Promoting clean hands among children in Uganda: A school-based intervention using 'tippy-taps'

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 586-589

  Zhang, C ^a   Mosa, A J ^b   Hayward, A S ^c   Matthews, S A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL HYGIENE; STOMACH PAIN; UGANDA;

CHILD; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; UGANDA;

UGANDA;

EID: 84879174338     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.10.020     Document Type: Article

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