Evaluation of a web-based intervention to promote hand hygiene: exploratory randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Yardley, Lucy ^a   Miller, Sascha ^a   Schlotz, Wolff ^b   Little, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hand washing; Health promotion; Human influenza; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFLUENZA; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TEACHING;

ADULT; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84859906128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1963     Document Type: Article

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