Visibility and transmission: Complexities around promoting hand hygiene in young children - A qualitative study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Biezen, Ruby ^a   Grando, Danilla ^b   Mazza, Danielle ^a   Brijnath, Bianca ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Hand hygiene; Hand washing; Primary care; Primary care providers; Respiratory tract infection; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 85064209542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6729-x     Document Type: Article

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