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Changes in handwashing knowledge, attitudes, and practices among primary schoolchildren in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia during the COVID-19 pandemic

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
doaj   +1 more source

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

The impact of harm reduction interventions on injection‐related bacterial infections among people who inject drugs: A systematic review

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Injection‐related bacterial infections represent a major but under‐recognised health issue among people who inject drugs (PWID). Harm reduction interventions (HRIs) like needle and syringe programmes (NSP) and opioid agonist treatment (OAT) could mitigate their burden.
Anthony Cousien, Lobna Tijani, Nadia Hachicha, Manon Godart, Mathieu Castry, Karen Champenois, Perrine Roux, Sylvie Deuffic‐Burban   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

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
doaj   +1 more source

Hand hygiene compliance and accuracy in a university dental teaching hospital

Journal of International Medical Research, 2019
Objective This study aimed to evaluate compliance with guidelines on hand hygiene by examining five handwashing categories in postgraduate year (PGY) dentists at a university teaching hospital and to evaluate the accuracy rates of handwashing.
Hsin-Chung Cheng, Bou-Yue Peng, Meei-Liang Lin, Sam Li-Sheng Chen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring social norms related to handwashing: development and psychometric testing of measurement scales in a low-income urban setting in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives To design and test the psychometric properties of four context-specific norm-related scales around handwashing with soap after toilet use: (1) perceived handwashing descriptive norms (HWDN); (2) perceived handwashing injunctive norms (HWIN ...
Simon Cousens, Jim McCambridge, George Ploubidis, Patrick Nguipdop-Djomo, Maud Akissi Amon-Tanoh, Maria Knight Lapinski, Patrice Konan Blon, Hermann Aka Kouamé   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emollient Formulations and Skin Barrier Practices in the Context of Eczema and Food Allergy Prevention

Allergy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The skin is far from a passive shield; it functions as a dynamic “living barrier” whose structural and immunological integrity is paramount in preventing atopic dermatitis (AD) and the subsequent progression of the atopic march toward food allergy (FA).
Klaudia Ryczaj, Donald Y. M. Leung, Carina Venter, Barbara Sozańska, Helen A. Brough   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The State of Handwashing in 2017: Annual Research Summary [PDF]

, 2018
In this summary, we outline key themes and findings from 117 handwashing-related research papers published in 2017.  This summary presents the overarching findings of the literature on handwashing, and explores specific data and context.

core   +2 more sources

Frontline Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions of the Duty to Care During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Multi‐Method Study in Mozambique

Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT COVID‐19 intensified ethical tensions between clinicians' duty to care and self‐protection amid PPE shortages. We explored frontline healthcare professionals' perspectives in Maputo, Mozambique. Semi‐structured interviews with healthcare professionals at four hospitals (April–June 2022) were recorded in Portuguese, transcribed, and ...
Ângela Alface, Graça Salomé, Khátia Munguambe, Troy D. Moon, Esperança Sevene, Elizabeth Heitman   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hand Hygiene Accuracy of Students and Staff at a Dutch Dental School

European Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Oral health care professionals continuously come into contact with bodily fluids containing many pathogens. Hand hygiene should be used to prevent cross transmission. We aimed to examine the accuracy of application of alcohol‐based hand rub (ABHR) according to the WHO hand hygiene steps at a dental school.
Ilona Francisca Persoon, Catherine Minke Charlotte Volgenant   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source