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Science behind children’s handwashing: action study of 9- to 10-years-old elementary school students in Japan

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundHand washing instructions for children have been implemented in school education to establish good lifestyle habits. However, repeated hand washing through education from early childhood was common for both teachers and children.
Asae Oura, Yukiko Naito, Hiroko Yako-Suketomo, Kei Nakata, Masayuki Koyama, Hirofumi Ohnishi   +5 more
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Handwashing Prevents Infection [PDF]

Drug Intelligence & Clinical Pharmacy, 1985
THE U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is preparing to launch a nationwide infection control campaign. The campaign, called "Handwashing Prevents Infection...It really does!," uses the teddy bear character to present this important message in an appealing and persuasive manner.
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Determinants of Handwashing at Critical Times Among Mothers/Caregivers of Children Under-Five Years Old: Panel Data Evidence From Rural Afghanistan

Environmental Health Insights
Background: Very few studies have used panel data regression models to estimate the determinants of handwashing with water and soap at critical times in a developing country.
Conrad Murendo, Richard Mottershead, Edwin Kimani, Kumar Chandan   +3 more
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The Oxfam Handwashing Station; How to set up, use and maintain communal handwashing stations [PDF]

, 2020
The Oxfam Handwashing Station is a durable, low-cost, easy to set up, use and transport handwashing station that can be put up in any open space in a variety of emergency and development contexts.
Omondi, Mary A., Tolani, Foyeke
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Examining the psychosocial drivers of handwashing behaviour among school children

Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
Aim Handwashing with soap remains the single most cost-effective strategy for reducing the spread of infectious diseases. From our scoping search, no study was identified which examined the predictors of children’s handwashing behaviour within the ...
Emmanuel Appiah-Brempong, Miriam Appiah-Brempong   +1 more
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Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on diarrhoea and child growth in rural Bangladesh: a cluster randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Global Health, 2018
Summary: Background: Diarrhoea and growth faltering in early childhood are associated with subsequent adverse outcomes. We aimed to assess whether water quality, sanitation, and handwashing interventions alone or combined with nutrition interventions ...
Stephen P Luby, ProfMD, Mahbubur Rahman, MBBS, Benjamin F Arnold, PhD, Leanne Unicomb, PhD, Sania Ashraf, MPH, Peter J Winch, ProfMD, Christine P Stewart, PhD, Farzana Begum, MPH, Faruqe Hussain, MSS, Jade Benjamin-Chung, PhD, Elli Leontsini, MD, Abu M Naser, MBBS, Sarker M Parvez, MPH, Alan E Hubbard, ProfPhD, Audrie Lin, PhD, Fosiul A Nizame, MA, Kaniz Jannat, MBBS, Ayse Ercumen, PhD, Pavani K Ram, MD, Kishor K Das, MS, Jaynal Abedin, MS, Thomas F Clasen, ProfPhD, Kathryn G Dewey, ProfPhD, Lia C Fernald, Prof, Clair Null, PhD, Tahmeed Ahmed, PhD, John M Colford, Jr, ProfMD   +26 more
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FAQ: Using Nudges to Encourage Handwashing with Soap [PDF]

, 2017
For handwashing to be effective, it needs to be practiced consistently and thoroughly. Even when people have access to soap and water, and know how and why to wash their hands, many still do not properly wash their hands consistently at critical times ...

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Handwash product and handwash technique are equally important [PDF]

Journal of Hospital Infection, 2017
Blenkharn, J. I., Smales, Caroline
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Global Handwashing Day Calls to Action [PDF]

, 2018
This document lists some key actions that Global Handwashing Day celebrants may promote among their target audiences.

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A Real-World Dataset for detecting Handwashing in daily Life using Wrist Motion Data from Wearables

Scientific Data
Handwashing detection is a relevant research topic with applications in healthcare and professional environments. While usually related to hygiene improvement, handwashing detection could also be used to support individuals with obsessive-compulsive ...
Robin Burchard, Kristina Kirsten, Marcel Miché, Philipp Scholl, Bert Arnrich, Kristof Van Laerhoven, Roselind Lieb, Karina Wahl   +7 more
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