Impact of a school-based hygiene promotion and sanitation intervention on pupil hand contamination in Western Kenya: A cluster randomized trial

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 385-393

  Greene, Leslie E ^a   Freeman, Matthew C ^a   Akoko, Daniel ^b   Saboori, Shadi ^a   Moe, Christine ^a   Rheingans, Richard ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GREAT LAKES UNIVERSITY OF KISUMU   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOAP; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHILD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAND; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; KENYA; MALE; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SCHOOLS; SOAPS; TOILET FACILITIES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84865979874     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0633     Document Type: Article

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