Twice a year, the PPPHW publishes a summary of the latest handwashing-realated research. The summary helps implementers understand what the latest research/findings mean for handwashing programs on the ground.
HANDWASHING + SOAP: A LIFE-SAVING FORMULA
Handwashing Related Research
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) play a fundamental role in improving nutritional outcomes. A successful global effort to tackle under-nutrition must include WASH.
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Greene LE, Freeman MC, Akoko D, Saboori S, Moe C, Rheingans R. Impact of school-based hygiene promotion and sanitation interventions on pupil hand contamination in western Kenya: a cluster randomized trial. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2012. 87(3): 385-393.
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This study examines the effect of handwashing with soap on childhood development. Although growth was similar across groups, children randomized to the handwashing promotion during their first 30 months of age attained global developmental quotients 0.4 SDs greater than those of control children at 5 to 7 years of age.
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Twice a year, the PPPHW publishes a summary of the latest handwashing-realated research. The summary helps implementers understand what the latest research/findings mean for handwashing programs on the ground.
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Jelena Vujcic presented this summary of handwashing research 2010-2012 at the Handwashing Behavior Change Think Tank in June 2012. This is a great overview of the research and summary of the implications for implementers of handwashing programs.
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An evaluation of an operations research project to reduce childhood stunting in a food-insecure area in Ethiopia. An evaluation of an operations research project to reduce childhood stunting in a food-insecure area in Ethiopia [Fenn B, Bulti AT, Nduna T, Duffield A, Watson F. Le Rocher, 61210 La Foret Auvray, France. Public Health Nutr. 2012 Apr 17:1-9.]
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Effects of hand hygiene campaigns on incidence of laboratory-confirmed influenza and absenteeism in schoolchildren, Cairo, Egypt. [Talaat, M., et al., Emerg Infect Dis, 2011. 17(4): p. 619-25.]
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Behaviour change communication targeting four health behaviours in developing countries: A review of change techniques. [Briscoe, C. and F. Aboud, Behaviour change communication targeting four health behaviours in developing countries: A review of change techniques. Soc Sci Med, 2012.]
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The effect of handwashing at recommended times with water alone and with soap on child diarrhea in rural Bangladesh: an observational study. [Luby, S.P., et al., PLoS Med, 2011. 8(6): p. e1001052]
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