The Hi Five study: Design of a school-based randomized trial to reduce infections and improve hygiene and well-being among 6-15 year olds in Denmark

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Johansen, Anette ^a   Denbæk, Anne Maj ^a   Bonnesen, Camilla Thørring ^a   Due, Pernille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Child; Design; Effect evaluation; Hand wash; Illness related absenteeism; Infectious illness; Intervention; Process evaluation; Randomized trial; School

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF REPORT;

ABSENTEEISM; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DATA COLLECTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84928714045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1556-1     Document Type: Article

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