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| Title |
Hand hygiene instruction decreases illness-related absenteeism in elementary schools: a prospective cohort study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Pediatrics, May 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2431-12-52 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Claudia H Lau, Elizabeth E Springston, Min-Woong Sohn, Iyana Mason, Emily Gadola, Maureen Damitz, Ruchi S Gupta |
| Abstract |
Illness-related absences have been shown to lead to negative educational and economic outcomes. Both hand washing and hand sanitizer interventions have been shown to be effective in reducing illness-related absences. However, while the importance of hand hygiene in schools is clear, the role of instruction in use is less obvious. The purpose of this study was to compare absenteeism rates among elementary students given access to hand hygiene facilities versus students given both access and short repetitive instruction in use, particularly during influenza season when illness-related absences are at a peak. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 23% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |
| Canada | 1 | 8% |
| Ireland | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 7 | 54% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 11 | 85% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
| Scientists | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 174 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 173 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 33 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 10% |
| Researcher | 13 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 13 | 7% |
| Other | 27 | 16% |
| Unknown | 50 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 19% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 24 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 6% |
| Psychology | 9 | 5% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 35 | 20% |
| Unknown | 55 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 73. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 April 2024.
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#601,178
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Outputs from BMC Pediatrics
#48
of 3,505 outputs
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#2,804
of 177,021 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pediatrics
#3
of 30 outputs
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