Water treatment and handwashing behaviors among non-pregnant friends and relatives of participants in an antenatal hygiene promotion program in Malawi

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 860-865

  Russo, Elizabeth T ^a,b   Sheth, Anandi ^a,b   Menon, Manoj ^a,b   Wannemuehler, Kathleen ^a   Weinger, Merri ^c   Kudzala, Amose C ^d   Tauzie, Blessius ^d   Masuku, Humphreys D ^e   Msowoya, Tapona E ^d   Quick, Robert ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTAINER; FEMALE; FRIEND; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALAWI; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELATIVE; WATER TREATMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIARRHEA; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALAWI; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOAPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84861838155     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0259     Document Type: Article

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