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Selected Readings and Websites on Handwashing

Luby, Stephen P., Mubina Agboatwalla, Daniel R Feikin, John Painter, Ward Billhimer MS, Arshad Altaf, Robert M
Hoekstra. 2005. “Effect of handwashing on child health: a randomized controlled trial.” The Lancet. Vol 366, July 16,
2005

http://www.aku.edu/CHS/pdf/SoapHealth_ARI_Lancet_Man.pdf

Clasen T, Roberts I, Rabie T, Schmidt W-P, Cairncross S. 2006. “Interventions to improve water quality for preventing
diarrhoea.” (Cochrane Review). The Cochrane Library, Issue 3, 2006. Oxford.

http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab004794.html

Curtis, V. and Cairncross, S. 2003. “Effect of washing hands with soap on diarrhoea risk in the community: a systematic review”. The Lancet Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 3, May 2003, pp 275-281.
http://www.globalhandwashing.org/Publications/CurtisHandwashing.pdf

The Handwashing Handbook: A Guide for Developing a Hygiene Promotion Program to Increase Handwashing with Soap
http://www.globalhandwashing.org/

WELL Fact Sheet: Health impact of handwashing with soap Author: Jeroen Ensink Quality assurance: Val Curtis

http://www.lboro.ac.uk/well/resources/fact-sheets/Handwashing.htm

 
 
 

Sample Materials for Use in Schools
Scrub Club (www.scrubclub.org)
Healthy Schools, Healthy People toolkit for use in schools:

http://www.itsasnap.org/snap/pdfs/SNAP%20Toolkit%20FINAL%204.pdf