Evaluation of the impact of a simple hand-washing and water-treatment intervention in rural health facilities on hygiene knowledge and reported behaviours of health workers and their clients, Nyanza Province, Kenya, 2008

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 873-880

  Sreenivasan, N ^a,b   Gotestrand, S A ^a   Ombeki, S ^c   Oluoch, G ^c   Fischer, T K ^d,e   Quick, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CARE   (Kenya)

^d University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hand hygiene; hospital acquired (nosocomial) infections; water (safe)

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; WATER TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; HYGIENE; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927958067     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881400082X     Document Type: Article

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