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Handwashing and health (Freeman, 2014)
ID:
UWSR049
Full title:
Hygiene and health: systematic review of handwashing practices worldwide and update of health effects
Author(s):
Freeman et al.
Publication date:
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Maps:
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Evidence Gap Map: 2020 update
Confidence Level:
Low
Number of Impact Evaluations :
42
Regions:
East Asia and Pacific
Latin America and the Caribbean
Middle East and North Africa
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Population:
Rural
Urban
Slum (informal settlement)
Interventions:
Health messaging
Directive psychosocial triggering (e.g. social marketing)
Direct provision with psychosocial triggering
Type of technology:
Hygiene: improved handwashing practices
Hygiene: handwashing supplies for household use