On the role of habit in self-reported and observed hand hygiene behavior.

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Diefenbacher, S., Keller, J., & Pfattheicher, S., (2020). On the role of habit in self-reported and observed hand hygiene behavior. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 12(1), 125-143.
Background: The present contribution tests the main ideas that (a) hand hygiene behavior is associated with habit, and (b) this association is robust when deliberative constructs …

Psychosocial factors mediating the effect of the CHoB17 intervention on handwashing with soap: A randomized controlled trial.

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George, C.M., Biswas, S., Jung, D., Perin, J., Parvin, T., Monira, S., … & Winch, P.J., (2017). Psychosocial factors mediating the effect of the CHoB17 intervention on handwashing with soap: A randomized controlled trial. Health Education & Behavior, 44(4), 613-625.
Inadequate hand hygiene is estimated to result in nearly 300,000 deaths annually, with the majority of deaths being among children younger than 5 years. In an effort to promote ha…

Developing professional habits of hand hygiene in intensive care settings: An action-research intervention.

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Battistella, G., Berto, G., & Bazzo, S., (2017). Developing professional habits of hand hygiene in intensive care settings: An action-research intervention. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 38, 53-59.
Objectives: To explore perceptions and unconscious psychological processes underlying hand-washing behaviours of intensive care nurses, to implement organisational innovations for…

Design, intervention fidelity, and behavioral outcomes of a school-based water, sanitation, and hygiene cluster-randomized trial in Laos.

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Chard, A.N., & Freeman, M.C., (2018). Design, intervention fidelity, and behavioral outcomes of a school-based water, sanitation, and hygiene cluster-randomized trial in Laos. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15, 570.
Evidence of the impact of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in schools (WinS) interventions on pupil absence and health is mixed. Few WinS evaluations rigorously report on out…

Washing with hope: Evidence of improved handwashing among children in South Africa from a pilot study of a novel soap technology.

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Burns, J., Maughan-Brown, B., & Mouzinho, A., (2018). Washing with hope: Evidence of improved handwashing among children in South Africa from a pilot study of a novel soap technology. BMC Public Health, 18, 709.
Background: While regular handwashing effectively reduces communicable disease incidence and related child mortality, instilling a habit of regular handwashing in young children c…

Impact of a teacher-led school handwashing program on children’s handwashing with soap at school and home in Bihar, India.

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Tidwell, J.B., Gopalakrishnan, A., Unni, A., Sheth, E., Daryanani, A., Singh, S., & Sidibe, M., (2020). Impact of a teacher-led school handwashing program on children’s handwashing with soap at school and home in Bihar, India. PLoS ONE, 15(2), e0229655.
Handwashing with soap is an important preventive health behavior, and yet promoting this behavior has proven challenging. We report the results of a program that trained teachers …

Stethoscope hygiene: Using cultures and real-time feedback with bioluminescence-based adenosine triphosphate technology to change behavior.

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Holleck, J.L., Campbell, S., Alrawili, H., Frank, C., Merchant, N., Rodwin, B., … & Dembry, L., (2020). Stethoscope hygiene: Using cultures and real-time feedback with bioluminescence-based adenosine triphosphate technology to change behavior. American Journal of Infection Control, 48, 380-385.
Background: Stethoscope hygiene is rarely done despite guideline recommendations. We wanted to determine whether demonstrating what is growing on the stethoscopes of providers via…

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

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Biezen, R., Grando, D., Mazza, D., & Brijnath, B., (2019). Visibility and transmission: Complexities around promoting hand hygiene in young children – A qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 19, 398.
Background: Effective hand hygiene practice can reduce transmission of diseases such as respiratory tract infections (RTIs) and gastrointestinal infections, especially in young ch…

A program to improve the hand hygiene compliance of Hong Kong preschoolers with an insight into their absenteeism.

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Or, P. P.-L., Ching, P.T.Y., & Chung, J.W.Y., (2019). A program to improve the hand hygiene compliance of Hong Kong preschoolers with an insight into their absenteeism. American Journal of Infection Control, 47, 498-503.
Background: Hand hygiene prevents cross-infection and is the most effective defense against contagious dis- eases. Preschoolers, without proper hand hygiene skills, are a vulnerab…

Determinants of hand hygiene behaviour based on the Theory of Interpersonal Behaviour.

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Kupfer, T.R., Wyles, K.J., Watson, F., La Ragione, R.M., Chambers, M.A., & Macdonald, A.S., (2019). Determinants of hand hygiene behaviour based on the Theory of Interpersonal Behaviour. Journal of Infection Prevention, 20(5), 232-237.
Background: Many investigations into the determinants of hand hygiene (HH) behaviour have explored only individual predictors or were designed according to arguably overly simplis…

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