Using psychological theory to inform methods to optimize the implementation of a hand hygiene intervention

Implementation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Boscart, Veronique M ^a,b   Fernie, Geoff R ^b,c   Lee, Jae H ^b   Jaglal, Susan B ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Compliance; Electronic monitoring; Hand hygiene; Knowledge translation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMOTION; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTIVATION; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EMOTIONS; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTIVATION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84865310833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-77     Document Type: Article

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