Teacher Perspectives on Implementing and Sustaining a Handwashing Promotion Intervention in Western Kenyan Primary Schools

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• Personal Author:
  Daniell WE ; Finsness ED ; Graves JM ; Harris JR ; Quick R
• Description:
  School-based handwashing programs are challenging to establish and sustain, especially in low-resource settings. This qualitative study described teacher perspectives associated with implementing and sustaining a handwashing program in primary schools participating in the Nyando Integrated Child Health and Education (NICHE) project. Structured key informant interviews were conducted with teachers. Prevalent concepts and themes were grouped into themes and topic areas using an iterative, open coding approach. Forty-one teacher respondents reported favorable expectations and benefits of handwashing programs. The importance of available resources (e.g., reliable water) was cited as a primary concern. Other challenges included time and personal or institutional financial commitment necessary to ensure program sustainability. Handwashing programs in low-income, rural schools, where infrastructure is lacking and "student ambassadors" extend the intervention to the surrounding community, hold great promise to improve community health. Teachers must have adequate support and resources to implement and sustain the programs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Community Health Services Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Children Community Health Hand Washing Health Promotion Information Dissemination Intervention Effectiveness Teaching
• 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:
  159-170
• Volume:
  34
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055203
• Citation:
  Int Q Community Health Educ 2014 Apr; 34(2):159-170
• Contact Point Address:
  Janessa M. Graves, Ph.D., MPH, Washington State University, College of Nursing, P.O. Box 1495, Spokane, WA 99210-1495
• Email:
  janessa.graves@wsu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• 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-512:3cbbc460fb447391ccff2bd509d45a550c4fe198f7ec2fa34f0b918c6e33be42c3f76a670cb5b50d08d371f9eb6a811feebd12d66180b1817f263d321c93528c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217559/cdc_217559_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 80.42 KB ]