Design of the Jerusalem Handwashing Study: Meeting the challenges of a preschool-based public health intervention trial

Clinical Trials

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 376-384

  Rosen, Laura J ^a   Manor, Orly ^a   Engelhard, Dan ^b   Zucker, David ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; ISRAEL; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33750486151     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774506070690     Document Type: Article

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