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HANDWASHING RESEARCH

Selected scientific readings

A compilation of scientific articles on handwashing studies, hygiene promotion and behavior change.

Bowen, A. et al. 2007. A cluster randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of a handwashing-promotion program in Chinese primary school. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 76(6): 1166-1173.

Cairncross S. 2003. Handwashing with soap – a new way to prevent ARIs? Tropical Medicine and International Health.

Cairncross S. 2005. What causes sustainable changes in hygiene behaviour? A cross-sectional study from Kerala, India. Social Science and Medicine 61: 2212-2220.

Cousens, S., Mertens, T., Traore. E., Kanki, B., Diallo, I. 1993. "Structured Observations of hygiene behaviours in Burkina Faso: validity, variability and utility" Bulletin of the WHO, 71(1): 23-32.

Curtis, V., Cairncross, S., and Yonli, R. 2000."Review: Domestic hygiene and diarrhoea - pinpointing the problem", Tropical Medicine and International Health, 5(1): 22-32.

Curtis, V. and Sidibe, M. 2007. Can hygiene be cool and fun? Insights from School children in Senegal. Field Note. Sanitation and Hygiene series.

Curtis et al. 2009. Planned, motivated and habitual hygiene behaviour: an eleven country review. Health Education Research.

Ejemot, R. et al. 2008. Handwashing for preventing diarrhoea (Review). The Cochrane Library 2008. Issue I.

Fewtrell, L. et al. 2005. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene interventions to reduce Diarrhoea in less developed countries. The Lancet, Vol. 5: 42-52.

ICDDR. 2008. Hand washing behavior in rural Bangladesh. Health and Science Bulletin. Volume 6, number 3, September 2008.

IFH, 2009. Use of ash and mud for handwashing in low income communities.

Luby, S, et al. 2005. Effect of handwashing on child health: a randomised control trial. The Lancet. 2005 (366): 225-233.

Porzig-Drummond et al. 2009. Can the emotion of disgust be harnessed to promote hand hygiene? Experimental and field-based tests. Social Science and Medicine. 68 (2009): 1006-1012.

Scott, B. et al. 2007. Health in our hands but not in our heads: understanding hygiene motivation in Ghana. Health Policy and Planning. 2007: 1-9.

UNICEF, 2009. Soap, toilets and taps: How UNICEF supports water, sanitation and hygiene.

UNICEF-WHO, 2009. Diarrhea: Why children are still dying and what can be done.

Webb L. et al. 2006. A simple index to measure hygiene behaviours. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2006: 1-9.