Assessing the environmental context of hand washing among school children in Limpopo, South Africa
| Autor: | Kara Poppe, Jabulani Ray Gumbo, James A. Smith, Geoffrey Winegar, Nicola Bulled, Khuliso Ramatsisti, Londolani Sitsula, Rebecca Dillingham |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Hand washing
Sanitation media_common.quotation_subject 030231 tropical medicine Waterborne diseases Context (language use) Advertising Management Monitoring Policy and Law medicine.disease Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Promotion (rank) Hygiene Environmental health medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Psychology Quasi-experiment Health policy Water Science and Technology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Water International. 42:568-584 |
| ISSN: | 1941-1707 0250-8060 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02508060.2017.1335140 |
| Popis: | Despite its simplicity and efficacy, the promotion of hand washing for disease prevention remains a challenge, particularly in resource-limited settings. This article reports on a quasi-experimental school-based study that aimed to improve habitual hand washing. Significant increases in hand washing occurred following improvements in hygiene and sanitation facilities (School A: t = 13.86, p = 0.0052). Smaller increases in hand washing occurred following education (School A: t = 2.63; p = 0.012; School B, no infrastructure improvements: t = 1.66, p = 0.239). Health policy and programming need to pay greater attention to the interplay of the structural, social and individual dimensions of unique contextual environments that influence habitual behaviours. |
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