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Assessing Hygiene Cost-Effectiveness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper introduces "hygiene effectiveness levels" as a tool for standardized analysis of costs and outcomes of hygiene promotion interventions.
Alana Potter   +3 more
core  

Reducing hospital associated infection : a role for social marketing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Purpose: Although hand hygiene is seen as the most important method to prevent the transmission of hospital associated infection in the UK, hand hygiene compliance rates appear to remain poor.
Conway, A, Langley, S
core   +2 more sources

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene: Linkages with Stunting in Rural Ethiopia

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019
Stunting is a global burden affecting nearly 160 million children younger than five years of age. Whilst the linkages between nutrition and stunting are well recognized, there is a need to explore environmental factors such as water and sanitation, which
Corina Kwami   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Predicting Hand Washing and Sleep Hygiene Behaviors among College Students: Test of an Integrated Social-Cognition Model

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
Objective: Hand washing and sleep hygiene are two important health behaviors. The purpose of the current study was to identify the motivational and volitional antecedents of college students’ hand washing and sleep hygiene behaviors based on an ...
Chunqing Zhang   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Designing Physical Unclonable Functions From Optically Active Materials

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Assigning unforgeable “fingerprints” to manufactured goods is a key strategy to fight global counterfeiting. Optical physical unclonable functions (PUFs) are chemically generated random patterns of optically active materials serving as unique authenticators.
Maxime Klausen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sacrificial Biofabrication for Vascularization: Concept, Materials, Technologies, and Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Vasculature is indispensable for tissue viability in regenerative medicine. The sacrificial biofabrication enables precise fabrication of vascular channels by using temporary templates that are subsequently removed. This review defines the concept and delves into sacrificial materials, surrounding materials, fabrication technologies, and biomedical ...
Jiezhong Shi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of intestinal parasites among rural and urban population in Puducherry, South India - A community-based study

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2019
Introduction: Developing country, like India intestinal parasitic infections are still remaining as the most important health problem in public of concern.
Dashwa Langbang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gingival Recession, Oral Hygiene and Associated Factors Among Tanzanian Women. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Females are generally more motivated with regard to oral hygiene practices and thus brush their teeth more frequently than males. To determine the prevalence of gingival recession, oral hygiene status, oral hygiene practices and associated factors in ...
Honkala, E   +3 more
core  

Virus Enhanced Microrobots for Biofilm Eradication

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Biofilms resist antimicrobials across medicine, industry, and environments. We present virus‐conjugated microrobots synthesized hydrothermally and magnetically actuated. Their motion and viral specificity enable targeted binding, penetration, and delivery, outperforming bare microrobots.
Jyoti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The association between oral hygiene and periodontitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesInternational Dental Journal, 2017
Objective: Dental plaque accumulation and inadequate personal oral hygiene (OH) are known major risk factors of periodontitis. Nevertheless, the magnitude of their effects has not yet been the subject of a meta-analysis. Material and methods: The Medline
Attawood Lertpimonchai   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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