Enhancing a Safe Water Intervention with Student-Created Visual Aids to Promote Handwashing Behavior in Kenyan Primary Schools

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• Personal Author:
  Daniell WE ; Graves JM ; Harris JR ; Obure AFXO ; Quick R
• Description:
  The Nyando Integrated Child Health Education (NICHE) project was a collaborative effort by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and local partners to assess the effectiveness of multiple interventions for improving child survival in western Kenya. To increase handwashing in schools, NICHE trained teachers and installed handwashing stations with treated water and soap in 51 primary schools. This cluster-randomized trial evaluated an additional educational strategy (a poster contest themed, "Handwashing with Soap") to improve handwashing behavior in 23 NICHE primary schools. Pupils were engaged in the poster development. Pupil handwashing behavior was observed unobtrusively at baseline and after four months. Intervention schools displayed a significant increase in the number of handwashing stations and proportion of teacher-supervised stations over the study period. No significant between-group differences of intervention in handwashing frequency, soap availability, or visibility of handwashing stations was observed. Despite finding a limited effect beyond the NICHE intervention, the trial appeared to promote sustainability across some measures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Children Hand Washing Health Promotion Information Dissemination Intervention Effectiveness
• ISSN:
  0272-684X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  307-323
• Volume:
  32
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055202
• Citation:
  Int Q Community Health Educ 2012 Oct; 32(4):307-323
• Contact Point Address:
  Janessa M. Graves, PhD, MPH, Senior Research Fellow, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Washington Box 359960, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104-2499
• Email:
  janessa@uw.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  International Quarterly of Community Health Education
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:88267fa39e1864153bb89356fddfec6a923341df918393f958996eb5fccf4c7cb46111070570aecbb3ed7bb9a1663acb8a49fff2ce167330da8c6ab36bb5ea4a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217558/cdc_217558_DS1.pdf
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