Hard to handle: Understanding mothers' handwashing behaviour in Ghana

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 216-224

  Scott, Beth E ^a   Lawson, David W ^b   Curtis, Val ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Ghana; Handwashing; Hygiene behaviour

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GHANA; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; KNOWLEDGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GHANA; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MOTHERS;

EID: 34547792349     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czm014     Document Type: Article

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