Impact of different promotional channels on handwashing behaviour in an emergency context: Haiti post-earthquake public health promotions and cholera response

Journal of Public Health (Germany)

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 559-573

  Contzen, Nadja ^a   Mosler, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Communication Channels; Diarrhoea; Emergency; Haiti; Handwashing with soap; Hygiene Promotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CAREGIVER; CHOLERA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFECATION; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HAITI; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 84890560779     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: 16132238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-013-0577-4     Document Type: Article

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