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| InfoShare Partner: Environmental Health Project (EHP) |
| Publication Date: September 2004 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Behavior change interventions, Environment and health/population |
| Region: Latin America/Caribbean |
| Language: English |
| File Size: 577 KB |
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Handwashing with soap plays a key role in strategies to reduce childhood mortality and morbidity associated with diarrhea. In the framework of the Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing with Soap, several countries have launched mass media campaigns in an attempt to modify hygiene behaviors and to promote the prioritization of the issue on public health agendas.
This study of handwashing practices using soap in Peru is part of the first phase of the campaign to reduce childhood diarrhea prevalence. It represents the preliminary study designed to collect the information necessary to design an appropriate national media campaign. In addition, the study collected baseline information on handwashing practices and the prevalence of diarrhea diseases and acute respiratory infections. The baseline data will be used to measure the expected changes in behavior, attitudes and knowledge with regard to handwashing with soap after the national media campaign is implemented over the next two years.
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