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Adherence to handwashing behaviour and its impact on the incidence and death of viral respiratory infectious diseases: a systematic review, meta-analysis and modelling study

BMJ Global Health
Objectives Washing hands is considered an effective way for preventing viral respiratory infections. This study systematically investigated the global and regional adherence to hand-washing behaviour and its impact on the incidence and death of viral ...
Shigui Yang, Can Chen, Daixi Jiang, Jiaxin Chen, Yue You, Wenkai Zhou, Jiaxing Qi, Mengsha Chen, Zhenglin Yuan, Jiani Miao, Mengya Yang, Kexin Cao, Rongrong Qu, Yuxia Du, Xiaoyue Wu, Dingmo Chen   +15 more
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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
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Dravet Syndrome: A Primer for Behavior Analysts

Behavioral Interventions, Volume 41, Issue 4, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Dravet syndrome (DS) is a rare and severe developmental and epileptic encephalopathy that is characterized by prolonged seizures beginning in the first year of life, followed by debilitating and complex features, including sleep disturbances, feeding problems, social‐emotional difficulties, speech deficits, and cognitive and motor impairments.
Isabel B. Hayes, Kasey E. Bedard, A. Delyla Ulm, Veronica Robbins‐Hood   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global Handwashing Day 2018 Fact Sheet [PDF]

, 2018
This fact sheet explains the research behind this year's Global Handwashing Day theme. Read the fact sheet for a brief explanation of how handwashing connects with food hygiene and nutrition, and why clean hands are a recipe for ...

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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
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Sources, Transmission, and Control of Salmonella in Vertically Integrated Broiler Chicken Production: Farm, Hatchery, and Processing Plant

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, Volume 25, Issue 6, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Salmonella remains one of the most important foodborne pathogens associated with poultry products, despite substantial progress in processing hygiene and antimicrobial interventions. This review critically examines the sources, transmission routes, and control strategies for Salmonella in vertically integrated broiler production systems ...
Deepak Subedi, Bharath Mallavarapu, Pranita Patil, Abhisek Niraula, Milan Kandel, Sanjay Kumar, Amit Kumar Singh   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Observation Results of Handwashing by Health Care Workers in A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing, 2019
Purpose: This research was conducted as a descriptive study to determine the status of handwashing, which is important and an effective method of preventing and controlling hospital infections, by health care workers in a neonatal intensive care unit ...
Seda ÇAĞLAR, Suzan YILDIZ, Sevim SAVAŞER   +2 more
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Handwashing with soap and influencing factors in crisis-affected refugee populations in Kenya and Uganda

Conflict and Health
Background Crisis-affected populations such as refugees are exposed to a greater risk of communicable diseases due to poor living conditions and limited access to basic services, such as water, sanitation and hygiene services.
Innocent Kamara Tumwebaze, Dennis Akeyo, Vishna Shah, Naomi Ng’ang’a, Sheillah Simiyu   +4 more
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Prompted Voiding Utilising Toilet Alarms and Individual Toileting Plans for Adults With an Intellectual Disability And Incontinence

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, Volume 70, Issue 11, Page 1179-1191, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Urinary incontinence is common amongst adults with an intellectual disability, yet there is a paucity of interventions to promote continence in this population. The aim was to test the feasibility of a toileting intervention with adults with an intellectual disability. Method We conducted a feasibility study.
Janet Finlayson, Nick Gore, Dawn A. Skelton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Handwashing briefing paper [PDF]

, 2011
It is now well known that handwashing with soap has a greater impact on morbidity from diarrhoeal disease than any other single intervention. Why then, do NGOs focus so many of their activities and so much more money on supplying clean water and ...

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