FW: Paper on HW-factors online published- attitudes, norms, ability factors, perceived impediments adn self-regulation factors coping planning and commitment are especially important to effective handwashing promotion
Myra Foster
I wanted to share this seminal paper on the behavioral factors and drivers for effective hand washing in emergencies. This paper is based on research done in collaboration with Eawag and Oxfam in Haiti and Ethiopia. It’s just been published in the American Journal of Infection control and is attached here for easy reference.
Results: In both countries, risk factors meaning awareness and health knowledge accounted for only 11%-19% of variance in hand washing and were not consistently associated with hand washing. The inclusion of additional factor-groups, namely attitude, norm, ability, and self-regulation factors, led to significant increases in explained variance (P [1] .01), accounting for 25%-44% of additionally explained variance. The attitude factor disgust, the norm factor, the ability factors motivational self-efficacy and perceived impediments, and the self-regulation factors coping planning and commitment emerged as
especially relevant.
Conclusions: Hand washing campaigns should focus especially on attitudes and norms and not only on risk.
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MYRA FOSTER | Senior Advisor Public Health | Oxfam America
From: Contzen, Nadja [mailto:Nadja....@eawag.ch]
Sent: Monday, June 1, 2015 4:21 PM
To: Myra Foster
Cc: Mosler, Hans-Joachim
Subject: Paper on HW-factors online published
Hi Myra
I hope you and Islay are fine!
The paper on handwashing determinants in Haiti and Ethiopia is now available online:
http://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(15)00429-0/abstract
I send you the paper and the supplementary material attached. The journal is not open access…
All the best to all of you,
Nadja
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Dr. Nadja Contzen
Eawag | Environmental Social Sciences | Environmental and Health Psychology
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