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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

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

Availability and factors influencing community level handwashing facility in Ethiopia: Implication for prevention of infectious diseases.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundHandwashing is one of the most effective ways to prevent transmission of infectious diseases. A substantial body of research has examined the status and determinants of handwashing facilities in healthcare settings and schools.
Daniel Bogale Odo, Alemayehu Gonie Mekonnen   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relationship Between Oral and Hand Hygiene Behaviours Among Brazilian Adolescents: Analysis of the National Adolescent School‐Based Health Survey (PeNSE 2019)

International Journal of Dental Hygiene, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To investigate the association between daily toothbrushing and hand washing practices among Brazilian adolescent students. Methods This cross‐sectional study analysed data from the 2019 Brazilian National School‐Based Health Survey.
Pedro Augusto Fernandes, Matheus França Perazzo, Maria do Carmo Matias Freire   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association of Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Animal Ownership With Relapse to Acute Malnutrition Among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Mali, South Sudan and Somalia: A Multi‐Site Prospective Cohort Study

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
Relapse rates post‐SAM treatment varied: 32% in Mali, 63% in South Sudan, 21% in Somalia. Diverse WASH and animal ownership factors were linked to relapse risk, differing by context. Some WASH conditions increased risk, whereas animal ownership was protective in Mali and South Sudan. No significant associations emerged in Somalia.
Lauren D'Mello‐Guyett, Sarah King, Sherifath Mama Chabi, Feysal Absdisalan Mohamud, Nancy Grace Lamaka, John Agong, Malyun Mohamed, Karim Koné, Karin Gallandat, Mesfin Gose, Mohamed Sheikh Omar, Magloire Bunkembo, Indi Trehan, Anastasia Marshak, Khamisa Ayoub, Ahmed Hersi Olad, Bagayogo Aliou, Heather C. Stobaugh, Oliver Cumming   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effects of far‐UVC irradiation on the presence and concentration of ESKAPEE pathogens on hospital surfaces: Study protocol for a multi‐site, double‐blinded randomized controlled trial in La Paz, Bolivia

Photochemistry and Photobiology, EarlyView.
The protocol of a multi‐site, double‐blinded, clustered randomized controlled trial (cRCT) with a binary outcome of the presence of viable presumptive ESKAPEE pathogens on surfaces in and around hospital sinks is to be implemented in two Bolivian hospitals.
Lindsay B. Saber, Melani Rojas, Darcy M. Anderson, Deverick J. Anderson, Holger Claus, Ryan Cronk, Karl G. Linden, Megan E. J. Lott, Lewis J. Radonovich Jr., Bobby G. Warren, Richard D. Williamson, Richard L. Vincent, Sergio Gutiérrez‐Cortez, Carla Calderón Toledo, Joe Brown   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Child handwashing in an internally displaced persons camp in Northern Iraq: A qualitative multi-method exploration of motivational drivers and other handwashing determinants.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BACKGROUND:Children in humanitarian situations are particularly vulnerable to diseases such as diarrhoea. Handwashing with soap can greatly reduce transmission but handwashing rates are often low and traditional interventions ineffective.
Julie Watson, Oliver Cumming, Robert Aunger, Claudio Deola, Rachel P Chase, Robert Dreibelbis   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trust Norms, Distrust, and Worst‐Case Defiance in the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When pandemics threaten, governments are expected to protect citizens. Trustworthiness and trust are central to meeting public expectations. Motivational posturing theory differentiates resistant and dismissive defiance during the COVID‐19 pandemic.
Valerie Braithwaite
wiley   +1 more source

Handwashing effect on diarrheal incidence in children under 5 years old in rural eastern Ethiopia: a cluster randomized controlled trial

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2021
Background Handwashing with soap reduces diarrheal diseases burden considerably. However, the importance of handwashing in homes has received little attention in rural eastern Ethiopia.
Ephrem Tefera Solomon, Sirak Robele Gari, Helmut Kloos, Bezatu Mengistie Alemu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source