What causes sustainable changes in hygiene behaviour? A cross-sectional study from Kerala, India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2212-2220

  Cairncross, Sandy ^a   Shordt, Kathleen ^b   Zacharia, Suma ^c   Govindan, Beena Kumari ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre   (Netherlands)

^c Socio Economic Unit Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Handwashing; Health education; Hygiene promotion; India; Pocket voting; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HYGIENE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INDIA; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 24344442738     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.04.019     Document Type: Article

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