The determinants of handwashing in humanitarian crisis setting during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multi-country analysis.

ABSTRACT: The Wash'Em process was developed to improve the design of handwashing behaviour change programmes during outbreaks and humanitarian crises. It aims to rapidly create evidence-based, contextualized handwashing programmes. Wash'Em was widely used during the COVID-19 pandemic. This multi-country secondary data analysis compares data emerging from Wash'Em during the pandemic, to understand whether commonalities in programming constraints or the determinants of handwashing behaviour existed across countries. Wash'Em datasets (n = 38) were verified prior to inclusion in secondary data analysis; descriptively summarized and then statistical summaries of homogeneity were derived. Wash'Em was implemented as intended during the pandemic, typically taking a small number of humanitarian staff less th

SUBMITTER: Lamb J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11655843 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature