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Significance of Smelling Across the Lifespan (SoSAL)

open access: yesJournal of Sensory Studies, Volume 41, Issue 3, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The significance of olfaction in human behavior is well recognized, yet there is a lack of standardized measurement tools applicable to all age groups. Particularly, children and the elderly currently lack specific standardized assessment instruments.
Shubin Li   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Behavioral antecedents for handwashing in a low-income urban setting in Bangladesh: an exploratory study

open access: yesBMC 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multifaceted Interventions Based on Education and Recognition to Enhance Nurses' Compliance With Standard Precautions: A Quasi‐Experimental Design

open access: yesNursing &Health Sciences, Volume 28, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of multifaceted interventions based on education (1) and recognition (2) of compliance with standard precautions (SPs). A quasi‐experimental research design with a one‐group pre‐test and post‐test was used. The purposive sample included 71 nurses working in different specialty units at a large hospital in Turkey.
Menevse Yildirim   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of Handwashing at Critical Times Among Mothers/Caregivers of Children Under-Five Years Old: Panel Data Evidence From Rural Afghanistan

open access: yesEnvironmental Health Insights
Background: Very few studies have used panel data regression models to estimate the determinants of handwashing with water and soap at critical times in a developing country.
Conrad Murendo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Nutrition in Bangladesh: Can Building Toilets Affect Children's Growth? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This report provides a systematic review of the evidence to date, both published and grey literature, on the relationship between water and sanitation and nutrition.
Iffat Mahmud, Nkosinathi Mbuya
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Congenital CMV and Hearing Loss—How Does it Happen and How to Prevent it

open access: yesReviews in Medical Virology, Volume 36, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is found worldwide and significantly contributes to permanent childhood hearing loss. CMV has been known to cause sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) for more than half a century, and CMV‐related hearing loss has consistently been present in all childhood populations where infants with cCMV have been identified ...
Karen B. Fowler
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring Food Safety Culture: A Systematic Review of Questionnaire Dimensions and Validation Practices

open access: yesComprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, Volume 25, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT An organization's food safety culture (FSC) is increasingly being recognized as a key factor in its food safety performance. The reliable measurement of FSC is therefore crucial for identifying the strengths and weaknesses of food companies in food safety performance, enabling them to guide continuous improvement.
Ke Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the psychosocial drivers of handwashing behaviour among school children

open access: yesHealth Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
Aim Handwashing with soap remains the single most cost-effective strategy for reducing the spread of infectious diseases. From our scoping search, no study was identified which examined the predictors of children’s handwashing behaviour within the ...
Emmanuel Appiah-Brempong   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Costs of diarrhoea and acute respiratory infection attributable to not handwashing: the cases of India and China. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the national costs relating to diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections from not handwashing with soap after contact with excreta and the costs and benefits of handwashing behaviour change programmes in India and China.
Curtis, Val   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Cost of Dental Infection Control: Standard Guidelines and Survey Responses From Korean Dental Practice

open access: yesInternational Journal of Dental Hygiene, Volume 24, Issue 2, Page 197-206, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives The purpose of this study was to estimate the cost of Dental Infection Control (DIC) according to the standard protocol developed by the Korea Dental Association (KDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to compare it with the DIC cost of some real dental practices in Korea.
Na‐Young Lee, Han‐Na Kim
wiley   +1 more source

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