Title |
A hand hygiene intervention to decrease infections among children attending day care centers: design of a cluster randomized controlled trial
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Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, June 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-13-259 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Tizza P Zomer, Vicki Erasmus, Nico Vlaar, Ed F van Beeck, Aimée Tjon-A-Tsien, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Hélène ACM Voeten |
Abstract |
Day care center attendance has been recognized as a risk factor for acquiring gastrointestinal and respiratory infections, which can be prevented with adequate hand hygiene (HH). Based on previous studies on environmental and sociocognitive determinants of caregivers' compliance with HH guidelines in day care centers (DCCs), an intervention has been developed aiming to improve caregivers' and children's HH compliance and decrease infections among children attending DCCs. The aim of this paper is to describe the design of a cluster randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of this intervention. |
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Ghana | 1 | <1% |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 13% |
Student > Master | 14 | 13% |
Researcher | 12 | 12% |
Other | 6 | 6% |
Other | 18 | 17% |
Unknown | 22 | 21% |
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Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 21% |
Psychology | 8 | 8% |
Environmental Science | 5 | 5% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 4% |
Other | 13 | 13% |
Unknown | 28 | 27% |