Effect of a behaviour-change intervention on handwashing with soap in India (SuperAmma): A cluster-randomised trial

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages e145-e154

  Biran, Adam ^a   Schmidt, Wolf Peter ^a   Varadharajan, Kiruba Sankar ^b   Rajaraman, Divya ^b   Kumar, Raja ^b   Greenland, Katie ^a   Gopalan, Balaji ^c   Aunger, Robert ^a   Curtis, Val ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c Centre of Gravity   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL HYGIENE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ADOLESCENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; INDIA; PROCEDURES; RISK REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOAPS;

EID: 84896891205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70160-8     Document Type: Article

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