Promoting Handwashing Behavior in Peru : The Effect of Large-Scale Mass-Media and Community Level Interventions

This paper analyzes a randomized experiment that uses novel strategies to promote handwashing with soap at critical times in Peru. It evaluates a large-scale intervention that includes a mass media provincial campaign and a district-level community...

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Main Authors:	Galiani, Sebastian, Gertler, Paul, Orsola-Vidal, Alexandra
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS ANEMIA ASCARIASIS ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES BABY BEHAVIOR CHANGE BETTER HYGIENE BULLETIN CAPACITY BUILDING CAREGIVERS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD STOOLS CLEAN HANDS CLEAN WATER CLEANLINESS COLDS COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES DEATHS OF CHILDREN DEFECATION DEPRESSION DESCRIPTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIARRHEA DIET DIRTY HANDS DISEASE TRANSMISSION DISEASE VECTORS DISSEMINATION DISTRICTS DRACUNCULIASIS DRINKING WATER DWELLING DWELLINGS E. COLI EARTHQUAKE EQUALITY ESCHERICHIA COLI EXPOSURE TO INFORMATION FAMILIES FEVER FOOD PREPARATION GENDER GLOBAL HEALTH GLOBAL POVERTY GROUNDWATER HAND WASHING HANDWASHING HEADACHES HEALTH EXPERTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROMOTERS HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTHY LIFE HELMINTHES HOOKWORM HOOKWORM INFECTION HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYGIENE HYGIENE HABITS HYGIENE PROMOTION HYGIENE PROMOTION PROGRAM ILL HEALTH ILLNESSES IMMUNIZATION INFANT INFANT HEALTH INFECTION INFECTIOUS DISEASE INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INHABITANTS INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS IRON JOURNAL OF MEDICINE LEADING CAUSES LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE LIVER LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW-INCOME SETTINGS MALNUTRITION MASS MEDIA MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS MORTALITY MOTHER NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NEGATIVE EFFECTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION OBESITY PARASITES PARASITIC INFECTIONS PARASITOLOGICAL ANALYSIS PATHOGENS PNEUMONIA POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR HYGIENE POSTERS PRACTITIONERS PREVALENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROGRESS PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC HEALTH RADIO REPRODUCTIVE AGE RESPECT RESPIRATORY DISEASES RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS RISK OF CONTAMINATION ROTAVIRUS SAFE WATER SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION SERVICES SCHISTOSOMIASIS SCHOOL CURRICULA SECONDARY EDUCATION SOAP SOCIAL MARKETING SUSTAINABLE ACCESS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SYMPTOMS SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS SYNDROME TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEENAGERS TRACHOMA TRAINING SESSION TREATMENT TROPICAL MEDICINE TV URBAN AREAS VACCINATION VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS VACCINES VIRUS VIRUSES WASH HANDS WITH SOAP WASHING HANDS WATER SOURCE WATER SUPPLY WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/16956626/promoting-handwashing-behavior-peru-effect-large-scale-mass-media-community-level-interventions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19928

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/16956626/promoting-handwashing-behavior-peru-effect-large-scale-mass-media-community-level-interventions
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19928

Promoting Handwashing Behavior in Peru : The Effect of Large-Scale Mass-Media and Community Level Interventions

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