Hand hygiene posters: Motivators or mixed messages?

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 218-225

  Jenner, E A ^a   Jones, F ^b   Fletcher, B C ^a   Miller, L ^c   Scott, G M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fear appeals; Hand hygiene; Message framing; Posters

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRINTING; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADVERTISING; FEAR; HANDWASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; PAMPHLETS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION;

EID: 20344394642     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.12.014     Document Type: Article

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