Impact of regular soap provision to primary schools on hand washing and E. coli hand contamination among pupils in nyanza province, Kenya: A cluster-randomized trial

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 698-708

  Saboori, Shadi ^a,b,c,d   Greene, Leslie E ^a,b,c,d   Moe, Christine L ^a,b,c,d   Freeman, Matthew C ^a,b,c,d   Caruso, Bethany A ^a,b,c,d   Akoko, Daniel ^a,b,c,d   Rheingans, Richard D ^a,b,c,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GREAT LAKES UNIVERSITY OF KISUMU   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOAP; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; WATER TREATMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SKIN; STANDARDS; TIME;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SKIN; SOAPS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84886071627     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0387     Document Type: Article

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