The effect of a handwashing intervention on preschool educator beliefs, attitudes, knowledge and self-efficacy

Health Education Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 686-698

  Rosen, L ^a   Zucker, D ^b   Brody, D ^c   Engelhard, D ^d   Manor, O ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Efrata College of Education   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SELF CONCEPT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FACULTY; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SCHOOLS; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 67650870197     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyp004     Document Type: Article

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