Can a handwashing intervention make a difference? Results from a randomized controlled trial in Jerusalem preschools

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-32

  Rosen, Laura ^a   Manor, Orly ^a   Engelhard, Dan ^b   Brody, David ^c   Rosen, Bruce ^d   Peleg, Hannah ^e   Meir, Marina ^f   Zucker, David ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Efrata College of Education   (Israel)

^d JDC Brookdale Institute   (Israel)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^f Municipality of Jerusalem ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Communicable disease prevention; Community intervention trial; Handwashing; Health education; Health promotion; Pediatric communicable disease; Preschool illness absenteeism; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYGIENE; INTERVENTION STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL;

ABSENTEEISM; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HANDWASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; ISRAEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS, NURSERY; SKIN CARE; SOAPS;

EID: 31344468345     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2005.09.012     Document Type: Article

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