2014 • Effect of a behaviour-change intervention on handwashing with soap in India (SuperAmma): a cluster-randomised trial
Authors: Biran, Adam; Schmidt, Wolf-Peter; Sankar Varadharajan, Kiruba; Rajaraman, Divya; Kumar, Raja; Greenland, Katie; Gopalan, Balaji; Aunger, Robert; Curtis, Val
Venue: The Lancet Global Health
Type: Publication
Abstract: Diarrhoea and respiratory infections are the two biggest causes of child death globally. Handwashing with soap could substantially reduce diarrhoea and respiratory infections, but prevalence of adequate handwashing is low. We tested whether a scalable village-level intervention based on emotional drivers of behaviour, rather than knowledge, could improve handwashing behaviour in rural India.The study was done in Chittoor district in southern Andhra Pradesh, India, between May 24, 2011, and Sept 10, 2012. Eligible villages had a population of 70... (read more)
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Topics:  Environmental health
PubMed Id: 25102847
External links: OpenAIRE
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