sheillah N Simiyu, Phylis J Busienei, Nelson Mbaya, Kelly K Baker, Robert Dreibelbis, Oliver Cumming   +5 more
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Handwashing with soap and influencing factors in crisis-affected refugee populations in Kenya and Uganda [PDF]

Conflict and Health
Background Crisis-affected populations such as refugees are exposed to a greater risk of communicable diseases due to poor living conditions and limited access to basic services, such as water, sanitation and hygiene services.
Innocent Kamara Tumwebaze, Dennis Akeyo, Vishna Shah, Naomi Ng’ang’a, Sheillah Simiyu   +4 more
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Changes in handwashing knowledge, attitudes, and practices among primary schoolchildren in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the critical importance of handwashing as a preventive measure against the spread of SARS- CoV-2.
Munguntuul Enkhbat, Ganchimeg Togoobaatar, Ganchimeg Togoobaatar, Oyunchimeg Erdenee, Katsumata Asako Takekuma   +4 more
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Handwashing practice among dental students: lessons unlearned from the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]

BMC Medical Education
Background Handwashing is essential for reducing the risk of cross-infection in the dental setting, as evidenced by the heightened significance of this practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objectives The extent of adherence to handwashing in the dental
Eliane García Mato, Fátima Buceta Gamallo, Lucía Sande López, Iván Varela Aneiros, Márcio Diniz Freitas, Jacobo Limeres Posse, Pedro Diz Dios, Berta Rivas Mundiña   +7 more
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Trends in handwashing behaviours for COVID-19 prevention: Longitudinal evidence from online surveys in 10 sub-Saharan African countries.

PLOS Global Public Health, 2021
Handwashing is essential for respiratory virus prevention, but uptake of handwashing in the context of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic remains under-explored. This study examines trends in and determinants of handwashing practices for COVID-19 prevention in 10 ...
Bolanle Olapeju, Zoé Mistrale Hendrickson, Joseph G Rosen, Dominick Shattuck, J Douglas Storey, Susan Krenn, Marla Shaivitz, Elizabeth Serlemitsos, Tuo-Yen Tseng, Samantha W Tsang, Rajiv N Rimal, Stella Babalola   +11 more
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Effect of handwashing on the reduction of Escherichia coli on children's hands in an urban slum Indonesia

Journal of Water and Health, 2023
Poor hand hygiene practice has been linked to an increase in the number of infections among children in urban slums. Hands are considered an intersection for bacterial transmission, but it is unclear whether the handwashing technique affects bacteria ...
Mahmud Aditya Rifqi, Umi Hamidah, Neni Sintawardani, Hidenori Harada, Sikopo Nyambe, Akira Sai, Taro Yamauchi   +6 more
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Spatial Distribution and Determinant Factors of Handwashing Practice With Essential Agents Among Households in Ethiopia

International Journal of Public Health, 2022
Objectives: This study aimed to assess the spatial distribution and determinant factors of handwashing practice using essential handwashing agents (soap and water) among households in Ethiopia.Methods: A two-stage stratified cluster sampling technique ...
Sewnet Adem Kebede, Biruk Shalmeno Tusa, Adisu Birhanu Weldesenbet   +2 more
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