Observed hand cleanliness and other measures of handwashing behavior in rural Bangladesh

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Amal Halder · International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

Carole Tronchet · Institute of Water Modelling

Shamima Akhter · International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

Abbas Bhuiya · International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

Richard B. Johnston · Institute of Water Modelling

Stephen P. Luby · International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

Abstract

A minority of rural Bangladeshi residents washed both hands with soap at key handwashing times, though rinsing hands with only water was more common. To realize the health benefits of handwashing, efforts to improve handwashing in these communities should target adding soap to current hand rinsing practices.

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Child Nutrition and Water Access Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations Pediatric health and respiratory diseases

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Published in: BMC Public Health

Volume 10, Issue 1, pp. 545-545

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-545

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Observed hand cleanliness and other measures of handwashing behavior in rural Bangladesh

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