Background Hand hygiene is one of the ways to prevent the spread of diseases. Our aim
was to explore the relationship between hand washing frequency and the impact on …

Objectives Acute respiratory infections (ARI s) disproportionately affect those living in low‐
and middle‐income countries (LMIC s). We aimed to determine whether hygiene …

Background Globally, access to life-saving vaccines has improved considerably in the past 5
decades. However, progress has started to slow down and even reverse in recent years …

Context Effective handwashing can prevent the spread of germs, including Covid-19.
However, young children can lack a fundamental understanding of germ transfer. A Germ's …

Humans modify their behavior in a socially desirable way when being watched by others.
We applied this basic idea to hand hygiene compliance, a behavior that is crucial for …

Children are energetic and filled with vigour, the high rate of person-to-person contact at
schools could leave the students susceptible to hygiene-related illnesses if appropriate …

We conducted an empirical study to co-design a social robot with children to bring about
long-term behavioural changes. As a case study, we focused our efforts to create a social …

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of handwashing with water and wood ash in
reducing faecal contamination of the hands. Design A cluster randomised controlled trial …

Background Respiratory viruses pose an important public health threat to most communities.
Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as masks, hand hygiene or physical …

Aim Control of infection is important to prevent school absence. We aimed to review hand-
hygiene interventions in high income countries aiming to reduce gastrointestinal and upper …