Factors influencing hand washing behaviour in primary schools: Process evaluation within a randomized controlled trial

Health Education Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1055-1068

  Chittleborough, Catherine R ^a,b   Nicholson, Alexandra L ^a   Basker, Elaine ^a   Bell, Sarah ^a   Campbell, Rona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

CHILD; FACULTY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84869420907     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cys061     Document Type: Article

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