Impact of a hygiene curriculum and the installation of simple handwashing and drinking water stations in rural Kenyan primary schools on student health and hygiene practices

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 594-601

  Patel, Minal K ^a   Harris, Julie R ^a   Juliao, Patricia ^a   Nygren, Benjamin ^a   Were, Vincent ^b   Kola, Steve ^c   Sadumah, Ibrahim ^c   Faith, Sitnah Hamidah ^c   Otieno, Ronald ^c   Obure, Alfredo ^d   Hoekstra, Robert M ^a   Quick, Robert ^a  

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

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c NICHE Project   (Kenya)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ABSENTEEISM; ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CURRICULUM; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HAND; HAND WASHING; HEALTH; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; KENYA; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK; STUDENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CHILD; CURRICULUM; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84867905339     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0494     Document Type: Article

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