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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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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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Impact Evaluation of a Large-Scale Rural Sanitation Project in Indonesia [PDF]

, 2013
Total Sanitation and Sanitation Marketing (TSSM) is the Indonesian component of World Bank Water and Sanitation Program's Scaling Up Rural Sanitation initiative.
Lisa Cameron, Manisha Shah, Susan Olivia
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Hygiene: new hopes, new horizons.

, 2011
Although promotion of safe hygiene is the single most cost-effective means of preventing infectious disease, investment in hygiene is low both in the health and in the water and sanitation sectors.
Biran, Adam, Curtis, Val, Florez, Rocio, Luby, Stephen, Schmidt, Wolf, Touré, Ousmane   +5 more
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Sensor recorded changes in rates of hand washing with soap in response to the media reports of the H1N1 pandemic in Britain [PDF]

, 2011
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Aunger, R., Curtis, V., De Barra, M., Fleischman, Diana, Judah, G., Webster, G.   +5 more
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Determinants of access to basic handwashing facilities and handwashing with soap in low-income areas of four Kenyan cities.

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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The State of Handwashing in 2016 [PDF]

, 2017
2016 was a big year in hand hygiene! This summary outlines key themes and findings from 59 peer-reviewed handwashing-related research papers published in 2016, relevant to low and middle-income countries, around 1) the benefits of handwashing with soap ...

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A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Practices Exposing Humans to Avian Influenza Viruses, Their Prevalence, and Rationale [PDF]

, 2017
Almost all human infections by avian influenza viruses (AIVs) are transmitted from poultry. A systematic review was conducted to identify practices associated with human infections, their prevalence, and rationale.
Ahad, Ai, Allen, Areechokchai, Aunger, Barennes, Barennes, Barnett, Barnett, Biran, Bridges, Cavailler, Claas, Costard, DerSimonian, Dinh, Dirk U. Pfeiffer, Edirne, Erling Høg, Fang, Fournié, Freidl, Fuller, Gomaa, Guillaume Fournié, He, Higgins, Hill, Huo, Kawaoka, Khan, Lai, Li, Li, Li, Liao, Liu, Lucas, Ma, Moher, Mounts, Negro-Calduch, Offeddu, Punam Mangtani, Rabinowitz, Rimi, Russell, Shortridge, Smith, Sterne, Sultana, Sultana, Sutanto, Tellier, Tony Barnett, Van Kerkhove, Viechtbauer, Vong, Wang, Webster, Webster, Wu, Yang, Yu, Yu, Yupiana, Zhou   +66 more
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