Sustained high levels of stored drinking water treatment and retention of hand-washing knowledge in rural Kenyan households following a clinic-based intervention

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1029-1036

  Parker, Amy A ^a,b,f   Stephenson, R ^a   Riley, P L ^c   Ombeki, S ^d   Komolleh, C ^d   Sibley, L ^b   Quick, R ^a,e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d CDC ^*  (Kenya)

^e NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; KENYA; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33748351844     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806005954     Document Type: Article

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