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Rural and peri-urban households’ handwashing behaviour before the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for managing it in North-western Ghana

Cogent Public Health, 2023
Good hygiene and handwashing remain important in public health, particularly in localities with low or no basic water and sanitation facilities. Using the Integrated Behavioural Model for water and hygiene, this study analysed key factors that shape ...
Nicholas Fielmua, Jennifer Dokbila Mengba, Enoch Akwasi Kosoe   +2 more
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Innovative Approach to Measure Effectiveness of Handwashing Education in School-Age Children by Extension Educators

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 2021
University of Idaho Extension educators developed an innovative approach to analyze the effectiveness of handwashing lessons taught to school-age children.
Katie Hoffman, Surine Greenway, Julie Buck, Grace Wittman, Jang Ho Kim   +4 more
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Provision versus promotion to develop a handwashing station: the effect on desired handwashing behavior

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Diarrhea prevalence increases from around the time that complementary foods are introduced. Improving caregiver’s hand hygiene during food preparation could reduce complementary food contamination and enteric pathogen transmission.
Debashish Biswas, Fosiul Alam Nizame, Tina Sanghvi, Sumitro Roy, Stephen P. Luby, Leanne E. Unicomb   +5 more
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SG-APSIC1107: Effectiveness of interventions increasing surgical hand hygiene compliance at Hung Vuong Hospital

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
Objectives: Surgical handwashing is one of the most important measures to prevent surgical site infection (SSI). We evaluated the effectiveness of the intervention program on surgical handwashing compliance of healthcare workers (HCWs) at Hung Vuong ...
Anh Dinh, Ngo My Nhung, Tran Thi My Hanh, Ngo Thi Thanh Tham, Bui Thi Thuy Tien   +4 more
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Handwashing Practices and Associated Factors Among School Children in Kirkos and Akaki Kality Sub-Cities, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Environmental Health Insights, 2023
Background: Provision of handwashing facilities and proper practices are essential for preventing fecal-oral and acute respiratory infectious diseases. The aim of this study was to assess availability of handwashing facilities and predictors to students’
Abayneh Melaku, Taffere Addis
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Effect of an equipment-behavior change intervention on handwashing behavior among primary school children in Kenya: the Povu Poa school pilot study

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Handwashing prevalence in schools in Kenya is low due to lack of access to water and soap and lack of drive for handwashing. Soapy water made from detergent powder is an inexpensive alternative to bar soap and disgust and social norms change ...
Wit Wichaidit, Rachel Steinacher, Jemima Akinyi Okal, Jaynie Whinnery, Clair Null, Katarzyna Kordas, Jihnhee Yu, Amy J. Pickering, Pavani K. Ram   +8 more
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Relationships Among Toilet Sharing, Water Source Locations, and Handwashing Places Without Observed Soap: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Richest Households in Bangladesh

Environmental Health Insights, 2021
Background: A high percentage of the richest households in Bangladesh lack soap at their handwashing places, a problem that is typically considered to be one of the poor.
Mazbahul G Ahamad, Mark Burbach, Fahian Tanin   +2 more
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Behavioural determinants of handwashing at critical times among mothers and care givers in Zimbabwe: implications for behaviour change interventions

Cogent Public Health
Handwashing with soap has the potential to reduce the occurrence of infectious diseases. However, few studies have systematically analysed the determinants of handwashing with soap among mothers in rural areas of Zimbabwe. This study was conducted in two
Conrad Murendo, Rungano Benza, Nyashadzashe Gudyanga, Brian Velani, Fungai Gutusa   +4 more
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Determinants of handwashing practice and its associated factors among mothers of under-5 children in Kolladiba town, Northwest Ethiopia: cross-sectional study

BMJ Open, 2022
Purpose Handwashing is a single most preventive measure for reducing the spread of contagious diseases. Mothers serve as the children’s nurses and poor practice of simple hygiene increases the risk of the spread of diseases to under-5 children.Objective ...
Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema, Maereg Wolde, Meshehsa Abate, Gebremeskel Mandefro, Ezedin Beru, Aysheshim Kassahun   +5 more
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Impact of a teacher-led school handwashing program on children's handwashing with soap at school and home in Bihar, India.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Handwashing with soap is an important preventive health behavior, and yet promoting this behavior has proven challenging. We report the results of a program that trained teachers to deliver a handwashing with soap behavior change program to children in ...
James B Tidwell, Anila Gopalakrishnan, Arathi Unni, Esha Sheth, Aarti Daryanani, Sanjay Singh, Myriam Sidibe   +6 more
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