Priya Sontakke, Kanchan S Dwidmuthe, Anjali Kawathalkar, Anuja Bhalerao
Effect of Mobile Phone Call Reminders With Standard Therapy Versus Standard Therapy Alone on Compliance With Iron Supplementation in Antenatal Women With Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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globally challenge handwashing soap hwws still exists despite importance hwws shown previously study aimed evaluate faecal contamination hands children find factors related faecal contamination handwashing techniques hwws knowledge awareness water sanitation hygiene wash comprehensive wash index study conducted two elementary schools 169 children densely populated area bandung indonesia survey involved handwashing observation using checklist hand bacteria sampling questionnaires children 987 faecal contamination girls significantly fewer escherichia coli boys p 005 ability handwashing techniques hwws knowledge awareness wash poor lower grades escherichia coli counts negatively correlated handwashing technique r 0171 p 005 hwws r 0225 p 001 wash index r 0205 p 005 proper handwashing technique hwws appropriate times reduce faecal contamination moreover important gradebased genderbased handwashing education considered elementary school education