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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
doaj   +1 more source

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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The impact of a school-based water supply and treatment, hygiene, and sanitation programme on pupil diarrhoea: a cluster-randomized trial. [PDF]

, 2013
The impact of improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) access on mitigating illness is well documented, although impact of school-based WASH on school-aged children has not been rigorously explored. We conducted a cluster-randomized trial in Nyanza
B. BRUMBACK, Bowen, Dreibelbis, Dreibelbis, Fischer, Freeman, Garn, Gwatkin, L. E. GREENE, M. C. FREEMAN, Migele, R. DREIBELBIS, R. MUGA, R. RHEINGANS, Ramakrishnan, S. SABOORI, Schmidt, T. CLASEN   +17 more
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Hand washing promotion for preventing diarrhoea. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Diarrhoea accounts for 1.8 million deaths in children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). One of the identified strategies to prevent diarrhoea is hand washing.
Ahmed, Aiello, Alam, Arnold, Arnold, Azor-Martinez, Barros, Bartlett, Bieri, Biran, Biran, Black, Boubacar Maïnassara, Bowen, Bowen, Bowen, Burton, Butz, Carabin, Caruso, Claessen, Clasen, Clasen, Clemens, Contzen, Correa, Curtis, Curtis, Curtis, Curtis, Doebbeling, Dreibelbis, Dyer, Ehiri, Eisenberg, Ejemot-Nwadiaro, Fan, Fewtrell, Fewtrell, Freeman, Gould, Greene, Guevara, Guinan, Gurjeet, Haggerty, Hammond, Han, Hartinger, Hartinger, Huang, Huda, Hugonnet, Huis, Hübner, Iroegbu, Jinadu, Johansen, Khan, Kotch, Kotch, Ladegaard, Langford, Larson, Larson, Lee, Lee, Luby, Luby, Luby, Luby, Luby, Luby, Luby, Luby, Luby, Luby, Luby, Madhu, Mannan, Marino, Master, Maxwell, Morton, Murray, Nicholson, Oketcho, Oughton, Patel, Peterson, Pickering, Pickering, Pinfold, Priest, Prüss, Roberts, Rosen, Saboori, Savolainen-Kopra, Shafique, Shahid, Sircar, Slayton, Stanton, Talaat, Traoré, Tumwine, Vindigni, Walker, Whitby, White, Wilson, Wilson, Woldemicael, World Health Organization, Yeager, Zhang, Zomer   +117 more
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Determinants of Childhood Zoonotic Enteric Infections in a Semirural Community of Quito, Ecuador. [PDF]

, 2020
Domestic animals in the household environment have the potential to affect a child's carriage of zoonotic enteric pathogens and risk of diarrhea. This study examines the risk factors associated with pediatric diarrhea and carriage of zoonotic enteric ...
Eisenberg, Joseph NS, Graham, Jay P, Lowenstein, Christopher, Perry, Melissa J, Salinas, Liseth, Sarzosa, Soledad, Simmens, Samuel J, Torres, Andrea, Trueba, Gabriel, Vasco, Karla   +9 more
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Disgust sensitivity is not associated with health in a rural Bangladeshi sample. [PDF]

, 2014
Disgust can be considered a psychological arm of the immune system that acts to prevent exposure to infectious agents. High disgust sensitivity is associated with greater behavioral avoidance of disease vectors and thus may reduce infection risk. A cross-
A Hoefling, AH Baqui, AP Bayliss, BL Hart, BO Olatunji, BO Olatunji, C Lively, Christine A. Caldwell, CJ Drakeley, D Nettle, D Nettle, D Waynforth, DMT Fessler, GCL Davey, J Freeman, J Haidt, J Hox, JC Hayton, JM Tybur, JM Tybur, M De Barra, M De Barra, M Oaten, M. Sirajul Islam, MR Hutchings, Mícheál de Barra, P Rozin, P Rozin, R Albers, R Lozano, RJ Stevenson, V Curtis, V Curtis, V Curtis, Val Curtis   +34 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
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of fake tan on hand hygiene practice [PDF]

, 2018
Hand hygiene is the single most important measure in reducing the spread of infection. The aim of this study was to assess the uptake of fake tan in nursing students and evaluate the impact of wearing fake tan on hand hygiene training lotion removal ...
MacDonald, Jennifer, Melone, Lynn, Ness, Valerie, Price, Lesley, Reilly, Jacqui, Simpson, Liz   +5 more
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