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| dc.contributor.author | Burns, Justine | |
| dc.contributor.author | Maughan-Brown, Brendan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mouzinho, Aurea | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-05T09:22:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-05T09:22:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-06 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Burnset al. (2018) Washing with hope: evidence of improved handwashing among children in South Africa from a pilot study of a novel soap technology. BMC Public Health 18:709. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5573-8 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5573-8 | |
| dc.description.abstract | While regular handwashing effectively reduces communicable disease incidence and related child mortality, instilling a habit of regular handwashing in young children continues to be a challenging task, especially in developing country contexts. This randomised controlled pilot study assessed the effect of a novel handwashing intervention – a bi-monthly delivery of a colourful, translucent bar of soap with a toy embedded in its centre (HOPE SOAP©) – on children’s handwashing behaviour and health outcomes. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | We are grateful to Rachel Glennerster and seminar participants at the University of Cape Town for valuable comments on previous version of this manuscript and to Laura Costica and Emmanuel Bakirdjian for valuable suggestions on the research design. We gratefully acknowledge funding provided by the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) Incubation Fund. We thank Young & Rubicam, and Safety Lab for permission to test their product and for valuable research support. We are extremely grateful to the Foundation for Community Work and their team of Community Workers for invaluable assistance with developing the study design, implementation of the intervention and with data collection. We thank the social pensioners at Neighbourhood Old Age Homes (NOAH) for their effort and care in manufacturing high-quality soap for this study. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | BMC Public Health | en_US |
| dc.subject | Handwashing intervention | en_US |
| dc.subject | Childhood health | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pilot randomised controlled trial | en_US |
| dc.subject | Behavioural economics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Development economics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Habit formation | en_US |
| dc.title | Washing with hope: evidence of improved handwashing among children in South Africa from a pilot study of a novel soap technology | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
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