Access to waterless hand sanitizer improves student hand hygiene behavior in primary schools in nairobi, kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 411-418

  Pickering, Amy J ^a,b,c   Davis, Jennifer ^a,b,c   Blum, Annalise G ^a,b,c   Scalmanini, Jenna ^a,b,c   Oyier, Beryl ^a,b,c   Okoth, George ^a,b,c   Breiman, Robert F ^a,b,c   Ram, Pavani K ^a,b,c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOAP; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINORRHEA; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; SOAPS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84886923840     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0008     Document Type: Article

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