Changing handwashing behaviour in southern ethiopia: A longitudinal study on infrastructural and commitment interventions

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue , 2015, Pages 103-114

  Contzen, Nadja ^a   Meili, Iara Helena ^b   Mosler, Hans Joachim ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Ethiopia; Evidence based interventions; Handwashing; Population tailored interventions; RANAS model; Respiratory diseases; Theory based interventions

Indexed keywords

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HYGIENE; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ETHIOPIA;

SOAP;

ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOAPS; WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84911448751     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.11.006     Document Type: Article

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