Spreading the handwashing message: An alternative to traditional media campaigns

Laura Rosen; David Brody; David Zucker; Orly Manor; Marina Meier; Bruce Rosen; Eimi Lev; Dan Engelhard

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2009.12.013

Spreading the handwashing message: An alternative to traditional media campaigns

Laura Rosen^*
, David Brody
, David Zucker
, Orly Manor
, Marina Meier
, Bruce Rosen
, Eimi Lev
, Dan Engelhard

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Schools are a natural place from which to disseminate health messages to the community. Sending an entertaining handwashing video home with preschoolers as a component of a school-based program yielded impressive degrees of penetration and reach among families; consequently, this strategy offers a promising alternative to traditional media campaigns.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	562-564
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	38
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2009.12.013
State	Published - Sep 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
Supported by grants from The Chief Scientist's Office of the Ministry of Health (evaluation); Associate Director General's Unit for Health Promotion of the Ministry of Health (intervention); and the National Institute for Health Services Research (evaluation).

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Handwashing
communicable disease control
education
health promotion
video

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Spreading the handwashing message: An alternative to traditional media campaigns

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