Global Scaling Up Handwashing Project : Involving Men in Handwashing Behavior Change Interventions in Senegal

Launched in December 2006, the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) Global Scaling up Handwashing Project has been implemented by local and National governments in Peru, Senegal, Tanzania, and Vietnam, with technical support from WSP. A central compo...

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Main Author: World Bank
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Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/12840649/senegal-global-scaling-up-handwashing-project-involving-men-handwashing-behavior-change-interventions
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spelling okr-10986-116992021-04-23T14:02:56Z Global Scaling Up Handwashing Project : Involving Men in Handwashing Behavior Change Interventions in Senegal World Bank AGED BEHAVIOR CHANGE HANDS WITH SOAP HANDWASHING HOUSEHOLDS HYGIENE HYGIENE BEHAVIORS INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LEARNING LOCALITIES MOTHERS OCCUPATIONS SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SOAP TRAININGS Launched in December 2006, the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) Global Scaling up Handwashing Project has been implemented by local and National governments in Peru, Senegal, Tanzania, and Vietnam, with technical support from WSP. A central component of the handwashing project is the planning and implementation of an integrated communications program that includes mass media at national and local levels and community promotional events, led by private firms skilled in experiential marketing and advertising. In addition, interpersonal communications at the household level is handled by fieldworkers (called relays in Senegal) who have previously worked on other public health issues such as family planning, nutrition, and HIV/AIDS prevention. The main responsibility of the relays is to reach out to the households and convince mothers to set up designated areas for handwashing (i.e., handwashing stations) to provide convenient access to soap and water when and where needed. 2012-08-13T15:46:15Z 2012-08-13T15:46:15Z 2010-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/12840649/senegal-global-scaling-up-handwashing-project-involving-men-handwashing-behavior-change-interventions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11699 English Water and Sanitation Program : Learning Note CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Senegal
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topic AGED
BEHAVIOR CHANGE
HANDS WITH SOAP
HANDWASHING
HOUSEHOLDS
HYGIENE
HYGIENE BEHAVIORS
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
LEARNING
LOCALITIES
MOTHERS
OCCUPATIONS
SANITATION
SANITATION SERVICES
SOAP
TRAININGS
spellingShingle AGED
BEHAVIOR CHANGE
HANDS WITH SOAP
HANDWASHING
HOUSEHOLDS
HYGIENE
HYGIENE BEHAVIORS
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
LEARNING
LOCALITIES
MOTHERS
OCCUPATIONS
SANITATION
SANITATION SERVICES
SOAP
TRAININGS
World Bank
Global Scaling Up Handwashing Project : Involving Men in Handwashing Behavior Change Interventions in Senegal
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description Launched in December 2006, the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) Global Scaling up Handwashing Project has been implemented by local and National governments in Peru, Senegal, Tanzania, and Vietnam, with technical support from WSP. A central component of the handwashing project is the planning and implementation of an integrated communications program that includes mass media at national and local levels and community promotional events, led by private firms skilled in experiential marketing and advertising. In addition, interpersonal communications at the household level is handled by fieldworkers (called relays in Senegal) who have previously worked on other public health issues such as family planning, nutrition, and HIV/AIDS prevention. The main responsibility of the relays is to reach out to the households and convince mothers to set up designated areas for handwashing (i.e., handwashing stations) to provide convenient access to soap and water when and where needed.
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title Global Scaling Up Handwashing Project : Involving Men in Handwashing Behavior Change Interventions in Senegal
title_short Global Scaling Up Handwashing Project : Involving Men in Handwashing Behavior Change Interventions in Senegal
title_full Global Scaling Up Handwashing Project : Involving Men in Handwashing Behavior Change Interventions in Senegal
title_fullStr Global Scaling Up Handwashing Project : Involving Men in Handwashing Behavior Change Interventions in Senegal
title_full_unstemmed Global Scaling Up Handwashing Project : Involving Men in Handwashing Behavior Change Interventions in Senegal
title_sort global scaling up handwashing project : involving men in handwashing behavior change interventions in senegal
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/12840649/senegal-global-scaling-up-handwashing-project-involving-men-handwashing-behavior-change-interventions
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