Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses

T Jefferson, L Dooley, E Ferroni… - Cochrane database …, 2023 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Viral epidemics or pandemics of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) pose a
global threat. Examples are influenza (H1N1) caused by the H1N1pdm09 virus in 2009 …

Preventive lipid‐based nutrient supplements given with complementary foods to infants and young children 6 to 23 months of age for health, nutrition, and …

JK Das, RA Salam, YB Hadi, SS Sheikh… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background One nutritional intervention advocated to prevent malnutrition among children is
lipid‐based nutrient supplements (LNS). LNS provide a range of vitamins and minerals, but …

Do sanitation improvements reduce fecal contamination of water, hands, food, soil, and flies? Evidence from a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh

A Ercumen, AJ Pickering, LH Kwong… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Sanitation improvements have had limited effectiveness in reducing the spread of fecal
pathogens into the environment. We conducted environmental measurements within a …

Effects of water, sanitation, handwashing and nutritional interventions on soil-transmitted helminth infections in young children: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in …

A Ercumen, J Benjamin-Chung, BF Arnold… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Soil transmitted helminths (STH) infect> 1.5 billion people. Mass drug
administration (MDA) effectively reduces infection; however, there is evidence for rapid …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of lipid-based nutrient supplements and infant and young child feeding counseling with or without improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) on …

CP Stewart, KG Dewey, A Lin, AJ Pickering… - The American Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Anemia in young children is a global health problem. Risk factors include poor
nutrient intake and poor water quality, sanitation, or hygiene. Objective We evaluated the …

Burden of acute respiratory infections among under-five children in relation to household wealth and socioeconomic status in Bangladesh

S Yaya, G Bishwajit - Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2019 - mdpi.com
Acute respiratory infections (ARIs), as a group of diseases and symptoms, are a leading
cause of morbidity and mortality among under-five children in tropical countries like …

Effects of single and combined water, sanitation and handwashing interventions on fecal contamination in the domestic environment: a cluster-randomized controlled …

A Ercumen, A Mertens, BF Arnold… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions have varying effectiveness in reducing fecal
contamination in the domestic environment; delivering them in combination could yield …

Interventions to improve disposal of child faeces for preventing diarrhoea and soil‐transmitted helminth infection

F Majorin, B Torondel, GKS Chan… - Cochrane Database of …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Diarrhoea and soil‐transmitted helminth (STH) infections represent a large
disease burden worldwide, particularly in low‐income countries. As the aetiological agents …

Interventions to address unsafe child feces disposal practices in the Asia-Pacific region: a systematic review

L Sprouse, A Liles, R Cronk, V Bauza, JB Tidwell… - H2Open …, 2022 - iwaponline.com
Despite clear evidence of the adverse health impacts of unsafe child feces disposal (CFD),
there is little evidence of the effectiveness of interventions targeting the improvement of …

Repeated measures of implementation variables

DL Fixsen, MK Van Dyke, KA Blase - Frontiers in Health Services, 2023 - frontiersin.org
It is commonly acknowledged that implementation work is long-term and contextual in nature
and often takes years to accomplish. Repeated measures are needed to study the trajectory …