Hand-washing promotion for preventing diarrhoea

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2021, Issue 1, 2021, Pages

  Ejemot Nwadiaro, Regina I ^a   Ehiri, John E ^b   Arikpo, Dachi ^c   Meremikwu, Martin M ^c   Critchley, Julia A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAND SANITIZER; SOAP;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ASIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DIARRHEA; EGYPT; FREQUENCY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; DAY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HAND DISINFECTION; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHOOL; STATISTICAL BIAS;

ADULT; BIAS; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCHOOLS; SOAPS;

EID: 85101043835     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004265.pub4     Document Type: Review

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