A controlled before-and-after study of a multi-modal intervention to improve hand hygiene during the peri-natal period in Cambodia.

ABSTRACT: Adequate hand hygiene practices throughout the continuum of care of maternal and newborn health are essential for infection prevention. However, the hand hygiene compliance of facility-based birth attendants, parents and other caregivers along this continuum is low and behavioural-science informed interventions targeting the range of caregivers in both the healthcare facility and home environments are scarce. We assessed the limited efficacy of a novel multimodal behaviour change intervention, delivered at the facility, to improve the hand hygiene practices among midwives and caregivers during childbirth through the return to the home environment. The 6-month intervention was implemented in 4 of 8 purposively selected facilities and included environmental restructuring, hand hygiene infras

SUBMITTER: Nalule Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9666993 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature