BIP! Finder - Effect of a behaviour-change intervention on handwashing with soap in India (SuperAmma): a cluster-randomised trial

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)

Impact:

7.834806E-8 1.7675767E-8 192 62

/ Attention: 0 23

Topics: Environmental health

DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(13)70160-8

External links: Crossref OpenAIRE

BibTex PDF

Topic-specific impact indicators

Popularity:
This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.
Influence:
This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
Citation Count:
This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
Impulse:
This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.